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Go a little further up and take a slight right, it’s there.
More or less.
Look if you see a trail to pass.
If not, just take the best.
I talk a Spanish “of the streets”.
It’s sure better than my Italian.
So you’re Marcos' student.
Yes, from the University of Granada.
Never in my life did I imagine
I'd be doing wolf autopsies in the Alps and now...
It’s almost one a week!
That’s the fact of the matter.
In fact, this is a luxury.
Good for the wolf, of course.
If it dies, it's because it’s there.
This is an opportunity that possibly
no other place in the world has to offer.
How do you plan to set up the experiments?
We’ll be observing corpses with camera-trapping,
from when the animal dies until it finishes decomposing,
focusing in particular
on that carnivores and scavengers,
are the ones who are going to feed on it.
This also has many ecological implications,
and epidemiological, such as with the trichinella parasite
and many other diseases that are transmitted,
either through the trophic route...
With trichinella, you touch me deep in the heart.
Trichinella is an old love.
Yeah. Trichinella and also scabies.
Another love.
In a couple of years, I was thinking of retiring.
So, if we decide to do it, we have to plan it well,
plan it quickly.
What we’ve seen, especially in the fox,
is that the fox is very reticent to eat fox carcasses.
There’s a Spanish saying that goes
“a dog doesn’t eat a dog”.
In Italy it’s similar.
And we want to see if the
pattern is the same for the wolf.
You think a wolf would eat another wolf?
How do you imagine that?
It's one of the big questions of our work
and one of the components of this “Landscape of Fear”.
The wolves are always here.
They’re clever,
because they’re residents here at the Alp.
They know the movements... Briga!
Get out of there!
They know what I do, but I don’t know what they do.
Apart from the fact they eat my sheep and goats.
How many Maremma dogs do you think
you need to protect so many sheep?
I’ve got six at the moment,
but they’re there and they’re not there.
They often fight...
And like right now, for example, I’ve got a female in heat
and the males make a ruckus. They don’t take care...
They live their lives. They won’t take orders from anyone.
They like the ladies and go after them.
Give me a hand to grab that black
nanny-goat there who’s so good...
Easy, easy...
But this one isn’t your girlfriend, right?
No, that’s the black one. As soon as I walk in...
Now she’s dry,
otherwise she’d have come to bite my ears.
She’d be going crazy, because
she wants to be one of the first.
You’ve got good taste, though. She’s pretty.
You like her, right? - Yeah, I like her too.
Beautiful, black, shiny.
If they grab that one... - If they grab her...
You’ll get pretty mean, I think.
I think so too.
Her like all the others.
You know, you raise a baby goat, a lamb, you bottle-feed it.
You put it in the caravan, you bottle-feed it all night,
then you go to pasture and they kill it.
We press “on”. We check the direction’s right.
There you go.
Let’s give it a try.
Let’s go see how it’s made.
More or less this height.
- If you can hold... - I’ll hold this for you.
Slow, slow, slow!
We lay the bait and the various odors,
which the dogs have to find.
In the dynamics of nature everyone
has their own way of seeing things.
For many people still, the world of animals is associated
with a kind of Disneyland culture,
with the dynamics we've seen in cartoons.
From a practical perspective, nature has
mechanisms that aren’t linked to fantasy.
Nature isn’t Disneyland.
Well done, Ciccio!
Well done, Gilio!
Not on the tap, you beast!
Come, Luna. Run underneath.
Look for it, come on. Search well, Luna.
Search well... Search, search...
Search, search...
Good girl! Very good girl!
Well done! What a good girl!
Very good girl!
Where is it? Well done!
Very good girl! Well done.
Good girl. Where is it?
Well done! Very good girl!
Ready to search?
Sit!
Search!
Between shepherds you exchange photos, pics, right?
Sure we do. I don’t post them on Facebook.
Everyone would always say “how beautiful is the wolf”...
For goodness sake, the sheep’s beautiful too.
Let’s look at some pics of preyed sheep.
They’re not too pretty I don’t think.
No. How many images have you got?
I've got a trailer load of them.
Look at this one.
Sheep with a busted leg.
It killed the sheep, then look at that...
Tell me if animal rights activists
would find it a pretty scene.
We can’t just say “what beautiful
wolves”. What about the sheep?
The sheep are my livelihood, they’re my family.
That’s a strong image.
For refunds do they ask you to retrieve the ear tag too, or...?
