Lab 11 wildlife corridor

1)      I am choosing a “Equus caballus”(web November 15), more better  known as a horse.

2)      I have chosen to use horses in my example because it is a creature I rarely see in the wild. 2 things that impede the growth of the wild horse population would be humans capturing them and roads that have cut their habitats into sections. Humans have since the beginning of time captured and tamed wild horses to be able to use them and ride them. This has drastically decreased the amount of free roaming horses.

3)      The horses need the corridor to be able to connect to the land on the other side of busy freeways, highways and just roads in general. Without the corridors horses face a huge risk of being hit by a vehicle while trying to cross to the other side, this would not only kill or seriously injure the horse but could be fatal or harmful to the people in the car. Not only would this be a current day solution but in the future could save the lives of not only animals but humans as well.

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I have chosen to use a bride as my corridor. I plan to make it at least 1000 feet wide as recommended in the paper in the instructions. I plan to plant grass across the whole bridge and have a wall fence that is at least 6 feet in height. I have chosen 6 feet to make it difficult for any animal to jump over the fence I also plan to build trees or bushes next to the fences or perhaps vines on the fence, to give it a more natural appeal to the horses as not to frighten them. IT would start out on both side at an upward slope that connected at the middle of the road to connect both sides. It would have pillars in the middle of the road to support the weight of the bridge.

5)      There are already many fences built on the sides of the roads to keep animals from getting onto the road so if we kept those fences and even built more if needed it would force the horses to go to the bridge to be able to cross to the other side. This would allow them to become accustom to the bridge and learn that it is there for their use, they will then have a larger area to create a larger population.

6)      (same as #4)

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References

"Equus Caballus (Horse)." Equus Caballus (Horse). N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.

"Equitrekking." Equestrian Travel Articles. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.

"Devon Road Bridge." Devon Road Bridge. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2015.