Deer crossing
Animal Crossing , hunter linguistically shortened change and in relation to small game also pass called, it's called the paths of wildlife and wildlife are regularly used. Game, especially cloven-hoofed game, prefer to walk well-known paths that form clearly recognizable paths on the ground over time. Deer and wild boar often use so-called remote Exchange, which are used for many decades and overcome long distances. As a forced change paths are referred to the wild due to local conditions (terrain, obstacles u. Ä.) Forcibly must use. In particular, compulsory bills of exchange and passports are used specifically for hunting purposes, for example for bolt hunts or for traps .
Deer passages as routes for plants to spread
Game passes also play a role in the spread of plants . Many plants have adapted to the spread of animals ( zoochory ) through special devices on their fruits or seeds . The diaspores stick to the fur of the animals as Velcro fruit ( epichory ) or are eaten and usually excreted in a germinal manner ( endochory ). In the giant hogweed could show, for example, that this plant is zoochor spread because of the new colonization Neophyts formed especially on the animal crossing of wild boar.
Traffic sign deer crossing
The first notice boards for deer crossing were tentatively put up on the motorways from 1938. These symbols, equipped with reflectors, existed with the symbol of the stag, the roe deer and the wild boar. It was hoped that the boards could possibly be dismantled again once the animals had got used to the changes in their habitat and had found new feeding places.
Today in Germany the traffic sign " Wildwechsel" ( § 40 Paragraph 6 Road Traffic Regulations - sign 142) indicates a frequent wild animal accident site. Road users are called upon to reduce their speed and pay particular attention, especially at dawn and dusk. Game moves quickly and suddenly across the road on a familiar game pass. The number of game accidents in Germany is several hundred thousand per year. The numbers for hoofed game : More than 230,000 roe deer, wild boar and deer lost their lives on German roads in 2013. This emerges from game accident statistics published by the German Hunting Association . If such changes are known and they cross streets, the person authorized to hunt often tries to prevent the risk of a game accident by using a game warner.
literature
- Ilse Haseder , Gerhard Stinglwagner : Knaurs Großes Jagdlexikon , Weltbild Verlag, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-8289-1579-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Giant hogweed
- ^ Theodor Schattenmann Reichsautobahnen. In: German administration. Organ of the administrative law custodians of the National Socialist Legal Guardian Association. 18th year, issue 15 (1941). P. 287 ff .; here: p. 290.
- ↑ Wildlife Accident Project , www.jagdverband.de, accessed January 6, 2017