When I find the sheep I take a picture,
especially of the ear tags.
But in this case,
the problem... on the one hand it's a
blessing and on the other it's a curse.
Griffons help us clean up the sheep.
Otherwise I’d be an undertaker as well as a shepherd.
If I had to dig a hole for every dead sheep,
I’d be a full time undertaker, then who’d graze the sheep?
But the griffons eat the ear tags too. Look at this photo.
I found the shit of a wolf and the ear tag intact.
Intact.
You can read it just fine.
The indemnity isn’t so high, right?
For one sheep, you were saying 100 euros...
Yes, just over 100 euros,
if it’s pregnant, they might give 20/30 euros extra.
I don’t know right now,
because the money hasn’t arrived, there
isn’t a chart. I can’t tell you anything.
Here we are.
Damn phone!
Look at it.
- A male. - Yeah, a male.
Look at him.
It’s more or less where they said.
The bend.
There’s a mark on the street, blood.
They ran him over.
His paw’s broken.
His front paw’s broken, right?
The joint’s dislocated,
the bone’s out. - He was coming from there.
He was probably crossing the road,
they got him on the downhill.
Yes.
There’s a mark here.
Not too long ago. Probably early this morning.
It’s recent, because the blood there
is only just beginning to change color.
Fetch the basin.
He’s bruised all over.
I’ll take a couple of pictures.
I’ll fetch the basin.
Okay.
Yes...
Already taken some photos?
Done.
Have you taken a close up of his paw?
Hello? Hi, Luca.
It didn't go far. It was on the side of the road.
We found it there, it crossed and...
there were blood marks,
it had several fractures, its front leg for sure,
also its chest. Looks like they ran over it.
The landscape of fear.
The landscape of fear is made up of
those resources or those circumstances
that form a higher risk for certain species.
The animals in the field learn little by little.
The sites that are safe. The sites at risk.
So, an herbivore, when it sees carrion, it thinks “damn”!
It’s very likely that a predator will come sooner or later.
Risky!
No, they didn’t come to clean up.
We can’t reach it, right?
I’ve reached the site.
One thing. I have put markers on the route.
Be careful!
Falling is not allowed at this place.
Also this carrion
represents a risk for the scavengers themselves.
Especially if the corpse belongs to its own species.
Probably because it has a higher risk of transmitting diseases
to the eater.
For a wolf
it’s riskier to eat the corpse of a wolf
than the carcass of a deer.
Because it has more parasites in common with that wolf corpse
that can infect it.
This is the broad context.
And it’s what Dani is doing his doctoral thesis on.
Please guide me, because I'm looking down.
20.9 Kg
So it doesn't all get covered in blood.
This is another adult.
“The reintroduction of the wolf in Andalusia.”
At least we tried with dead ones.
The ones "asleep"! "Asleep"!
Sergio caught near a sleeping wolf!
Can you look for some bark?
Bark to cover the camera.
That's why you also have to put...
Yeah. I was looking for a stone here, but here...
Keep in mind that the snow
doesn’t cover anything in the end.
Sure. It's going to melt.
You have to cover it. Though it’s well camouflaged now.
We will also treat these corpses
with different secondary signs of the presence of predators.
We’re going to use wolf urine,
fox urine or no urine at all
on several of these corpses to see,
what difference there will be
in the behavior of the species approaching.
And of course, for this it’s important to have
urine.
As you talked about urine.
How to deny you this gift.
Fresh, fresh wolf urine from the other day.
Perfect. This comes from a necropsy, right?
It’s from an animal that was taken to our faculty hospital.
Unfortunately, it died.
How did you collect this urine?
During the necropsy or before? While it was alive?
During the necropsy which was done immediately.
It’s very clean. Usually it has a lot more blood.
What a gift!
It looks good, huh?
We spray the urine on
something close to the corpse,
simulating what could be a natural marking of a wolf.
He already carried enough stuff!
It’s much more comfortable than it seems.
Look at their wool compared to the others.
It’s because they’re getting ready for winter.
Lambs born yesterday or two days ago.
Is the lamb heavy?
See how heavy they are?
Too right.
And smart too.
That’s why I always say it’s better if only one is born.
Look at these sprayed ones. Twins. Tiny, two make up one.
If they're born alone, they're strong!
See? I marked them, then I ran out of spray.
If they're born alone, they're strong, powerful.
