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Wild birds - taking in and caring for injured, helpless or sick animals.
Service Description
According to nature conservation regulations, it is permitted to take in injured, helpless or sick birds and nurse them back to health. The animals are to be released back into the wild without delay as soon as they are able to maintain themselves there.
Birds to which hunting laws apply and which are thus the responsibility of the person authorized to hunt are exempt from these regulations. These include the following bird species:
- Grey heron,
- Mute Swan,
- coot,
- all native birds of prey (including falcons),
- all domestic geese and ducks,
- Magpies, ravens and ravens.
All owls and other small birds (songbirds, woodpeckers, swifts) are not subject to hunting rights.
Who should I contact?
If you find a bird that is subject to hunting rights, please contact the hunting leaseholder. Contact details can be obtained from the municipal office of public order or the lower hunting authority of the district.
If animals of strictly protected species (e.g. owls) are found, the lower nature conservation authority must always be informed.
What are the fees?
Fees do not apply.
Legal basis
What else should I know?
If you find a sick, helpless or injured animal, you should consider whether you can help it yourself or whether you should rather hand it over to the lower nature conservation authority or to the State Bird Sanctuary in Seebach. If necessary, you should definitely seek the help of a veterinarian. He can treat the animal and advise you on further care. Keep in mind, however, that you may incur costs.
If it should be only a still flightless young bird, put this if possible, always only from the danger area on a higher place. Young birds will continue to be cared for by their parents and will never be abandoned because of human smell. In the case of young birds that are not yet able to fly, leaving the nest prematurely is part of their survival strategy, because the danger of parasite contamination, excrement and waterlogging in the nest is often higher than the danger of falling victim to an animal.
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content per DeepL.
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6Plus)
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