Farewell to wild beasts, wolves with cubs that I raised myself | Velebit mountain wilderness

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  • čas přidán 14. 07. 2022
  • That day has come. I release the wolf, she-wolf and cubs into the wild. The younger the kids are, the easier it will be for them to accept the change because they haven't gotten used to anything yet. It's summer and they still haven't shed their winter hair completely, so their hair is falling out all over the place. They do not look like wolves in such the coat.
    I wasn't sure how my plan would work and if I was even doing the right thing. I was so overcome by my emotions during the parting that I was not aware of anything I was actually doing. I didn't want to show it, but surely they knew and saw everything. Lik even growled at me in response to my nervousness and insecurity. Or maybe that decision of mine didn't suit him from the start. Being occupied with the camera helped me not to think about what will happen to them tomorrow. It was most important that I did everything planned and prepared. I was somewhat taking on the same fear that they themselves had due to uncertainty. They trusted me, it seems endlessly. I was afraid of people, but the wind hid all the noises that we made when we arrived. Although I was expecting a real parting, it wasn't. They did not run away and disappear in fear and panic. It took them some time to hide the cubs, who seem to remain well hidden evn from me since then. The whole time they were actually waiting for me to go with them into the wilderness. I didn't know that they had accepted me so much by then. To them I was simply one of them.
    And so after all that I returned home, alone. I left my secret there in the Wild. Conscience and responsibility towards them made me visit those mountains many more times without caring about the risk, cost and effort. Many people considered me a weirdo anyway, so I didn't ask anyone for help.
    It must have been something strong and big that was guiding me.
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    "Riješio sam se divljih zvijeri | zbogom vukovima s mladuncima | rastanak?" .
    Evo došao je i taj dan. Puštam vuka, vučicu i mladunce u divljinu. Što su klinci mlađi lakše će prihvatiti tu promjenu jer se još uopće na ništa nisu navikli. Ljeto je a još nisu odbacili zimsku dlaku u potpunosti pa im dlaka otpada baš na sve strane.
    Nisam bio siguran kako će se moj plan ostvarivati i dal uopće činim ispravnu stvar. Toliko su me svladavale emocije prilikom rastanka da nisam bio svjestan ičega što zapravo radim. Nisam to htio pokazati no sigurno su sve znali i vidjeli. Lik je čak režanjem prema meni odgovarao na moju nervozu i nesigurnost. Ili mu možda ta moja odluka od početka nije odgovarala. Okupiranost kamerom pomogla mi je da ne mislim što će biti s njima sutra. Bilo je najvažnije da sve planirano i pripremljeno napravim. Pomalo sam preuzimao isti strah koji su zbog neizvjesnosti i oni sami imali. Vjerovali su mi, čini se beskrajno. Bojao sam se ljudi no vjetar je skrivao sve šumove i zvukove koje smo mi dolaskom proizveli. Iako sam očekivao pravi rastanak on to zapravo nije bio. Nisu se razbježali i nestali u strahu i panici . Neko im je vrijeme trebalo da sakriju mladunce koji kao da su od tada nestali. Cijelo vrijeme u stvari su čekali da i ja krenem s njima u divljinu. Nisam znao da su me do tada već toliko prihvatili. Za njih sam bio jednostavno jedan od njih.
    I tako po puštanju sam se vratio doma, ovaj puta sam i ostavio svoju tajnu tamo u brdima. Savjest i odgovornost prema njima učinile su da još puno puta posjetim te planine ne mareći za rizik, cijenu i trud. Mnogi su me ionako smatrali čudakom pa nisam od nikoga tražio pomoć.
    Sigurno je bilo nešto veliko i snažno to što me vodilo.