Sure.
Their ears kind of freeze. If you
touch them, the tips are frozen.
What with the temperatures we’ve had...
You were talking about rheumatisms
before. Worse than rheumatisms.
Worse than rheumatisms, too right.
The money for the wolves hasn’t arrived yet.
So, you haven’t received the money
from the attacks of 2021 yet.
I mean, we have to deal with the wolves already,
then we have to wait for a damn public notice,
which is a waste of time, then you have
to wait for the money for our animals,
who’ve been killed by them.
The end of year wolves.
Wait, put it there, Luca.
And two...
And we earn our way to paradise.
These are the first animals with an
odd phenotype that have arrived here.
We’ll take a look at them now...
a little closer.
So T368 is the one over there.
The other one, yes.
This one is T353.
Let's start with the so-called “blond ones”.
This is T365.
Good thing we’ve got Mauro with these
tags, because when you get so many...
- It becomes dramatic. - Yes.
How much did this one weigh? Did we weigh it?
No, not yet. This one hasn’t been on the scales yet, no.
It's peculiar, it’s got a black-tipped tail.
The tail is really a wolf's tail.
They’re not... hybrid packs
generated from the reproduction of a wolf with a dog.
These that we’re seeing,
they are dispersing hybrids
that arrive and then become breeders in a pack.
So, obviously,
I mean they’re wolves at the behavioral level, etc.
But, do you think...
And where do they come from? Who knows?
I think from the Apennines.
In terms of acceptance, the fact that
they’re hybrids and not wolves...
does that make them even more problematic, or...?
I think hybridization has always existed at the historical level.
I also think that when populations decreased
in the 1950s across Europe
and there were a lot of stray dogs.
Very few wolves and lots of dogs.
We wouldn’t have any more wolves today.
So, it's definitely a phenomenon to be controlled, etc.
Saying that hybrids are selected favorably,
from what we see in populations on a global scale...
perhaps that’s not the case, because otherwise...
Otherwise, they’d be hugely predominant.
Makes sense, right?
We have to say that these blond
ones in our house are taking over.
They have litters with some blond and some normal.
The thing that remains most wolf-like
in an animal like this is the tail.
Don’t you think so? Luca?
It's the most wolf-like thing that remains.
Short... this tail here is a wolf's tail.
The issue of hybridization interests us
to understand who the hybrid breeder
that has integrated into a pack is,
the one who produces other hybrids, which
are the animals we want to sterilize.
Were the cameras stolen? Were they touched?
All good!
The Italians are...
For now, no problem.
I'm sure some people will appear in the videos.
Let' see.
Fortunately or unfortunately,
people reach every corner and in the end...
There are people everywhere.
Let's see if they’ve noticed the cameras.
There’s a time for mushrooms, a time for deer antlers.
There’s always a good reason to go into the forest.
Dogs are also largely to blame
for some corpses that are found.
Because dogs detect a lot with their sense of smell.
I'm looking forward to seeing what's going to come out.
Hey, a chamois.
Look at the robin.
Looks like a chicken,
and this is one of the parents who’s feeding it.
With the worms of the corpse.
It's getting some hair.
Carnivore hair is especially good for nest building.
We don't really know why.
Is it because it scares away predators?
Because it has a special smell?
Picking hair from a live wolf is risky.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
Look at it here.
It’s some beast, right?
It’s some animal.
Let’s have a look.
An adult.
What a nice...
A bit of snow on top.
You know...
the other day at the children's workshop, the "Life" workshop,
where you can ask kids questions out of curiosity,
and you ask them how much a wolf weighs,
and they said "80 kilograms, 100 kilograms"!
Oh really?
But not just the kids, the adults too.
This must be Luca again.
They probably never reach more than 30 kilos.
Too right.
Hey, Luca. Hi.
In this situation,
it's an animal with clear-cut signs.
Somebody shot it. No doubt.
It's got a hole inside,
probably from a rifle shot,
because it went right through
and the animal didn't budge,
just dropped right there.
Sadly...
Especially this time of year,
when it’s snowy...
animals tend to stick close to the road and...
What a luxury to be able to look out
at a bit of the Alps from the comfort of an office.
What do we hear in this video?
A very strange metallic sound.
There’s a person looking for metal objects.
They’re probably people looking for war remains.
Brothers fighting over food.
This one looks like an adult.
It has no white color.
He would have liked to take it off, but...
