Huts & mountain pastures in the NP region

Rules

DEALING WITH GRAZING LIVESTOCK

In front of an alpine pasture building, cows graze on a blooming summer meadow
Ebenforstalm ©Wolfgang Simlinger

For a good togetherness on our alpine pastures and pastures, please note

  • Avoid contact with grazing livestock, do not feed animals, keep a safe distance
  • Keep calm, don't scare grazing livestock
  • Suckler cows protect their calves. Avoid encounters between suckler cows and dogs
  • Always keep dogs under control and keep them on a short leash. If an attack by a grazing animal is foreseeable: LEASH IMMEDIATELY
  • Do not leave hiking trails on alpine pastures and pastures
  • If grazing livestock blocks the path, keep as much distance as possible
  • If grazing livestock approaches: Stay calm, do not turn your back, avoid the animals
  • Leave the pasture quickly at the first signs of restlessness of the animals
  • Fences must be observed! If there is a gate, use it, then close it well again and cross the pasture quickly
  • Treat the people who work here, nature and animals with respect
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Hiking with a dog

Tips for handling grazing livestock

If you are traveling with a dog, you should be careful when entering an alpine pasture with cattle!

Alpine pastures are popular hiking destinations at Kalkalpen National Park. However, hikers with dogs should exercise particular caution when visiting alpine pastures, as mother cows can become aggressive. They have a strong maternal instinct. If they feel their calves are threatened, they form a group and are sometimes determined to attack.

  • Keep your distance: If possible, stay on the hiking trail and keep at least 20 meters away from the cows. If they are on the hiking trail: walk around them rather than through the middle of the herd.

  • Keep dogs on a lead: If dogs run into the herd, dogs are attacked - because cows and bulls perceive them as a particular threat (wolf). Only if the cows attack the leashed dog must it be released immediately. Otherwise, the dog's owner would also run the risk of being taken on the horns.

  • Never seek proximity to calves: Mother cows and the herd see this as a threat to their offspring. Do not touch or stroke adult animals either.

  • Take the cows' threatening gestures seriously: Lowering the head, scratching and bellowing are clear alarm signals. Keep calm and leave the pasture slowly.

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