By Tsai Tsung-hsien and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerPingtung County environmentalists yesterday called for measures to protect crabs crossing Checheng Coastal Scenic Road in the county’s Checheng Township （車城）.
Pingtung County environmentalists yesterday called for measures to protect crabs crossing Checheng Coastal Scenic Road in the county’s Checheng Township (車城).
Pingtung County Environmental Protection Union supervisory board member Chu Yu-hsi (朱玉璽) said that numerous crabs dwelling in a nearby wetland are killed by vehicles on a 250m section of the road each year.
The section which runs north-south along the wetland from Sihchong (四重) creek to Baoli (保力) creek acts as a barrier to the crabs, which reproduce on land, he said.
Citing roadkill figures gathered by volunteers, Chu said that vehicles run over about 10 female crabs every day