The corpse isn’t cooperating.
Look how it’s protecting the corpse with its wings.
It's strange, because it’s a fairly thick forest.
...for a golden eagle...
They normally fly very high
...to detect the corpse.
Ventura is the wolf with the radio collar.
She is a “helper”. A so-called helper
is an animal that stays with the pups
and assists the dominant pair in raising them.
If you look here,
Ventura's tracking points give us a signal
that she has some 'fixes,'
specific points here in this valley.
If there’s any response,
I want you to mark the time...
whether they're pups, adults,
how many repetitions...
So, I’ll start with the briefest and lowest.
If I can manage it.
What a spectacle!
Three.
Four.
Pup.
More than one pup...
Two.
Tuesday, 30, May.
Look how great the bear was this morning.
Shall we have a beer after?
Yeah. We can have a cigarette too.
During one of my first wolf-howlings
in the protected area of the Capanne di Marcarolo Park,
I was alone at night,
and they replied immediately...
There were at least five or six adults.
They were all around me. I was on a rock. Alone.
It's not like I got scared,
but I wasn't completely at ease either.
Even though you know they're not...
Then I remembered a story a friend
of mine, a cameraman, told me.
He was in Africa with a guide...
Here.
- Thanks. - You’re welcome.
...and an elephant began charging towards them.
The guide lit a big cigar
so that the elephant could see the flame,
and the elephant stopped.
So my friend said to me
“sometimes a smoke...
can even save you."
Can even save your life. - In cases like that...
Rare cases, but it can happen.
Let's pretend this time it saved you too.
Let’s get these nails cut, so...
you can go to the mountains and you’ll be all right.
At the moment, no wolves.
It looks like a rope. Right?
Yes.
A fox approaching a wolf.
It always approaches with a certain respect.
I think it's trying to open up
a possible escape route, right?
"Yes, just in case the wolf wakes up!"
How cautious!
It’s already gained confidence.
Their fear of the corpse is quite clear.
Yes, a lot of respect.
Oh, they’re finally eating it.
This one also seems to be eating.
It seems less scared.
Maybe this one has already come by
near the corpse several times before eating.
It’s interesting for both of them.
What a strange way to fight!
This would be true happiness for an ethologist.
They’re very peaceful when it comes to fighting.
It’s burying it.
I guess it's to hide the corpse and eat it later.
"Caching behavior."
Finally! Look!
Three wolves.
Look at it, look at it. At last.
We’ve got them at last.
At the moment, it seems they’re not eating.
Let’s see if they eat or not.
Even though they’re sterilized, their behavior hasn’t changed.
It hasn’t changed much.
Their nature is always the same.
The other week we also had some roe deer picked up on the road.
And we fed them those.
That’s another great thing,
because all the animals that have had accidents
would be a problem to dispose of, but at least here...
"So they also change the taste".
That works.
He’s recovering well after the operation.
The muscles still have to get better.
Yeah, the muscles need to recover a bit.
Let’s get this unlocked.
It’s amazing, he won’t come and grab
the piece of meat a bit further away.
- It has to be nearer to him? - Yes, it’s crazy.
If you put it further from the
grass, he won’t come and grab it.
He’s already marked his territory, where it feels safer.
He feels safer there. Figure that.
They called and they’re coming to take him back...
Next week, I think.
Next week, yeah.
They’re taking him back where they found him.
Come Briga!
You are sending Briga to the wrong side.
This is the wrong side.
Holy damn!
Come Briga!
Haven't you got them yet?
They all want to be clever.
He's a lame dog, it's the way he is.
Well done, Virgilio!
Very good, honeybun!
Very good doggy! Very good!
Well done, Gilio! You’re such a good dog!
You’re wonderful! You’re wonderful!
You’re such a good dog!
Virgilio. Sit!
Rubbing against a corpse?!
It’s a great risk.
They’re all corpses we store frozen.
Freezing becomes lethal for mites within a very short time.
The camera image isn’t great.
What are they doing?
They’re so angry!
Easy, easy, easy, easy!
I guess they thought it was alive.
I can't explain that anger.
It’s as if they were teaching their babies.
It's exactly what we’re looking for
"the landscape of fear."
Stop!
A mushroom hunter saw a dead animal.
From the description, it’s definitely a wolf.
Let’s go, with them, and fetch it and figure out.
It's off the road, so I don't think it was run over.
