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Abstract : Wireless sensor networks play a vital role in day to day life. Sensors help humankind in measuring, monitoring and paves way for mitigation of various physical and biological parameters. In this paper, wireless distributed system is utilized for the detection of animals along the road sides of the forest area to prevent animal vehicle collision, ensuring decrease in animal’s fatal rate due to accidents. Sensor nodes are deployed along the road sides of the forest area where animal’s intrusion is often spotted. Hybrid sensors inhering both active sensor (Doppler radar module) and passive sensor (PIR) are integrated with the sensor nodes to detect animal intrusions which is an obvious remainder for the drivers to slow down their speed of the vehicle to prevent animal vehicle collision. Speed of the vehicle is assessed using three IR sensors and if the drivers violate the threshold speed even after the mark of animal intrusion, image of the vehicle is captured using fixed speed camera and further processed by Automatic License plate Recognition (ALPR) technique. The vehicle number plate in text form is transmitted via GSM module to the nearby forest check post to take necessary actions.