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The hidden cost of wildlife collisions on Canada’s railways | The Narwhal

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Trains regularly hit and kill wildlife on the tracks but poor reporting means governments aren’t sure exactly how many animals are lost

In places like Banff National Park and B.C.’s Elk Valley, trains pose a major threat to grizzly bears and other wildlife. Photo: Leah Hennel / Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Share Some of the hardest calls came in the middle of the night. An elk hit by a train. Its back was broken, or its legs crushed, and it was still alive. Frank de Boon struggled with those calls. There was nothing he could do until daylight. When morning came, he’d hike down the tracks, gun slung over his shoulder, to find the injured animal and put an end to its suffering. Most conservation officers get into it t

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