This Act ensures that wild animal species are provided with a sustainable conservation management in order to protect quantity and quality of habitat through the establishment of reserves. The Act applies to mammals and birds, including migratory birds naturally present in the Danish countryside, as well as to mammals and birds released or escaped from human care and which have established wild reproductive populations. The Ministry of Environment establishes (and regulates) authorized hunting seasons (Art. 3) however valid only from dawn to sunset, as well as method and specified areas of hunting. In order to apply conservation measures, the Minister of Environment shall establish wildlife reserves on land, in fresh water and fishing territory to provide resting and feeding areas for migratory birds.
This Act consists of 9 Chapters and 2 Appendices: Purpose (1), General wildlife management regulations (2); Hunting Court (3); Hunting Court role (4); Wild reserves (5); Wildlife damages (6); Licenses (7); Administration (8); Environmental damages to protected species or international nature conservation sectors (8a); Penalties (9).
Appendix 1 - Mammals covered by Article 9a, section 1.
Appendix 2 - Mammals covered by art. 9a, sect. 2.