Safe encounters with grazing animals

  1. Avoid contact with grazing livestock, do not feed the animals and keep a safe distance.
  2. Keep calm and don't frighten grazing animals.
  3. Mother cows protect their calves. Avoid encounters between mother caws and dogs.
  4. Always keep dogs under control and on a short leash. In case of an attack by grazing animal, let the dog off the leash immediately.
  5. Keep on marked trails while walking on pastures.
  6. If a grazing animal blocks the way, go around it and maintain the greatest possible distance.
  7. If grazing animals approach you, stay calm, do not turn your back and avoid the animals.
  8. At the first sign of animals' anxiety, leave the pasture as quickly as possible.
  9. Do not ignore fences! Use a gate if there is one, close it tightly and cross the pasture as quickly as possible.
  10. Treat the people working on the pastures, the nature and the animals with proper respect.

 

Summarized in Miteinander auf Österreichs Almen by Alpine Assocciation of Slovenia.

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