Vandalism in the national park: Police hold destroyers in the act!

Vandalism in the national park: Police hold destroyers in the act!

In the past few weeks, a series of vandalism files shocked the nature lovers in the Vorpommer Bodden landscape National Park. In the area around Stralsund, especially in the crane protection center and in the small ports, a number of destruction were registered that add up to several thousand euros. Fences are broken, wastebasket is demolished and numerous benches were sawn off or stolen. Fly boxes, signposts and parking lot limits were also not spared how Ostsee-Zeitung reported

A incident was particularly frightening in March when the castle in Günz was glued with silicone in Günz and rare fruit trees were also broken off. All incidents have been reported to the police and the investigation continues, since no further Details on the motif of the perpetrator are currently being announced for tactical reasons.

arrest in fresh act

on June 17, around 1 a.m., the police at Barhöft finally arrested a 69-year-old German in the act. The man was filmed when he attacked a sign with an ax. Forces of national parking rangers and local hunters had documented this incident with wild cameras. In order to prevent a repetition of such acts, the hunters and rangers monitor the relevant areas in layers.

for the arrested person is now filed for property damage and simple theft. He denied the allegations, but the evidence collected seem to be clear. The police and the national park hope not only to grab the perpetrators with these measures, but also to prevent future destruction.

natural jewel suffers from destruction

The National Park Vorpommer Bodden landscape is a unique biotope in which the power of the Baltic Sea combines with the calm of the lagoons. The area is known for its variety of habitats - from beaches and dunes to bogs and forests, where rare plants and animals are at home. Every year, up to 60,000 cranes in the lagoons rest. These vandalist acts not only threaten nature, but also the valuable ecological structures, which are of great importance for the region, so Wilderness in Germany.

But not only the Vorpommersche Bodden landscape is not spared by vandalism. The reports on willful destruction are also increasing in the Saxon Switzerland National Park: path markings have been removed and signs were dismantled. These repeated incidents in different national parks show a worrying development that endangers the preservation of these protected areas, such as Sächsische.de describes.

The situation urgently requires measures and an increased awareness of the protection of our nature. This is the only way we can prevent idyllic landscapes into victims of delusion of destruction.