Komentáře • 45

  • @PavleBalenovic
    @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +15

    "Riješio sam se divljih zvijeri | Zbogom vukovima s mladuncima | Rastanak?" .
    Evo došao je i taj dan. Puštam vuka, vučicu i mladunce u divljinu. Što su klinci mlađi lakše će prihvatiti tu promjenu jer se još uopće na ništa nisu navikli. Ljeto je a još nisu odbacili zimsku dlaku u potpunosti pa im dlaka otpada baš na sve strane. Nisam bio siguran kako će se moj plan ostvarivati i dal uopće činim ispravnu stvar. Toliko su me svladavale emocije prilikom rastanka da nisam bio svjestan ičega što zapravo radim. Nisam to htio pokazati no sigurno su sve znali i vidjeli. Lik je čak režanjem prema meni odgovarao na moju nervozu i nesigurnost. Ili mu možda ta moja odluka od početka nije odgovarala. Okupiranost kamerom pomogla mi je da ne mislim što će biti s njima sutra. Bilo je najvažnije da sve planirano i pripremljeno napravim. Pomalo sam preuzimao isti strah koji su zbog neizvjesnosti i oni sami imali. Vjerovali su mi, čini se beskrajno. Bojao sam se ljudi no vjetar je skrivao sve šumove i zvukove koje smo mi dolaskom proizveli. Iako sam očekivao pravi rastanak on to zapravo nije bio. Nisu se razbježali i nestali u strahu i panici . Neko im je vrijeme trebalo da sakriju mladunce koji kao da su od tada nestali. Cijelo vrijeme u stvari su čekali da i ja krenem s njima u divljinu. Nisam znao da su me do tada već toliko prihvatili. Za njih sam bio jednostavno jedan od njih. I tako po puštanju sam se vratio doma, ovaj puta sam i ostavio svoju tajnu tamo u brdima. Savjest i odgovornost prema njima učinile su da još puno puta posjetim te planine ne mareći za rizik, cijenu i trud. Mnogi su me ionako smatrali čudakom pa nisam od nikoga tražio pomoć. Sigurno je bilo nešto veliko i snažno to što me vodilo.

    • @inthewoods5494
      @inthewoods5494 Před 2 lety +3

      You did such a good job. Reading this made me cry. You have such passion for these animals. I just wanna let you know, you did the right thing. You did well.

    • @ponzo9296
      @ponzo9296 Před 2 lety

      Svaka cast g. Pavle...možete bit ponosni

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +2

      @@inthewoods5494 Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Even though many years have passed, mistrust of man has become so deeply etched in my soul that I can hardly ever trust again. Lik seems to have taught me that. I spent too much time with them and taking care of them when they were left alone in the mountains. Those who know me neither paid attention nor suspected that I was hiding anything at all. And I had my secret
      just to help that pack survive. Everything went well with a few tears when I first left them but the real emotions showed up only later... I admit that I didn't expect such a thing either. Otherwise, with all that, it was not easy for me to communicate with people, my own kind. I wasn't even listening anyone especially after hunters wounded Laca one day in the mountain ... that was enormous shock ...
      David Wallace (producer BBC) once told the media something like: that animal stole his soul.
      Being with wolves probably leads to that.

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +5

      @@ponzo9296Zapravo, tako se nekako osjećam no stidljivo. Pred ljudima još uvijek mnoge detalje čuvam kao tajnu. Nadam se razumljivu. Naravno da ne bi bilo pametno pogaziti ono što sam godinama jedva gradio i to sam, bez pomoći ikakve institucije za zaštitu životinja ili koga sve ne, da ne nabrajam. Potrošio sam brda sredstava i uložio truda a o riziku da ne pričam. Valjda je za ta stvorenja to vrijedilo.
      Pa, vuk nam je simbol iskonske divljine. Priroda je najveće blago koje možemo danas uživati. A naročito divlja. Kakva bi to divljina bila da nema vuka.
      Lijepi pozdrav i hvala puno na komentaru.

    • @JelenaOsijekHR
      @JelenaOsijekHR Před 2 lety

      @@PavleBalenovic Lijepo rečeno, a kad spomenuste institucije za zaštitu životinja, čini mi se da oni štite samo one na koje je neki uljeb iz velike i skupe fotelje bacio oko. Oni si uzimaju za pravo da grade svoje vile u blizini netaknute prirode, a nama broje krvna zrnca kad želimo sagraditi neku dvorišnu zgradu.

