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Road safety scheme is an otter success

A specially modified drainage system installed under the busiest road into the Highlands has been credited with cutting the number of otters killed by cars.

A project to adapt the culverts under a section of the A9 in Perthshire by installing ramps, steps and headlight reflectors installed at otter-height was completed in November and is thought to have reduced the number of animals crossing the road.

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