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Estonian text posted by Team of Animal of the Year 26.01.2020..

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Estonian text 15.12.2019

Not even wolves escape the annoying little discomforts of everyday life. Here a humorous video about how Atka, a wolf living in the US  Wolf Conservation Center, reacts when he discovers an earthworm in his sleeping place...

Laura Kiiroja

On the day of getting his collar on May  2019 wolf  V080 was healthy and well nourished.

By the Team of the Animal of the Year,

Estonian text posted 07.12.2019

The life of wolves is not easy. As big predators they often hunt prey that is 5-10 times their own size: deer, elks, in certain areas also bisons. Even when there is plenty of prey in nature catching them is complicated and dangerous for a wolf. Starvation is in addition to injuries received during hunting and on being hunted by humans one of the largest death causes for wolves

The most important news story last week on the wolf theme was about a wolf in a very awkward situation. A wolf cub born last spring had gone to explore the manure storage facility at the Koopsi farm in Tartu County.

Estonian text 25.11.2019. Posted by the Animal of the Year Team.

The manure odours were irresistible to the curiosity of a daring young wolf. The situation took an unexpected turn when the wolf noticed a farm worker approaching and was so frightened that he fell into the manure slurry. The event would maybe have been ridiculous if the poor wolf had not been near drowning. The manure was very cold, the storage pool edges slippery and the animal did not manage to get out by itself

Illustration: Wolf attacks on dogs (blue line)             Number of wolf packs (red line)

Source Animal of the Year Team
Estonian text posted 20.10.2019

Photo: Valeri Štšerbatõh
Estonian text posted 13.10.2019

In January 2018 a young female wolf Naya came into the international news flow.  She travelled during ten days from Germany through the Netherlands to East Belgium, crossing nearly 500 kilometres. Now Naya is again in the pan-European news – more than likely the female wolf and her offspring have fallen victim to poachers.

The wolf that was given the name Naya by the public was the first wolf that be been seen in Belgium

At dusk the young wolf was helped back to the forest by hunters of the Pärnumaa Hunters’ Association and wolf investigator Marko Kübarsepp.
Photos: Eero Nõmm and Marko Kübarsepp
Estonian text posted by the Animal of the Year Team 24.02.2019
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