  • @CAkavskaTvKvarner
    @CAkavskaTvKvarner Před 8 měsíci

  • @JulchensWelt
    @JulchensWelt Před rokem +1

    Hallo lieber Pavle Deine Videos sind so außergewöhnlich - bewundernswert dickes Like 47 von mir wünsche Dir alles Gute einen schönen Freitag und guten Start ins Wochenende sei lieb gegrüßt Petra

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před rokem

      We haven't been in touch for a really long time, partly because of all these extraordinary situations that mark our present.
      I haven't been very active on this channel, and I hope I'll be back to normal soon. I still plan to publish a lot, taking care to leave out what can be misused against the safety of wild animals, especially wolves. At the same time, I hope to visit my well-known mountains and borrow some creative energy for myself.
      I'm very glad to hear from you again and thank you very much for your comment.

  • @temp24Lno5
    @temp24Lno5 Před 2 lety +2

    From the first moment an idea came into your head, of restoring the wolves that hunters had shot on your beloved mountain of Velebit, you were determined to at least return some wolves to that mountain and with that in mind, you acquired a baby female wolf which you called Laka. That little baby was well accepted because all wolves love babies. When her first estrus period arrived, she became mated to Lik and thus, the whole adventure started to take place. And what an adventure that was! From weeks agonizing over where to release them. Was this a safe place? Or should I try another place? Decisions...decisions. But then the fateful day arrived to bundle Laka, Lik and their beautiful little puppies into the van and set off and hours later to arrive at the destination you had chosen. Luckily, filming, took a little bit of diversion from what you were doing, so you could hide your tears, but mindful of their feelings, you left your jacket to prove to them that they were not forgotten and that you would return. So, dear Pavle, all you have left in 2022 is your memories and what extraordinary memories they are.
    ywm

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +2

      It is clear to me that you are extremely well introduced in the whole this story. Personally, I don't even believe how much it is still etched in my soul, especially after so much time has passed. The consequences of my association with wolves are impossible not to notice. Many people think so, because when I go out into nature and wilderness today, the fear that most other people have is almost gone. Night is a particularly pleasant time for me, even though my senses of hearing and sight have weakened with age. Lik was a proud wolf who knew that even at my best, I could never be like him. Like a wolf. He especially knew about all my weaknesses compared to wolves, but he kept it to himself. That time after fate brought him into my arms, he grew up trusting me endlessly. He only had me. I guided him through growing up, but then everything changed. Only he could lead us in the wilderness.In the beginning, it was not easy to surrender to his leadership, but I had to maintain mutual trust. That stayed with us for the rest of our lives.
      Thank you for the wonderful description of that real life story that I am now reading and it's almost as if I can hardly believe that it happened. Like some beautiful dream I had. YWM

    • @JelenaOsijekHR
      @JelenaOsijekHR Před 2 lety

      @@PavleBalenovic I enjoyed reading both comments (of Joan and yours). 👍Thank you to both! 💞

  • @JelenaOsijekHR
    @JelenaOsijekHR Před 2 lety +3

    Vrlo dirljiv video! Ostala sam bez teksta. Ja koja pišem romane umjesto komentara, ovaj put nemam riječi za opisati osjećaje gledajući ovaj rastanak. Svi su rastanci tužni kad odlazite od svojih dragih ili dragi odlaze od vas. A koliko vidim, Vi ste, Pavle, dragi tim životinjama i one Vama. Uvijek sam slušala ružne priče o vukovima, u filmovima su oni negativci, a eto Vi ste pokazali i dokazali da to ne mora biti tako jer kako vidimo danas, čovjek je čovjeku najgori vuk. A da li postoji taj neki "najgori vuk" među vukovima ili je on ipak među ljudima? Mislim da je ovo drugo...
    Srdačan pozdrav dragi Pavle od mojeg sina i mene. On je ovaj video pogledao čim ste ga postavili, a ja to više volim napraviti u miru kad imam dovoljno vremena ne samo da gledam, nego i da uživam. A svaki Vaš video je odmor i za oči i za uši, a ponajviše za dušu.
    Jelena

