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   Motorists killed more than 5,500 wild animals on provincial highways last year, the B.C. transportation ministry reports.

Highways maintenance contractors across the province had the thankless job of removing 5,663 carcasses, including 4,454 deer — almost 80 per cent of the total — 350 moose, 223 elk, 157 bears, 126 coyotes, and a variety of smaller animals.

The annual roadkill deer carnage compares with about 30,000 deer legally hunted in B.C.