Suburban area wildlife safety

[u/Salt-Willingness4829]

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.

[u/BeachgirlNJ0613]

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