How wildlife corridors in urban environments reduce road mortality, enable movement, and improve welfare for wildlife living alongside human communities.
Wildlife corridors address one of the most common sources of wildlife suffering in developed countries: road collision. An animal struck by a vehicle often does not die immediately — injured animals may linger for hours or days with severe trauma before dying. Corridors that allow wildlife to move safely between habitat patches prevent these deaths and the suffering that precedes them while simultaneously supporting the ecological connectivity that sustains wild populations. Urban corridor design is increasingly within the reach of municipal planners, community groups, and individual landowners who manage garden space as part of broader corridor networks.