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Strangers manipulate signs and lure hikers into protected areas - "This is not a prank"

2021-02-13T18:16:16.595Z


Unknown damaged, stolen or manipulated signs for wildlife protection zones. That has now even called the forest minister to the scene.


Unknown damaged, stolen or manipulated signs for wildlife protection zones.

That has now even called the forest minister to the scene.

  • The vandalism on the signs for winter sports enthusiasts in the mountains shocked the area manager.

  • The perpetrators manipulated the boards so that they lead the ignorant into the sanctuary.

  • Forest Minister Michaela Kaniber has now also commented on the incidents.

    (Update from February 13th)

Update from February 13th:

After the damage and theft of warning signs in the Miesbach district over the past week, Bavaria's Minister of Forestry Michaela Kaniber (CSU) has now got involved in the matter.

“You can only shake your head.

This is not funny, this is not a prank.

It is not about the mere damage to property ”, commented the minister.

Signs were also repeatedly turned in such a way that hikers were deliberately directed into wildlife protection zones.

The minister warned that hikers and winter sports enthusiasts who were so unintentionally lured onto the wrong path scared wild animals.

"This can have fatal consequences for the animals: they have changed their metabolism in winter and are therefore existentially dependent on rest." The attacks are also a blow to the initiatives for nature-friendly sport on site.

Kaniber appealed to winter sports enthusiasts: “Stay on the marked paths, routes and slopes.

Avoid unnecessary noise and light sources in nature, such as headlamps. ”And:“ Be considerate of our nature so that it is preserved as wonderfully as it is. ”The black grouse is particularly threatened.

When startled, it uses up a lot of energy and can die from the exertion.

A total of 14 signs were stolen or manipulated.

Miesbach: Vandalism on protected area warning signs

(First report from February 10th)

Schlierach- / Leitzachtal

- The fact that winter sports enthusiasts march into the sanctuary despite the appropriate signs is part of everyday life for Florian Bossert as the Mangfallgebirge area supervisor.

Usually there are a few who either haven't seen the notice boards or are deliberately ignoring them.

But when whole groups recently walked into the snow-covered retreats for game and forest, Bossert knew that something was wrong here.

So he checked the signs that were put up just a few weeks ago.

What he saw shocked him deeply: someone had turned the boards so that the arrows pointed into the sanctuary.

The consequence: those who actually wanted to behave correctly unwittingly did exactly the opposite.

Miesbach: Damage to protective panels - strangers probably had tools with them

As reported, this is not about a nasty prank.

Rather, strangers in several mountain areas throughout the Schlierach- / Leitzach valley tampered with the signs that were only put up by the area supervisor and his team from mid-December to mid-January.

Some were stolen, some kicked over, others manipulated as described.

The Miesbach police, who started the investigation with a call to witness, assumes damage to property of several hundred euros.

The material damage is one thing.

For Bossert, the alleged background of the acts weighs even more heavily.

So there is currently a lot to suggest that unrepentant contemporaries wanted to set an example against efforts for nature-friendly sport on the mountain.

"The signs were solidly screwed," emphasizes Bossert.

The perpetrators must have had tools with them.

"They were prepared," the area supervisor is convinced.

Some of the boards were even cut out with pliers.

Bossert describes the vandalism as “extremely worrying and extremely frustrating”.

Miesbach: There are always conflicts between athletes and conservationists

As reported, there have been repeated conflicts between athletes on the one hand and nature conservationists, alpine farmers, foresters and hunters on the other.

Bossert himself had to turn his head for that too.

When he asked a mountain biker about the driving ban on the Rotwand in July 2020, he struck.

In the meantime, the area supervisor knows "that this has nothing to do with my person".

Even the rangers who support him on busy weekends in the great outdoors would have to put up with one or the other bad word or a derogatory gesture.

But there have been no further escalations recently, emphasizes Bossert.

"We didn't feel the alleged Corona frustration." In general, more than 90 percent of all athletes would behave in a friendly and insightful manner and observe the applicable rules.

The fact that a few unknowingly instrumentalize them to disregard the closed areas is a new dimension, says Bossert.

The area manager doesn't know how to stop this.

"We are pretty at a loss." What is certain is that the signs will be put up again.

This time even with different types of screws and clamps.

The perpetrators should know that they cannot get away with it.

Ultimately, Bossert is convinced, one must continue to believe in the insight and mutual vigilance of the athletes.

"We can't check every single sign every week."

You will always find the latest news from the Miesbach district with us.

Source: merkur

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