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A dog from the animal shelter as a last-minute gift? Animal welfare activists strongly advise against this. "Animals are not gifts, Christmas or not," said the first chairman of the Saxony Animal Protection Association and managing director of the Le ..
The new cross-border hiking route between Bohemian Switzerland and Saxon Switzerland near Bad Schandau (district of Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains) is to be officially opened in April next year. According to a statement from the Saxon Switze ..
East Germany's farmers' associations do not consider nationwide vaccinations to be a blanket solution against the occurrence of animal diseases among livestock farmers. "Then there is always the question of how expensive vaccination is and how long t ..
The temporary ban on free overnight stays in the Saxon Switzerland National Park, which was first introduced in 2022, will be extended permanently. As in previous years, a ban on so-called "Boofen" will continue to apply from February to June 15th of ..
After bluetongue was detected in a cow in Meissen, Saxony, at the beginning of the week, restrictions are also in place for some areas in the neighboring federal states. According to the Brandenburg Ministry of Agriculture, the so-called restriction ..
The forestry sector is not giving the all-clear for Saxony's forests. With 35 percent of trees clearly damaged, the condition of the forests in the Free State has only improved very slightly, announced Forest Minister Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch (CD ..
So-called perpetual chemicals have been found in waters in the north of Dresden. The districts of Klotzsche and Weixdorf are affected, as announced by the state capital. The State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology found elevated lev ..
The Greens in the Saxon state parliament are pushing for better protection for urban forests in the Free State and are therefore calling for a reform of the Forest Act. "The urban forest in Saxony is largely unprotected and will probably remain so," ..
More than 200 photos of fire salamanders have been submitted to a citizen science project on the occurrence of the species in Saxon Switzerland. "I am very pleased about the great interest and the high level of participation in the project and thus a ..
The bark beetle has caused less damage in Saxony's forests this year than in previous years. "In general, we are observing a decline in bark beetle activity, which is also reflected in the bark beetle monitoring carried out using traps," Marco Horn f ..
Two griffon vultures from Dresden Zoo are being released into the wild in northern Italy. The two male birds are part of a reintroduction project in the nature reserve at Lago di Cornino near the Italian city of Udine, the zoo announced. According to ..