The animal may also have been...
we’ll need a necropsy to see if it
ate a poisoned bait or something.
It wouldn't be the first time.
Take Luna down.
Ready, Virgilio?
Come, Luna! Come on!
Hey, Luna. Hi!
Well done!
So... Are you ready?
Shall I turn around?
Search for it, Luna!
If I need to make him search somewhere more...
We’ll search here on the left.
Come, Virgilio.
Go! Go!
Come on!
Luna!
Good boy, Gilio. Well done!
Wow. Very good!
Very good! - Come on, Luna. Search!
This way? Okay.
Very good.
Wait, it needs to throw up.
Go, go!
Come, Gilio. This way...
Search! Come here!
Follow me, Luna.
This way.
Very good!
Good boy!
Very good boy!
Well done, cutie pie.
Good boy.
Sit...
Well done, Gilio.
Well done.
What is it?
Well done, sweetie.
Very good.
Good boy.
Try coming up too?
Well done, Virgilio.
Yeah, come here.
Come, Luna.
Very good. Wait, I’ll move away.
Search, Luna!
Good girl!
Come on, come on!
Where is it?
Let’s go, this way.
Come along, Gilio.
No, Virgilio! - Come on, Luna.
We mustn’t run away from...
Come on, search.
Do a good search.
Well done, munchkin.
Look! Where is it?
What have you got there? Look at it.
Where is it, Luna? Have you found it?
Damn.
Luna, where is it?
You want to run away?
You’re scared of the wolf, right?
Virgilio too.
Is it there?
Look, what a pity.
Damn.
In the end, quite a few people are showing up on the cameras.
I hope they don't find them.
In Spain we had some problems.
They’ve managed to steal the fifth battery from us.
I went to buy another one,
a solar panel one.
Because now we're heading to the
mountain, at least it’ll recharge.
It cost 570/580 euros.
Really expensive!
I had to get it, because otherwise
we won't have electricity for the fence,
if we go up and wolves are around,
they’ll keep eating our sheep.
At least we’ll have electricity, and voilà.
I know, this is the fifth battery they've swiped from us.
Nice job, huh? Goodness.
That's how it is.
Yes, I bought it there from Giacchetti
in San Giglio.
That's it.
Okay, then.
We'll talk later.
Ok. Bye.
Hi Luca, how’s it going?
I’m calling you because we found a dead wolf,
and it’s probably another poisoning.
From what I can see
it has the signs we usually find.
It’s a young dispersing animal too.
The farmer called me. He said:
“Come down, they were here last night...”
I’ll give you a signal if I see anything.
Okay.
Animal behavior is changing, because...
they’re alert,
after a while they start figuring what it means...
The wolves do a fine job.
They do “the wolf”, their job.
A bit like ours now. Even if, in the end,
our objective is different. Wolves do it for food.
Anyway, the high density of wild boars
causes a lot of damage to agriculture.
With the African Swine Fever, ASF, too,
we'll have to carry on for some time.
Lots of roe deer, look.
In the end...
You see them everywhere at night.
There’s a good number of roe deer, right?
This one’s recent.
Snout marks from not long ago.
Look, there too.
So, it means they’re back.
It’s fresh.
Yes, but they don’t attend our appointment!
They’re all pretty fresh.
There we go.
The cage is still there, but they haven’t been in.
It’s all still well set up here.
It went well tonight because they
were right there where you indicated.
The important thing is to find them
and then try to get them, because...
we’re quite desperate here.
I noticed they messed up your field again.
Unfortunately,
I have to repair the damage now, otherwise...
Of course, I understand.
We’ve got this problem of ASF too now, as you know.
1, 2, 3, 4...
5, 6, 7.
Oh, God.
8, 9.
Look at that, it’s moving.
Come on. Oh my...
Yes, it’s them.
We’re about 500 meters away here.
500 meters.
Oh dear, my heart is...
Are you sure they won’t attack us?
My heart is racing.
Can’t be sure.
We’d be the first to be attacked.
You’re responsible, you know?
I’d never have gotten into this by myself.
With you they don’t get much to eat.
We’re at about 100 meters from them and they’re still calm.
Shall we go further?
We may as well now.
They’ll eat you first anyway.
That’s what I’m scared of.
That’s why I gave you the Pulsar.
Let me lean on your shoulder.
Perfect. Stop there.
I won’t breathe.
Stop there, Luca.
