Wildlife crime threatens local biodiversity: the project is campaigning against it and hoping for more registrations. The subject is also known at the House for Nature in St. Pölten.
Wild animals are known to have enemies. One of them are criminals. They chase the animals, lure them into traps, poison them or simply shoot them dead. But illegal trade is also a sad reality. The figures also show this: according to WWF and Bird Life Austria, more than 200 wild birds and 16 strictly protected mammals would have fallen victim to illegal persecution between 2016 and 2022.
This is also underlined by another tragic case: that of the imperial eagle lady “Artemisia”. After traveling a record distance across Europe with the help of GPS, she was shot in neighboring Burgenland and had to be euthanized. Such a threat to local biodiversity is also highlighted in the special exhibition ‘Animal Mobile! ‘Nature in Motion’ in the Lower Austrian Museum attracted attention.
Commitment and action
To stop the causes of illegal persecution of wild animals, in addition to optimizing technical and forensic processes, the WildLifeCrime project also relies on the registration of suspected cases – to best support police investigations. More information and registrations can be found at wildlifecrime.at
Source: Krone
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