South Wales Creates Three Bridges for Dormice
Council members in South Wales have built three bridges for dormice. Yep, you heard that right. Three entire bridges made for rodents!
The structures are made of mesh and allow dormice to cross the road without any threat from cars. Building the bridges used 190,000 pounds of tax payer money.
A lot of the locals are moaning about the high cost, saying their money could have been better spent elsewhere. Especially when the council isn’t overflowing with funds. However, when the original ecological survey was done, the local animals were taken into consideration.
A spokesman for Rhondda Cynon Taf Council also defended the decision, saying: ‘Three bridges have been erected for dormice to safely move from one area to the other, while new ponds have been dug for the relocation of newts and other amphibians.
‘We put up the dormouse bridges, along with 60 dormouse boxes, to help get them from one side of the road to the other.’
I think it’s wonderful that when planning to build a new road, the local wildlife was given a voice. That’s so rare. The cost does seem a little high for a few tiny mesh bridges, but what do I know about bridge building and planning? Nothing. So I’ll stick with it being pretty great.
My only question is, how do the dormice know to take the bridge? (I like to imagine a tiny dormouse sized sign in the bushes somewhere directing all mouse traffic.)
Read the full article at the Daily News.
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