(17 Jul 2024)
CROATIA BIRDS OF PREY
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dubrava Forest, near Sibenik, Croatia – 07 July 2024
1. Wide of the entrance to the centre
2. Close of a plate at the entrance identifying the centre as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage site
3. Medium of long-eared owl
4. A couple of visitors walking around in the centre
5. Visitors photographing centre’s resident birds in their mews
6. Long-eared owl in the mews
7. A visitor walking past the mews
8. Various of owls and hawks in the mews
9. Emilio Mendjusic, co-founder and a manager of the centre, sitting outside with visitors with an owl perched on his arm
10. A couple of visitors sitting outside listening to Mendjusic’s presentation
11. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Emilio Mendjusic, co-founder and a manager of the centre:
“I am not scouting the forests (for birds in distress); I depend on the goodness of strangers who find the birds to bring them here for us to heal them and release them back into the wild. The procedure is simple, we first diagnose the birds, then we give them the veterinary care and rehabilitation they need and, in the end, we release them.”
12. Sign on a fence separating bird hospital from part of centre open to visitors reading (in English): “Private, do not enter”
13. Exterior of bird hospital
14. Various of resident hawks standing, flying around centre
15. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Emilio Mendjusic, co-founder and a manager of the centre:
“My job is to prepare the birds for independent life in nature. People describe me as a bird whisperer, which I am not, but I am preparing birds for return into the wild and that is a complex task because a bird must fear the people, it must learn to feed itself and become a good flyer. My job is to do everything in my power to give it a chance to survive in the wilderness.”
16. Long shot of visitors sitting in a circle during Medjusic’s presentation
17. Various of a centre’s resident hawk standing outside
18. Long shot of visitors sitting in a circle during Medjusic’s presentation
19. Mendjusic instructing a visitor how to hold a hawk on her arm
20. Wide of Mendjusic standing in talking to a circle of visitors
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Mizerak, a visitor from the US:
“We enjoyed the presentation, to see the birds up close was beautiful and to know that this is not just a zoo, but it is a place where they are helping animals to recover and to re-enter the wild is really interesting and a little bit different from some of the tourist things that you see right by the sea.”
22. Various of one of the centre’s resident owls
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Cathy Mizerak, a visitor from the US:
“It is a beautiful thing to help preserve wildlife, especially the birds who do not have a chance otherwise and this is a beautiful place to do it.”
24. Various of the centre’s resident hawk
25. Circle of visitors sitting around Medjusic during his presentation
26. Menjusic and a visitor standing in the middle of the circle, Mendjusic showing visitors how to hold their arm to hold the bird
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna, no family name given, a visitor from Mexico:
“So, in that moment I was really scared because I was not sure what I will expected, if the bird will attack me or if he will, or she, will just stand by, eating the food. So, I was a little bit nervous. Then I tried to relax myself the most and it was a really nice experience.”
28. Long shot of visitors sitting in a circle around Mendjusic
29. SOUNDBITE (English) Anna, no family name given, a visitor from Mexico:
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