Traffic deaths of reindeer in Finland during 1974 — 83

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Mauri Nieminen, Juhani Leppäluoto
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1985
• Subjects: reindeer; traffic mortality; Finland; 1980; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Kuusamo; Raudanjoki; Taivalkoski; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.5.2.547; https://doaj.org/article/03b3adbd8e5948b38ae6ae55734a2a70

During 1974 — 83 a total of 23.298 reindeer died in traffic accidents in Finland. Vehicles killed 19.962 reindeer (85,7% of traffic deaths) and trains 3.336 reindeer (14,3%). During 1978 — 82 the majority of reindeer killed by vehicles were hinds (52,2%) and calves (24,6%). Reindeer road deaths were...