Cost you 2,000 in fine if you forget
Although the weather does not necessarily smell very much of spring yet, it is not an April Fool that we are approaching the summer season. And that means that the water dog must now have a leash again when you vent it on the beach:
According to the Nature Conservation Act, it is mandatory to lead the dog to a leash on the beach in the period 1 April to 30 September.
– And this is also true, even if you have the world’s most obedient dog! Lotte Lotte Evers, dog expert and marketing manager at Agria Animal Insurance, which adds in the press release:
– The reason is that breeding birds and other animals that live on the Danish beaches must have the opportunity to give birth and raise their cubs in peace and quiet, without disturbances from loose dogs. Spring means breeding time and nature will soon be full of bird cubs and other exposed animal children. But every year, many dog owners involuntarily get both animal cubs and parenting that look after their offspring, on the conscience – because their dog, for example. Get hold of a harekilling or scares breeding birds away from their nests.
Impressive instincts
– When you are out walking with your dog, the dog – as the predator it is in reality is – has complete control of if there are breeding birds or other animals and pressing nearby. It intersects them long before you even discover it, and then in many cases it will be too late: The dog’s good nose gives signal to the brain’s autonomous functions, the instinct takes over and the dog puts in full hunting sprints-because it simply can’t help it, she explains.
Therefore, the marketing manager emphasizes that you should let the string sit on the dog – or completely avoid venting a dog on the beach and other places that are breeding grounds for birds and other game:
