Give Wildlife a Brake

Promoting connected habitat and safe passage for wildlife

wildlife bridge over busy highway
Photo source: Sillerkiil, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Give Wildlife a Brake is a grassroots initiative that promotes awareness, appreciation, compassion and action for wildlife crossing roads. Our mission is to produce a paradigm shift in the way people perceive vehicle traffic and wildlife.

We spend $8 billion a year running over wildlife. If we took that cost and quartered it, we could build 200 animal crossings a year and the problem of roadkill would disappear within a generation.

Awaken to action

Educating yourself on wildlife conservation and crossings

animal bridge in montana

Explore Wildlife Crossings in the U.S.

See where wildlife bridges and underpasses are saving animal lives​.

Join the End Roadkill movement

Envision a future without wildlife killed on roads!

north american black bear

Become a Wildlife Samaritan

Find out what you can do in your own backyard (literally!) to help wildlife.​

For Pennsylvania wildlife lovers!

Support wildlife rehabilitation in the Keystone State. 100% of the proceeds from our Pennsylvania Wildlife Samaritans calendar goes directly to featured wildlife rehabs.

2025 Pennsylvania Wildlife Samaritans calendar cover
white-tailed deer in forest

Keep in touch!

Stay tuned for occasional updates on wildlife challenges and progress in the United States.



Articles for wildlife-lovers

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