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +2

      Ovaj video namjerno ne sadrži komentar jer zapravo slika govori sve. Sjećam se kako sam tih dana očekivao kraj te veze. Mislio sam da će odjuriti i nestati i to najviše radi vučice koja je začuđujuće odgovorno prihvatila majčinstvo.
      Trebali ste je samo vidjeti... kakva je to mama. Odjednom je postala "divlja". Trudio se da im ne smetam nit ičim dam naslutiti da bi se umješao u bilo što oko odgoja njihovih mladunaca. To je sad njihov teren i njihov dom.
      Lik nije baš bio zadovoljan i loša ga je volja krasila tih mjeseci. Uz to onako olinjali nisu baš izgledali reprezentativno
      kao inače u zimskom krznu. No došla je i prva zima, teška, hladna ... no s dovoljno topline u duši da nas sve grije.
      Bili smo još uvijek zajedno kad got bi uspio doputovati s onom starom krntijom od Landrovera.
      Tek su se po puštanju počele događati neočekivaner stvari i moje se iskustvo bogatilo.
      Drago mi je da je ona mala kamera uspjela bar dio događanja zabilježiti sve dok se one zime nije smrzla.
      Njeni su snimci izvrsna dopuna mojim zapisima i fotografijama koje sam skupljao.
      Hvala vašem sinu i vama Jelena, na podršci.

    • @JelenaOsijekHR
      @JelenaOsijekHR Před 2 lety +2

      @@PavleBalenovic Hvala Vama na lijepim video zapisima i na nesebičnom dijeljenju Vaših iskustava sa svima nama. Na trenutak se maknemo iz ove ružne i uglavnom neprirodne sadašnjosti. Dobro nam dođe za obnavljanje energije i duha kakvog nam je dragi Bog dao rođenjem.
      Ja odavno ne gledam TV, ne pratim vijesti i baš se dobro osjećam. Ponekad sama potražim informacije iz neovisnih izvora. Ali i ti "neovisni" su uglavnom kontrolirani pa je najbolje i ne tražiti nikakve informacije jer su one prave u prirodi i u nama samima. Sve drugo je "čula, preokrenula, kazala."
      Srdačan pozdrav od Domagoja i mene,
      Jelena

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +4

      @@JelenaOsijekHR Zapravo, nisam se baš lako odlučio objavljivati te tzv. vučje istine koje sam sam skupio kroz predugo iskustvo. I ranije mi je postalo jasno da sve poznato i nije baš istina. Sumnjao sam u činjenice a nepravda me uvijek boljela.. No javnosti i danas bolje odgovara ono što se i dalje pripisuje vuku. Crvenkapica je jača od svih znanstvenih dokaza. Svjestan sam svega toga a najsvjesniji da vuk može preživjeti uz čovjeka dokle got su zajedno na ovom malom plavom planetiću, samo ako se skriva. Tako i ja skrivam mnoštvo činjenica o njemu osim neke detalje koje smatram da bi mogli pomoći boljem shvaćanju te veličanstvene životinje. Nisam baš nasumce odabrao vuka da bi me gotovo opsjednuo. Zapravo nije vuk samo vuk već uz njega su i velik broj ostalih životinja na tom lancu. Tako ga treba i shvaćati. Zec ne bi trčao da ga nitko ne progoni nit bi mu uši bile duge da dobro čuje. Uklonimo li vuka zečevi će se previše namnožiti, međusobno pariti, prenijeti bolesti i ugibati masovno. No kao da nije važno jer nama ni zac ne treba. Djeca kroz školovanje to dobro znaju no odrastanjem se nešto u svijesti zadrži na površnoj neutemeljenoj predrasudi. I sve manje ljudi to smeta a ogromna većine to prihvaća. Valjda djecu i dalje treba nečim plašiti. Vuk je idealan još od Crvenkapice. Pred koju sam godinu objavio "Napad vukova" sa slučajnim kadrom L. Modrića u sceni skupljanja koza pred noćni napad vukova na tor. Reakcija publike bila je munjevita no samo radi lopte kojom se djeca igraju i gotovo opće euforije odraslih oko nogometa . Uz sve mukom snimljene kadrove o vukovima tema priče nije uočena ili kroz konentare vidljivo zanemarena. Ipak zbog postignutog gotovo viralnog statusa videa shvatio sam da ne bi trebao ukloniti video jer će bar dio ljudi možda vidjeti bit filma i iskoristio to kao priliku. Osobno, gotovo da me je sram što dopuštamo ovakvim nemarom da takav dragulj kao bitni dio cijelokupnog prirodnog bogatstva Hrvatske i pravi simbol iskonske, divlje prirode polako al sigurno nestaje. Nerado spominjem al sad sam gotovo siguran da je onaj posljednji čopor u Nac. parku S. Velebit bar dijelom posljedica mojih djelovanja. Da se ova zabilježena priča nije stvarno dogodila možda vukova ni u tom prostoru ne bi više bilo. Jednom sam našoj novinarki S.Bukovac povodom interview-a izjavio: "Jebeš zemlju bez vukova!" a što je stavljeno i kao naslov objavljenog članka.

    • @JelenaOsijekHR
      @JelenaOsijekHR Před rokem

      @@PavleBalenovic Dragi Pavle, potpisujem sve što ste napisali. Obzirom da nismo neka velika razlika u godinama, mogla bih preskočiti persiranje i preći na per tu, naravno ako se slažete iliti slažeš. Htjela sam odgovoriti odmah, ali me nešto spriječilo da u miru pišem, a na brzinu (kako je znao reći moj pokojni otac) se samo djeca prave. 🤗 I sada smo moj sin i ja u velikom poslu pa često kradem vrijeme od sna da nešto postavim u Zajednicu (Community) na mojem kanalu, a da bude korisno za mnoge. Ipak, sve je teže prošvercati alternativu službenom narativu. Osim što se nemilo briše, dežuraju drukeri i traže dlaku u jajetu.
      Srdačan pozdrav i neka Te čuva dragi Bog. 🙏💚🕊️🌳

    • @vukkkk891
      @vukkkk891 Před 6 měsíci

      Zna li se nešto sada o Liku i Lači odnosno njihovim potomcima?
      Hvala vam Pavle za sve što ste dobro uradili za ove divne životinje i što ste nama preko objektiva i videa približili njihov svet i vašu povezanost s njima.❤

  • @vukkkk891
    @vukkkk891 Před 6 měsíci

    Toliko divno i dirljivo u isto vreme.❤🐺

  • @marko0marko0marko01
    @marko0marko0marko01 Před 7 měsíci

    Upravo dolazim sa Vaseg klipa "covjek i vuk", pa tako sada gledam ove malo krace.. drug mi poslao, pa rekoh da opustim pred spavanje. A zapravo se uznemirih i potresoh. Za utjehu mi je sto ste postupili ispravmo bez obzira sto je to sve tesko. Mudar potez.
    Za sve ljude sto toliko uzimaju Boga u usta i proglasavaju se za vjernike ovo bi trebala biti lekcija, jer ko je u potrazi za istim, treba ga potraziti u hramu koji nam je on i napravio - prirodi, a ne u ciglama koje smo naredali mi ljudi i nazvali ih religioznim institucijama. Glupost.
    Zivot je zivot. Ne vidim zasto bi zivot sirote zivotinje manje vrijedio od naseg.. Steta sto je na svijetu tako malo ljudi koji nisu egocentricni.. ali eto, glodari su se vazda brze razmnozavali..
    Zelim Vam spokoj i mir.

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 7 měsíci

      Zaista mi se dopalo što spominjete "hram koji nam je On i napravio" .
      Tome ne treba ništa dodati. Kad čovjek uspije vrijeme provoditi u prirodi gotovo Sam sa sobom ne može ne shvatiti gdje pripada i gdje mu je mjesto. I upravo smo tamo svi isti i život je život. Za me
      zaista nikad nije bilo razlike ma koje živo stvorenje bilo. Sve sam ih posebice cijenio i poštivao uzimajući u obzir njihove različitosti i osobitosti.
      Jedino bi možda postao bar malo zavidan kad bi se pojavio netko sa gušćim krznom a ja bi cvokotao zimi. Šalim se ... taj vjerojatno više vrijedi.
      Hvala na komentaru i sve najbolje.

  • @heilamessy
    @heilamessy Před 2 lety +2

    thanks for sharing . beautiful clip. wish there was a hidden camera that would record their movements after you left.

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +2

      Yes, that time the first camcorders had just hit the market, and in my country they were even harder to get. It's good that I was able to get that second hand one, Panasonic. It all costed a lot of money so I had never enough to buy a camera. I recorded a lot and loaded cassettes that I didn't have enough of. I would delete some recordings there in the field so that I could record new events on them. I am really sorry for some deleted details.
      A lot of it happened mostly at night when I could only shoot silhouettes. But that's how it is. Besides, I recorded data on paper and took photos. Those couple of years, I traveled very intensively to the mountains and stayed for 5, 7, 15 days, actually as long as my supplies would last. I was slowly getting them ready so that as soon as the cubs grow up, they will all cross the highest passes together that other game animals use, so that they can open up space towards the interior. Fortunately, I realized that they were waiting for me to go with them. The first winter came quickly and I had to help them even though my approach was extremely risky, almost impossible due to the depth of the snow and sure extreme cold. If I needed help, no one would ever be able to find me. Almost thirty years old Land Rover miraculously gave more than it could. The real experiences actually started happening only then.
      They taught me things I could never have dreamed of. I watched and listened through their eyes. ...
      however, the camera recorded unprecedented details that one just need to know how to explain.

    • @heilamessy
      @heilamessy Před 2 lety

      @@PavleBalenovic Thank you for the reply.I didn't know that you spent some many years to acclimate them to the wilderness. you did extraordinary job.

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +1

      @@heilamessy As soon as he became an adult, his serious appearance and easily misinterpreted demeanor caused him to be shunned by everyone. Lik and I were literally doomed to be together. Until he was eight or nine years old, we often traveled by jeep to those mountains. Maybe many people wouldn't like it, but I enjoyed it. How many nights I lay next to his always warm and dry fur even in winter. I loved the nights so much because there were no people, so we were safe and without worries. We avoided even the slightest trace of man. On the trails, I would tie him up and lead him on a leash, which he asked for himself, realizing that by doing so I was protecting him from possible stress. Blue was our companion for years whose role I must not ignore, but when she died we both felt a great, great loss. I also went with Lača to the mountains, but not for so long because it wasn't necessary. When she gave birth to wolf cubs, it was necessary to take advantage of the fact that the new page of their lives will start where they need to be. In the wild. The family will bond and thus more easily endure all obstacles together. Lik didn't forget me even though I almost wanted it to happen. It seemed that he was waiting for the cubs to grow up, so when they are more mobile they will wait for me to join them. But I was never able to become a wolf. What kind of poor wolf could I be? Oh, how difficult those times were for me.

    • @heilamessy
      @heilamessy Před 2 lety

      @@PavleBalenovic thank you for the reply. you had unique and beautiful experience raising wolves. you were part of their family. stay safe and be well. hope you post more clips.

  • @priba11
    @priba11 Před rokem

    Jako lijep i pun emocija video! Pozdrav

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před rokem +2

      Da, emocije su me shhvale i nisam siguran dal sam tad "skrenuo" kako bi mnogi rekli no drugačije nisam mogao nit znao. Vuk je tada smatran štetočinom i moglo ga se ubiti za nagradu. Mnogima sam bio meta i smetao im godinama no vremenom sam naučio dobro skrivati i sebe i vukove ...
      njihovi potomci danas slobodno lutaju tim prostorima a da nitko od ljudi o tome pojma nema.

  • @Mirka_1505
    @Mirka_1505 Před rokem

    Pavle, freedom and truth always cost money.
    Lik taught you a lot, now you are passing on a part of this teaching to us. Can we benefit from it?
    We are too busy with this new reality.
    I warmly greet you, your son and all of Croatia. 🙏🍃🍃🍃Mirka from Poland.

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před rokem +1

      Honestly, if we hadn't sold our freedom so cheap, not even a lie would have been a priority. I can't even try to explain what Lik taught me to people. It is another world with which man has lost all ties, even though he may once have been a part of it. Nature, as we call it, changes itself, but this time we hurt her badly. The consequences are more than visible. We no longer agree on its destruction either.
      And the wolf? Who cares about that creature anyway? For me, this magnificent creature is a symbol of true wilderness ... primeval nature.
      A man should never have been so far away from her.
      I am sorry that the wolf as a species is almost completely disappearing in my country, too. Excessively inviting tourists from all over the EU to a small country causes, to say the least, terrible traffic jams even on those mountain roads. Where the wildlife should hide during the tourist season? On the spit. Because hunters also come as tourists. The forests are full of camera traps, which, even in the name of experts, actually control game trails. Rumor has it that the only wolves still alive are the descendants of the wolves that I raised and released there back in 1992. I personally stopped giving any details in order not to endanger their safety even more. We will only have the wolf from "Red Riding Hood" with which we will continue to scare the children. And let the children believe the lie.

