Posted by the Animal of the Year Team.
Estonian text 24.11.2019
These days when man has changed water networks beyond recognition the activities of beavers can well be seen as restorative. We don’t have to pay big money to restore a wetland –the beaver does all the work, for free. .
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
First of all our apologies to viewers – we were hoping for a faster solution to the camera stream breaks.
The current situation is that we must implement a new transmission platform. Time will tell how quickly we will succeed in doing this but late autumn is a good time for such works because there is little to show from nature at the moment.
Estonian text posted by Animal of the Year Team 03.11.2019
The beaver can survive in our climate only if it collects winter supplies. The food supply of beavers are branches – mostly willow branches which are fastened in the bottom of the water body in front of burrows or nest mounds.
Information from the Environmental Board
Photo: Valeri Štšerbatõh
Estonian text posted 31.10.2019
The Environmental Board (Keskkonnaamet) has confirmed a primary hunting number of 61 specimens for wolves.
The aim of the wolf hunt which runs from November to the end of February is to control their numbers and so reduce predator damage to domestic animal owners caused by wolves.
As practiced earlier the wolf hunt will be directed to areas with most predator damage. At the same time it is attempted not to disturb wolf packs in larger natural territories. Such an arrangement will maintain the favourable conditions of the wolf population as well as the ecological role of the species while avoiding excessive damage to livestock breeders.
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