Gamekeeper
Gamekeeper is one of several professional titles for people whose core area of responsibility is the protection of game. The range of tasks in this profession has been adapted to local requirements over the course of history and often overlaps with those of a professional hunter or ranger .
history
In Europe, gamekeepers were deployed in wilderness forests in the Middle Ages . Some of them lived in Wildhuben and were also called Wildhübner. Their job was to protect the imperial or royal shelves . This included the Hege Game and the care of the forest and the obligation for occasionally occurring hunts, the accommodation and care for people and animals make.
Germany
Game rangers in Germany have different names depending on the range of tasks. The duties of rangers in Germany are mainly from gamekeepers under Hege and fighter escort perceived. Under the name Revierjäger there is a recognized training occupation for professional hunter who often performs similar tasks. The designation ranger represents the first non-academic nature conservation profession in Germany. Rangers in Germany are responsible for looking after people and nature.
Switzerland
In Switzerland, after two years of training, you can obtain permission to use the professional title of game warden with a federal certificate . In Switzerland, gamekeepers mainly carry out hunting planning, hunting police and hegemonic functions. They are equipped with the rights of the judicial police and prosecute criminal offenses in the areas of hunting, fishing, nature, fungus and plant protection. One of the main tasks of the game rangers in the canton of Geneva is shooting down the hoofed game populations there .
Africa
The term gamekeeper (English Gamekeeper , also District Wildlife Manager or Game Warden ) describes mostly paramilitary organized, usually full-time employees of a national park or other wildlife sanctuary .
Their tasks include in part the same as those of foresters in protecting flora and fauna from poaching . In addition, the gamekeepers in the respective protected areas often also perform police and general regulatory tasks. In addition, general administrative tasks of the mostly uninhabited areas (e.g. surveying, monitoring of possible land use, scientific and veterinary medical activities) also fall into their area. The tourism and the advice, guidance and training of visitors to the wildlife sanctuaries and the monitoring of compliance with parking regulations provide more fields of activity.
Almost without exception, gamekeepers are equipped with firearms for self-defense, whereby the threat from wild animals such as buffalo and lions is rather low, rather the gamekeepers are trained in the use of firearms against poachers in a similar way to police officers. The use against poaching is becoming more and more important. In some African countries, rangers are even equipped with assault rifles in order to be able to assert themselves against poachers who are also equipped with these weapons.
America
Game rangers in America are usually called rangers . They are responsible for protecting entire areas, including flora and fauna. In the USA, the rangers have full police force, and there are armed rangers (so-called law enforcement rangers) in every protected area.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Professional profile at berufsberatung.ch ( Memento from December 31, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ see prohibition of militia hunting in the canton of Geneva
- ↑ TPWD: Game Warden - Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (English), accessed July 6, 2013