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Slow down and open your eyes: the season for wildlife accidents has begun!

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Recently updated on March 17, 2023 at 10:42 am

Slow down and open your eyes: the season for wildlife accidents has begun!

If you see a deer on the road, you should notice its speed reduce and draw your attention to yourself by switching off the high beam and honking your horn if it is not possible to stop directly. After the animal has disappeared, you should still be careful because it can laggards follow. If there is a collision, hold the steering wheel with all your strength, brake hard and try to stay in lane. Evasive maneuvers are risky and usually make no sense. The danger of a wildlife accident is particularly high on stretches of road bordering on sections of forest or at the edge of fields, especially in the months of April to May. The most dangerous times are between 6.00 a.m. and 7.00 a.m. and in May usually between 21.00 p.m. and 22.00 p.m. During this period, a quarter of all deer killed in road accidents die. In spring, wild animals such as deer are often foraging for food at dusk. Since the time change (Sunday night, March 27), commuter traffic has fallen back into the twilight time. During this period, the risk of wildlife accidents increases. It is therefore important to drive with foresight, at an appropriate speed and always be ready to brake. Especially in places where signs with Beware of deer crossing to stand. And you should also be careful on newly built roads that run through the forest. The animals first have to get used to the new road and continue to walk their usual routes for the time being.

Act calmly but firmly after a wildlife accident!

Slow down and open your eyes: the season for wildlife accidents has begun!

If a wildlife accident has occurred, the Hazard lights turned on and that warning triangle be placed visibly. The police can be reached on the telephone number 110. If there are injured people and you need first aid, then you choose that 112 for the emergency call. The most important thing in this situation, however, is to to keep calm. If the animal is dead, please only touch it carefully with gloves. If the animal is alive but injured, keep your distance as it could still kick out. Whether alive or already dead, No way take the animal with you in your own trunk, here poaching is a punishable offense and there is a risk of being reported. If the injured animal has escaped, you can help the informed hunter to find it by providing the direction of escape. Chasing the animal on your own makes no sense. One Wildlife accident certificate can be obtained from the responsible hunter or from the police. In the event of damage caused by wild boar, rabbits, foxes, deer or other furry game, they are usually liable Partial or fully comprehensive insurance. But there are also insurance companies that offer an extension on every animal species have included. This also applies to pets and birds.

nationwide detectable

If you have sighted a dead animal on the route or suffered a wildlife accident, this can happen in a Animal Fund Register be reported. The registered animals are systematically recorded nationwide in the DJV database. Accident blackspots can be defused and determined directly using the recorded data. A corresponding app is already available for iPhone and Android. A total of 1 such cases were reported between April 2020, 16 and March 2022, 22.000. Deer were affected in almost half. 10% were hares and rabbits as well as another 10% with smaller mammals such as cats, raccoon dogs or hedgehogs. The proportion of cats is 1%. Foxes make up 7%, birds and wild boar each 5%, badgers 4%, followed by fallow deer and raccoons each with 3%.

Slow down and open your eyes: the season for wildlife accidents has begun!

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