The 7 Principles of Leave No Trace – Principle 6: Respect Wildlife

Whenever you are in an outdoor space, you are in the natural habitat of many wild animals and should work to minimize your impact on them. Human impacts on wildlife can result in negative human-wildlife interactions, aggressive animals, a decline in the ecosystem’s health. All these impacts can be avoided if visitors respect wildlife on all outdoor trips.

The Basics:

• Observe wildlife from a distance. Do not follow or approach them.
• Never feed animals. Feeding wildlife damages their health, alters natural behaviors, and exposes them to predators and other dangers.
• Control pets at all times, or leave them at home.
• Avoid wildlife during sensitive times: mating, nesting, raising young, or winter.

interaction

/ˌɪntərˈækʃn/

a process by which two or more things affect each other
相互影响，相互作用

Price is determined through the interaction of demand and supply.
价格是通过需求和供给的相互作用来决定的。

aggressive

/əˈɡresɪv/

behaving in an angry threatening way, as if you want to fight or attack someone
好斗的，挑衅的

a dangerous aggressive dog
一条危险的恶犬

predator

/ˈpredətər/

an animal that kills and eats other animals
掠食动物，捕食性动物

prey

/preɪ/

an animal, bird etc that is hunted and eaten by another animal
被（其他动物）捕食的动物，猎物