As a global trend, the sense of responsibility for nature and wildlife is increasing in our country, and more and more people are willing to take personal measures to protect them. This is very useful in the protection of wild animals, for example, since more eyes see more, more hands do more, and the public is invaluable in keeping individual problems on the agenda and solving them. At the same time, the intention to help and layman’s zeal can backfire, just think of the unsolicited “rescue” of fawns hiding or baby birds jumping out of the nest.
Protected animal and layman
The lack of professionalism often gives rise to public anger against those organizations that work with appropriate expertise and a comprehensive strategy to protect nature and protected species. Such was the case of the swallow plague that struck in mid-September, when the weakened birds died by the hundreds or thousands due to the sudden change to cold and rainy weather.
Anyone who could, saved swallows, albeit with little success, but at the same time with great civic enthusiasm. And it was during these dire days that the specialists of the Balaton Upland National Park Administration appeared at the bird rescue station in Fenékpuszta and confiscated the mass of birds kept there, including many newly arrived swallows. There was a huge outrage on social media that hundreds and hundreds of birds were being killed, which of course is not true.
In fact, like From Zoltán Orbána Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Association (MME) spokeswoman, we learned that for years, despite repeated requests, the station has not provided the regulations for keeping protected and highly protected birds, and the necessary permits have also not been obtained. Thus, the competent government office fulfilled its legal obligation and ordered the confiscation of the animals, in which case the staff of the national park must act according to the authority’s instructions contained in the decision.
The professionals were therefore present in order to comply with the law and protect the animals, the only flaw in the matter was the unfortunate timing, right in the middle of the swallow destruction
– the spokesperson tells 24.hu.
The reason for this was the legal background, as such an intervention is ordered weeks in advance in order to give those involved in the implementation time to prepare. In this case, when ordering an inspection scheduled for the 16th in the first days of September, no one could have known what effects Cyclone Boris would have on the day in question.
The case and the phenomenon of increasingly active public animal rescue started the process of thinking about how the law regulates the issue, and what does experience show? It is well known that the keeping of protected animals is subject to an official permit, moreover, in order to avoid possible abuses, the possession of their body parts and preparations is also prohibited. An everyday example: someone finds the head of a stag beetle while walking in the forest. It died naturally, the specialized creatures have already cleaned everything they could from it, but the hard head is intact. A spectacular piece, one will take it home,
And what if we pick up a bat off the ground, put it in a box, and then put it in the car to take it to an animal rescue organization? If we bring home an injured hedgehog or the young of a protected bird, because we will then strengthen it and release it? This is what we searched for Dr. Klara’s back lawyer, that is ELTE ÁJK your instructor, Zoltán Hangaa Metropolitan Zoo and Botanical Garden spokesperson and Zoltán Orbán.
2024-09-29 11:58:55