DENVER ( KDVR ) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking drivers to watch out after over 100 pronghorns were found dead on roads across eastern Colorado.
CPW said pronghorns often get stuck on roads during snowstorms, as they tend to go under fences rather than over, leaving many trapped. This has caused issues, especially after the most recent snowstorm that fell across several days, leaving feet of snow in many areas across Colorado.
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On Tuesday, CPW posted a video showing several pronghorns dead on or near the roadway and said there were over 100 killed on eastern Colorado roadways while they tried to escape the deep snow.
“Pronghorn can’t move quickly on icy roads to escape oncoming traffic. And because pronghorn prefer to go under fences rather than jump over, many are trapped on the roads because snow is 2 feet deep and there isn’t room for them to crawl under the bottom wires,” CPW said in a post on X.
Here’s how many were photographed on one road at a time: