Wild animals in winter distress – the cold costs deer etc. a lot of strength – or their lives

Whether it is stiffness, sleep or ‘just’ hibernation: our wild animals need a lot of rest in the cold season, which will inevitably bring even more snow and bitter frost. Because looking for food and moving require a lot of strength and energy. “Especially if they are forced to flee into the mountains and into the snow masses there,” warns the experienced hunter and hunter Friedrich Hardegg from Schwarzenbach, where the Pielachtal is preparing to take on an alpine character – also purely topographically.

Game reacts sensitively to disturbances
Markus Graf Hoyos zu Rosenburg and Horn also join this ecological call – as part of the joint campaign “Natursantelligence” with the “Krone”. “Regardless of whether it concerns walking in the forest or leisure activities such as ski touring, the habitat of many wild animals, which react particularly sensitively to disturbances in winter, must be respected and avoided as much as possible,” requests the chairman of the Blue-yellow or deep green main association of local agricultural and forestry companies.

Use nature, protect nature
The forest owner’s most important recommendation: According to the motto “Use nature, protect nature”, use only designated routes and paths and thus give wild animals the rest they need. They have already minimized their activity levels by reducing body temperature and blood circulation. Hoyos emphasizes: “Only if we do not disturb deer, deer, squirrels, martens and all other creatures in the forest can they survive.”