WildlifeGeneral principles for encountering animals, wherever you are.Practical skillsEducational reference. Specific species need specific local advice.AlwaysKeep your distanceNever feed wild animalsDo not approach young animalsKeep dogs on a lead near livestockStore food securely when campingIf approachedDo not runMake yourself visible and audibleBack away slowlyDo not corner the animalLivestockCattle with calves are the main UK riskRelease your dog if cattle approachWalk around, not through, a herdEducational reference. In the UK, cattle cause more walker injuries thanany wild animal. Take dogs off the lead if cattle approach.Wildlifelearnposters.com
Wildlife — printable life skills wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Wildlife poster

12 entries in 3 groups.

Educational reference. Specific species need specific local advice.

Educational reference. In the UK, cattle cause more walker injuries than any wild animal. Take dogs off the lead if cattle approach.

Questions about the Wildlife poster

What’s on the Wildlife poster?
12 entries in 3 groups. Educational reference. Specific species need specific local advice. Always: Keep your distance, Never feed wild animals, Do not approach young animals, K…; If approached: Do not run, Make yourself visible and audible, Back away slowly, Do no…; Livestock: Cattle with calves are the main UK risk, Release your dog if cattle approa…. Educational reference. In the UK, cattle cause more walker injuries than any wild animal. Take dogs off the lead if cattle approach.
Who is the Wildlife poster for?
Wildlife belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning outdoors can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Wildlife poster?
Give space, do not feed, do not get between a parent and its young. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Wildlife belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Wildlife?
Building a Fire, Six Knots and Foraging Safety sit alongside Wildlife in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Building a FireSix KnotsForaging Safety
Is the Wildlife poster free to download and print?
Yes. Wildlife downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Wildlife poster print at?
Wildlife is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Wildlife loses nothing.Printing guide

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