It's a bloody autumn: In the past two months, accidents involving wildlife have increased in alarming numbers in the Upper Isar Valley.
"That is already extremely this year", thinks the Mittenwald district forester Martin Echter.
Because of this disturbing series, a round table has even been convened.
Upper Isar Valley
- It fits into the sad picture: Tuesday evening there was another game accident in the Upper Isar Valley - the 48th this year. This time around 7:20 p.m. a Mittenwalder (27) caught a cruising deer with his car near the Schmalensee heights. So far, the people involved have all got away with the horror. "That borders on a miracle", says the Mittenwald district forester Martin Echter, who is very pensive about the eerie series. "It's already extremely this year."
Especially when you consider that almost half of these bloody collisions took place over the past two months. "The number of strokes has increased enormously," says Mittenwald police chief Hubert Hohenleitner. The head of inspection has a possible explanation for why it crashes so often now after the rutting season: “The game is completely gaga due to the pressure on excursions.” With which Hohenleitner alludes to the many people looking for relaxation who cavort everywhere in the Upper Isar Valley. That has gotten much worse since the outbreak of the corona pandemic, adds Forstmann Echter. "People no longer obey any rules."
“Everything is in motion,” says Dieter Schermak, retired police officer and hunter. During the day, the shy game no longer dares to venture out of the few retreat areas, in the evening they go looking for food and not infrequently cross a state or federal road that is also busy in the evening. As the latest series shows, there are many collisions between animals and cars in the Schmalensee area - such as the accident on Tuesday shortly after 6 a.m. in which a woman from Mittenwald (31) got away with the horror. A doe (Stuck) had crashed into her car. The informed Waidmann Schermak found the seriously injured animal near the Bundeswehr training area in a water hole. The coup de grace was redemption. There was no trace of her calf. “If it doesn't find a pack, it will perish too,” believes Schermak. His appeal to everyone:"Just leave the game alone."
His successor in inspection, Martin Driessen, has also given some thought to the series of accidents and initiated a round table. This recently took place in Martin Echter's forester's house. Participants were representatives from the forest, hunting, the police, the district office and the state building authority. “We thought about it intensively.” But one thing is beyond question for Echter: “There is no magic bullet.” His boss, forest manager Rudolf Plochmann from Bad Tölz, sees the increased number of autumn accidents on the one hand as an “expression of Disturbances ”, on the other hand“ an indication of very high game populations ”. And of course, in addition to the rut and the "seasonal migrations" of the animals, humans play a very decisive role.
If the snow falls in the near future and the food reserves are running out, deer and roe deer will be drawn to the winter gate on the Seinsbach, where people help out with food.
Then a large part of the wild animals move in for them rich and safe territory.
The number of hikes like now will therefore decrease noticeably - and with it the collisions between animals and cars.
