Overview
- Animal rescuers presented photos and testimony to a Lower Saxony parliament committee, which they hope will endorse a night ban on robotic mowers before the summer break.
- The district of Unna now bars robotic mowing during hours of darkness, and the local conservation authority backs both that step and a national night-time prohibition.
- Some cities favor education over rules, with Hamm urging residents to change yard habits instead of imposing a ban.
- Authorities point to newer mowers with camera-based image recognition as a safeguard, yet rescuers say the systems still miss animals that freeze rather than flee in the dark.
- Shelters report more hedgehogs with deep cuts from mowers and trimmers, and they urge users to scan lawns, avoid dusk and night runs, and keep bushes and tall grass as cover.