Beautiful.
Don’t breathe. We’re motionless.
Dead quiet.
One is now looking in our direction.
The heads of the others are rising ...
like mushrooms.
Let’s go another 20 meters forward.
I’ll be right behind you.
They’re waiting just for one person.
God, my heart is...
They’re absolutely unafraid...
of us approaching.
A few more meters forward?
Hey, Aurelio. No.
Let’s try at least 10. Dead slow.
So we get a better definition.
They think we should stop here.
Enough.
Yes, enough. They’re leaving.
Oh my...
That was something. - What a trip.
Crazy stuff.
What a trip this evening. - I’ve got the chills.
Oh my...
Are you going out tomorrow, Aurelio?
Have you got people to take out?
I’m supposed to guide hunters for a male deer,
but as you can see,
when you come across a pack of wolves like this one,
guiding hunters becomes more difficult,
because the animals aren’t so calm anymore.
So hunting is much more difficult
compared to when we didn’t have wolves here.
A pain in the ass of a job!
Damn! Luca! Two of our cameras have been removed.
What hurts isn’t the cameras. It's the information in them.
Too bad! But if you want to see it in a positive way.
People find out very little from the carcasses that we put.
This aspect is becoming more and more evident...
Wolves killed...
- By other... - By other wolves.
Conflicts between different packs.
This is 403? 402?
- Yes 403... - Thanks.
So, the series continues. Over 400, Mauro.
It’s an impressive number.
We began with number 1...
It hasn’t been that many years either.
So, reaching this level means
that, especially for our findings,
which are not the total... - True.
Who knows how many animals are around
compared to the ones not found on the roads.
At least 10 or even 15.
That could be the ratio.
It would be interesting to know.
Yes.
What’s also interesting is the fact
that when we have cases of this kind,
as you saw last time,
they’re very often dispersing animals.
So animals just over a year and half of age...
That’s a difficult period of their lives.
At last they’ve arrived.
From 2021, they’ve paid me for the sheep
on May 12, 2023.
But if I'd had the sheep,
who were already pregnant and about to give birth,
I'd have had my lambs.
I'd have bred the females,
and in the meantime,
the next year they'd have given birth again...
maybe some of them would've given
birth three times in two years.
And I only got the money on May 12...
a real mess, meaning the money was just sitting there.
But you got some attacks last year too, right?
- Is that money idle too, or...? - No, that money...
the other day I went to the bank to
pay something for the Cosman, and...
I don't exactly remember
if September 1st or September 2nd, 2023...
Anyway, those funds arrived, the money for 2022.
Let's hope that deal works out.
Let's hope so.
In 2022, they changed the prices.
They’re finally giving us some reasonable payments.
Like what?
Some sheep around €180.
Some goats are even a bit over-estimated, €360.
And the black one, your girlfriend, where is she?
My girlfriend’s gone, our wolf buddies ate her.
- Really? Her? - Yeah, really her.
One day when I had the goats closed here in the nets,
the wolves arrived, frightened them
and they killed my little Blackie.
This is Ventura,
who was in the pack we listened to
during our last wolf-howling session.
The one with the radio collar?
Yes, the collared one in the “Life” project.
It’s the first case, to my knowledge,
of self-accusation.
The person who shot the animal
turned himself in to the Carabinieri.
A unique case.
To my knowledge, it’s the first.
So, what was reported? That this person felt threatened...
by the wolf?
He told the Carabinieri in Sassello
that the wolf approached his house.
His wife was outside with the dog,
he heard screams, went outside and saw his wife
with the wolf who was trying to bite the dog.
He went into the house, took his rifle and fired.
- It’s a buckshot rifle, right? - Buckshot, yes.
They’re unconventional weapons, they’re prohibited for hunting.
Poachers use them.
No doing today, hey? Well, it’s not Friday, so...
I’m coming.
It’s broken. They go in and come out.
I can take my shoes off and go inside.
I would have killed them with the smell of my feet.
I'm coming...
They’re going towards the wall...
Go! Go!
Throw it out!
I’m glad. A different menu today.
- Different, okay! - Good, good, good.
So, we’ve caught one, we can prepare it.
You talk about wolves,
but you’re an even meaner predator.
Et voilà.
Come on.
What kind of number would you find acceptable?
They mustn’t kill them at all, but...
Well, yeah.
If they have to kill some, I'd expect to lose
about fifteen, no more than that.
