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SCARY FACTS

The top-of-mind thoughts of Croatian nature are usually beauty, preservation and diversity. But our mountains, valleys, sea, forests and lakes also have a dark side. Every winter, untouched nature of Croatia is a home of ugly scenes in which people poison the wild animals.

Although poisoning is illegal and punishable, it has been present in our region for decades. To protect their livestock from wild animals which search for food, people use poison to get rid of wolves or foxes. By killing these animals they contribute to the extinction of native species and bring harm to our natural balance. When a wolf or a fox is killed, the poison is retained in the nature, and it also kills woodpeckers, vultures, eagles, hunting dogs and many other animals.

The wolf is threatened with extinction, the population of golden eagles has fallen to the number of 60-70, and it’s estimated that between 300 and 500 vultures have been killed in this way so far. That’s why, the association Biom, as part of the European project BalkanDetox LIFE, decided to make the public aware of this problem.

INSPIRED BY REAL EVENTS

People who want to get rid of a wolf, a fox or some other wild animal with poison, become serial killers.

In a good desire to protect its livestock, people do unimaginable horrors to nature. That’s why, through a series of “film” titles, we invited the general public to, in case of poisoning, stop just watching those terrible scenes and report the problem.