    • @Mirka_1505
      @Mirka_1505 Před rokem

      @@PavleBalenovic
      Let it not happen to people someday, Pavle ... Thank you very much for you.

  • @AnimalArtbyTerraCotta
    @AnimalArtbyTerraCotta Před 2 lety

    How you film the departure, I can feel the loss and separation on both sides. It was a hard decision but a wise one. You have your memories and you know you returned to nature what belonged there, but wow what a moment ...

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety

      I'm glad you think so. And thanks for the support and understanding.
      Once you learn the fear of wolves, you realize with what caution these creatures live. Like them, I particularly avoided people in those years. At that time, the wolf was still considered a pest and was not protected by law as an endangered species... as it is today, when its numbers have been significantly reduced. I played along and behaved almost like one of them, which was expected of me. On the other side were armed people who do not think the same. But it seems that I was moving in a field where they never dared to go even with weapons. And me? What could I possibly be afraid of? Neither bear nor wolf. Well, the wolves were mine... no matter how dark the night was, they were all around me... I loved those spaces so much that even today I consider them as my real home, where I would never change a thing.

    • @AnimalArtbyTerraCotta
      @AnimalArtbyTerraCotta Před 2 lety

      @@PavleBalenovic I watched the documentary after you told me many things about your experiences and it must be very emotionally hard to walk in the world of the wolf and then "come back" to the world of the human where understanding is so tiny. I know you're made the understanding of "things wild" more accessible to humans, but I can feel the emotional price you paid. I appreciate this intimate knowledge. If I were to choose an animal to get very intimate with, it would be the bobcat. Don't ask me why, but that is the animal that people so misunderstand but has so many "stories" and emotions to share and people when people interpret claws and teeth as something else. You don't need to respond, Pavle, but I so appreciate your shares! 😊Cheryl

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety +1

      ​@@AnimalArtbyTerraCotta In fact, I managed to live like that on two chairs for a long time. I neither told people about wolves, nor wolves about people. And so it worked until problems started to arise in the mountain. Back then, I didn't listen or hear people, even when they approached me to help me if possible. The worst was when I found out that Lača was wounded. The beast in me almost awoke.
      You mentioned the lynx. In fact, for me there is no real difference other than the characteristic physical ones. They are all personalities and I accept them as such. Different characters of course. I still treat horses, dogs, cats, pigeons, hawks and wolves the same way and I see no difference in my attitude towards them.
      I would never try to change anyone. Lik thus remained a wolf; I just gave him a name.
      I believe that I will remain as I have always been.

  • @milemilic3760
    @milemilic3760 Před 2 měsíci

    Gledam razne emisije gde ljudi čuvaju u kuci pumu pantera i ponasaju se kao macke pa cak i vukove.ja prepostavljam da vi vaseg vuka niste od malih nogu hteli da menjate i pravite kucnog ljubimca vec ste hteli da zadrzi ono divlje vucije u sebi

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 měsíci

      Istina, nikada od vuka ne bi ni pokušao učiniti kućnog ljubimca. Već u početku mi je bilo sasvim jasno da je to iznimno inteligentno biće i da se od njega može zaista puno naučiti. Što god bi mu ja probao usaditi u ponašanje, za njega bi to bilo zapravo poniženje. Ne mogu niti opisati kakva sam iskustva stekao kroz sve te godine družeći se s njim. Nemoguće je to prosječnom čovjeku objasniti a filmovi na ovom mom kanalu tek djelomično opisuju neke trenutke u našim međusobnim odnosima. Vuk je zaista daleko od onoga što mi o njemu znamo i mislimo.
      Hvala na komentaru.,

  • @bennipeagler562
    @bennipeagler562 Před 2 lety

    Prⓞм𝕠𝕤𝐌

    • @PavleBalenovic
      @PavleBalenovic  Před 2 lety

      I would prefer if you wrote anything that could be understood.
      Honestly, I just can't understand these symbols, and then I can't even respond to it as a comment.