It always depends on the size of the flock.
Sure.
Because if it’s for private use,
like my friend Pietro Ferrero,
who’s got 15 sheep, and they kill 3 or 4,
that’s not good for him.
They shouldn’t kill them, but that’s their nature.
2% is what you’d expect, right?
Yeah, no more than that.
What a beauty, hey?
Look at this beautiful trout, it’s still moving.
Now it’s come alone.
Look at the way it’s sniffing.
I always wonder if they’re smelling the corpse,
or our smell on the camera.
This specific camera had been in place for weeks.
So I think it must be the corpse.
But at the moment they’re not eating.
So it seems like a dog doesn't eat a dog.
Yes! Yes!
A fine day!
Et voilà.
Oh my, oh my.
What a rotten deal, huh?
Another one over there.
Great. That makes two.
With all the sheep and the lambs over there.
And with the Maremma dog there too,
it's not like there are no dogs,
but they still get them if they want to.
Oh my...
This one belonged to my friend Angelo.
It’s not even one of mine.
It’s been a fine day today too!
Holy cow.
What a fine job!
What can you do? It’s the way it goes.
A pain in the ass of a job.
Get away from there!
Gineiver, what you been up to?
Didn’t you do anything? Were you asleep?
Were you asleep instead of watching the sheep?
Well done!
That shepherd who had to take his animals to pasture,
animals at the end of their season, old ones,
which he needed to dispose of.
It’s a great opportunity for them too,
so they get rid of the carcasses...
It’s a small help for them.
It’s amazing the way, when they hear you come...
Yeah, they’re already operational.
Look at it! Look at it!
Finally! We have it!
Finally, they’re eating it.
Finally, they’re eating.
So a dog does eat a dog.
From our point of view, finally.
Oh, yes!
Even if only in a few cases, wolf does eat wolf.
Which shocks us a little.
Due to the associated risk.
That’s why it’s the landscape of fear.
This may be the moment when trichinella is transmitted.
Definitely, yes.
A large portion of the wolves that
test positive for trichinella,
have it in small quantities, more compatible with
eating a wolf or a fox
but not large amounts.
Now I can retire in peace.
Holy cow...
Let's hope the day works in our favor,
and the wolves don't come to get our little sheep as usual.
Happy birthday to you...
It’s all meat!
Happy birthday to you...
Happy birthday dear Luna,
Happy birthday to you.
Blow.
Ready!
Keep it attached.
Perhaps yes, otherwise...
At the table, she behaves well.
She knows she can’t eat at the table.
She’s a lady!
Come along.
Come on, one more shot.
Come on.
Get out. Nosy!
Hungry?
How’s your belly? Nearly full? Come along.
Where are you going? Come here.
You have finished.
Come on, you’re pretty full now.
Hi, Luca.
When we speak there’s always a problem.
Hello? Hi, Luca. How’s it going?
Usual things...
Hi, Luca.
Well, look... Luca?
Luca, are you...? Sorry!
The estimated number of wolves that are run
over or killed illegally each year in Italy.
The number is underestimated.
Due to the death of the she-wolf Ventura,
Jerry and his team are no longer able to locate her pack,
which includes hybrid wolves.
Ventura was killed in “self-defense”.
The Court dropped the charges against the man who fired.
Two dead sheep.
One...
and two.
The officially ascertained number of farm
animals killed by wolves each year in Italy.
The number is greatly underestimated.
Approximately two million euros are paid
in compensation to farmers each year.
But Giorgio is facing a bigger problem than the wolves.
From 22°C to -5°C. I wasn’t expecting
such a climate change on August 28.
3, 4 of them are still there in the snow.
That one makes 5.
6... 7...
8 and 9.
10, 11.
12. That was Ugo’s goat.
A little new-born lamb.
13.
14.
15. 16.
17. Silvia’s daughter.
18, 19.
This is Angelo’s goat and his nanny-goat.
20, 21, 22, Heidi.
23 this sheep
and 24, this one against the nets.
A fine fucking climate change.
Hi, Mauro.
I need to tell you one thing.
I have now reached retirement. I’m 67
and I wanted to thank you for all
the things we’ve done together.
But I hope that
what will unite us in the years to come won’t be dead wolves,
but living wolves, because those are the ones we love
and, in the end, those really are...
“our wolves”.
For the retirement of my PhD supervisor. Luca Rossi.