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O ne, nikar prehitro ne sklepajte, da je naš – in Lilin – ježek ponovno našel podporo, ki bi ga vsaj nekoliko zavarovala potem, ko se je natančno pred dvema letoma iztekel projekt STOPJEŽ, ki ga je tedaj podpirala švicarska vlada. Očitno ga ni junaka v širni Sloveniji, ki bi sprevidel korist, ki bi jo od nadaljevanja projekta imele živali pa tudi podpornik projekta. Pri tem mislimo predvsem na zavarovalnice ter trgovce z avtomobili, ki vsak dan polnijo strani vseh mogočih medijev s precej nedomiselnimi oglasi in mečejo milijone skozi okno – no, mečejo jih pravzaprav medijem, namesto da bi nepridobitni organizaciji pomagali k njenim naravovarstvenim ciljem in si naredili všečno promocijo.
»Kaj pa iščejo živali na cesti?! Drugje naj hodijo, tam, kjer ni ljudi in avtomobilov«, mi je zabrusil v telefon predstavnik Zavarovalnice Maribor, ko sem razlagala vsebino projekta in ga prepričevala, da imamo skupne cilje: čim manj nesreč na cestah, tudi z živalmi. Tako je to.
Pred kratkim pa me je presenetil telefonski klic iz Radia Celje. Vabilo v oddajo Male živali, velike ljubezni je zakrivila nalepka STOPJEŽ na avtomobilu, parkiranem poleg vozila novinarja, ki se je že nekaj časa ubadal z mislijo na številne povožene živali na cesti – in kako vendar preprečiti to morijo. To je to, je pomislil ob pogledu na Lilinega Stopježa in geslo Na cesti nisi sam, na cesti smo tudi živali. Kaj sva se pogovarjala v oddaji, lahko poslušate na povezavi na oddajo, če pa vas mika nalepka na avtomobilu, se oglasite. Ni jih še zmanjkalo, tudi zloženke še imamo. Še lahko vsaj kanček prispevate k opozarjanju voznikov, da se na cesti lahko znajdejo tudi živali. Namesto bogatih zavarovalnic, trgovcev z avtomobili in njihovo opremo in še koga ...
Marjana Hönigsfeld Adamič |
At the end of Swiss Contribution in Slovenia a meeting of all projects, co-financed by Swiss Contribution, with representatives of Swiss Development Agency, Swiss Embassy, Ministry of Economic Development and Technology. The purpose of the meeting was the presentation of projects' achievements. Also Lutra Instiute joined the event and presented project STOPJEŽ - Traffic and Animals. Although the project is finished, we are looking for new financial possibilites that would enabkle us the continuation of the project. Nevertheless the project website is still active and you can still enter data on noticed road kills into 
Although the project finished in 2012, we are still doing our best to help and raise awareness on the topic of animals and traffic. Unfortunately in 2014 we were not able to join any actions of transfering amphibians across roads, but we helped with materials. Just like we equiped in the past volunteers at Večna pot in Ljubljana, in Rateče, Hraše, Maribor and at Radensko polje, we donated brochures, stickers and safety vests to volunteers in 
Due to warming in last two weeks the amphibians started with migration to spawning areas. All over Slovenia different actions started. Volunteers are setting up fences and help amphibians at road crossings. This is a method to reduce number of killed amphibians. Since the number of actions is increasing from year to year, the need for volunteers is growing too. If you want to join any of the actions, check website 
29th September 2012 was a working Saturday for pupils of primary school Dravlje, Ljubljana. The school organised a special event, opened to visitors, named 10th Sunshine's day, with a topic Safe in traffic. Among others pupils also presented project STOPJEŽ and warned visitors about animals in traffic. More photos are available in the 
