Throwing fruit leftovers from car turns road into animal 'graveyard'

Drivers are being urged to stop littering roads with fruit peel and apple cores after motorway authorities in the UK found thousands of animals, drawn by onto roads by leftovers, are being injured and killed every year. Road users dropping organic matter can “lure animals into often fatal situations” where they are hit by passing vehicles, says the UK's National Highways authority, which has launched a campaign supported by animal protection charity RSPCA to encourage drivers not to drop litter.

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