What is Roadkill?
{{redirect|Roadkill|the American [[professional wrestler]]|Roadkill (wrestler)}} [[File:Autounfall mit Reh (Capreolus capreolus) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2016.jpg|thumb|right|Roadkill is any dead animal that has been hit by a vehicle.]] '''Roadkill''' is any animal that has died on a road because it was hit by a vehicle, for example a [[deer]] hit by a car. Vehicles pulled by animals, for example [[mule]] carts, did make roadkill, but there was much more roadkill after the invention of the [[automobile]].<ref name=Vox>{{cite news|author=Joseph Stromberg|access-date=September 14, 2020|title=6 things scientists have learned from studying roadkill|url=https://www.vox.com/2015/3/23/8266571/roadkill-science|date=March 23, 2015|publisher=Vox}}</ref> In the United States alone, one to two million large animals are killed as roadkill every year and many more small animals.<ref name=Sciam>{{cite news|publisher=Scientific American|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/roadkill-endangers-endangered-wildlife/|date=May 16, 2013|author=Melissa Gaskill|access-date=September 16, 2020|title=Rise in Roadkill Requires New Solutions}}</ref> ==Causes and costs== [[File:Squashed frog, Wells - geograph.org.uk - 1730811.jpg|thumb|right|A roadkilled frog.]] Most roadkill is caused by cars or trucks. If the car hits a large animal, for example a deer or [[elk]], it is likely to be damaged. In the United States alone, crashes with deer cause $3.6 billion in damage to cars and other vehicles, 200 deaths each year and many injuries.<ref name=Sciam /> ==Uses== Some roadkilled animals are sent to [[landfill]]s with other garbage, but other bodies are used for scientific experiments, turned into [[cosmetics|makeup]] or turned into food for other animals. Some people cook and eat roadkill. Other people make the fur into clothes or other useful things.<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-47884992|title=Roadkill: What happens to animals that die on our roads?|date=April