Wildlife rescue

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Wildlife rescue measures are required when mowing agricultural land in the interests of animal welfare in order to avoid harming wild animals . Wildlife rescue is the responsibility of the owners and workers of the areas. A person authorized to hunt must be willing to cooperate.

Young rabbits and fawns are particularly at risk when they are first cut on the grassland, as they can hardly be seen in the tall grass and instinctively try to push themselves deeper into the hiding place when there is danger. Too often, drivers of fast-moving rotary mowers are no longer able to stop in time when they recognize animals. In principle, the same danger exists in the grain and rapeseed harvest, but the young animals are then a bit older and can escape better.

Measures for roe deer

In relation to roe deer , in particular , the following measures contribute to game rescue:

  • Scented fences can scare game off at times. This method is used especially along busy roads. For this purpose , posts are provided with a polyurethane foam , which gasses a repellent substance that smells bad for game .
  • By Anmähen of land for about a day before the main work, the game is disturbed on the area to be mowed so that the Ricken the fawns lead away. The actual mowing must take place before the doe calm down and lead their fawns back into the area.
  • Flashing lights placed in the meadow in the evening before mowing.
  • The areas can be searched with dogs. Those who are authorized to hunt are usually happy to help in the interests of hunting protection . The use of well-trained pointing dogs is advantageous for this measure.
  • With the increasing spread of drones , these were also used successfully to track down fawns.
  • A mechanical game saver can be attached to the mower. It is a bar that extends roughly twice the working width of the mower. Chains are attached to this beam that almost reach the floor. If these chains touch a piece of game while working, it will be frightened off and can be noticed by the driver.
  • The meadow should be mowed from the inside out as the game will always try to flee towards the cover.
  • With infrared sensors, the game can be reliably detected under certain conditions, but not during the day when the area is heated up by solar radiation. Research is still being conducted into the development of such sensors and of microwave sensors.

Legal

Failure to take action to save game can result in criminal penalties for the farmer due to the killing of vertebrates for no good reason under German animal welfare law . Furthermore, he can be obliged to pay damages to the person entitled to hunt .

literature

  • Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon , Augsburg 2000, keyword: Wildretter, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5
  • HessenJäger - Official bulletin of the Landesjagdverband Hessen e. V. with the official announcements of the Hessian hunting authorities. Verlag Neumann-Neudamm AG, edition 04/2015, 34th volume, Bad Nauheim, 2015

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wildlife rescue ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) State Research Center for Agriculture and Fisheries Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, May 15, 2008 (archived website)
  2. ↑ Haseder, p. 925
  3. ↑ Time of May 27, 2017: How hunters use drones to save fawns from certain death
  4. ↑ HessenJäger, p. 24.

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