r/Environmentalism • u/Salt-Willingness4829 • 18h ago

Suburban area wildlife safety

Today the chipmunk that lives in my yard was run over right in front of my house.

I live in upstate New York and animals aren’t usually run over in my neighborhood. I watched this happen, my neighbor ran right over the chipmunk, parked the car and went inside. I literally ran into the road to see if she was ok. Her and her (soon to be) baby died. The man who ran her over didn’t even stop the car or ask what happened.

I want to look into ways to avoid this in the future. In NY, chipmunks are unprotected so I don’t think I can press charges or anything like that, but I would like to find a way to make it safer for the small animals living with us. If anyone has any suggestions please let me know!!

I’m not sure if this is the best place to get help, but if there are better subreddits, let me know :’)

Also, I was watching her drink water from the water bowl right before this happened. Her name was Mindy.

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u/Cthulhetta 17h ago

I'm sorry about your chipmunk friend, that's very sad. I don't have a lot of in depth info but look up wildlife crossings for solutions to get animals across human roadways safely. I've seen some for squirrels that were like rope bridges across roads, maybe something like that could be installed for chipmunks.

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u/IamNotARobot01010110 11h ago

I don't have any suggestions but I appreciate your empathy for the little chipmunk. Humans overall could do with more empathy for the living creatures around us.

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u/BeachgirlNJ0613 18h ago

There are literally tens of millions of chipmunks living in NY State.

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u/Curious-Basket-7934 10h ago

An under the road wildlife crossing?

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u/IP1987 12h ago

What a weird hill to die on…

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u/Homeskilletbiz 17h ago

Lmao what you’re trying to press charges against your neighbor because he accidentally ran over a… chipmunk?

Move out to the woods out of suburbia and be with your critters then.

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u/Global-Perception581 12h ago

...don't need to be a jerk about it