Always stick to the trails when hiking in a wildlife preserve

Wandering into areas in a forest reserve or national park better left unexplored by humans, can potentially endanger wildlife. — Pixabay

If you saw some rubbish left in a wildlife preserve, would you pick it up? If it means straying from the path of a natural park, then environmentalists in Germany are asking you not to.

The well-meant act of picking up plastic rubbish in nature preserves, and thereby wandering into areas better left untouched by humans, can potentially endanger wildlife, an environmentalist group says.