de dierenvrouwe Simone Kassak in Pools "Oerbos" Białowieża

 

A group of young workers from the Mammal Research Plant of the PAN Polish Academy of Sciences came up with the idea of telemetric studies. A wild animal is given a collar with a radio transmitter, so that it would pass out information as it walks about the woods. But the carnivore must first be caught. By coincidence, it was revealed that the researchers set up traps for the wolves and lynxes, which are prohibited by Polish law. Simona Kossak shows the ‘research apparatus’ that she came across in the forest – heavy metal jaws. It takes two men to open them up. She had just put away a ready typescript when a pack of wolves approached the house. […] The wolves howled terribly. […] ‘It was a gratuitous hymn for saving their lives’, she commented with conviction. ‘Wolves never approach buildings. They are too frightful. Perhaps they sensed the friendly aura emanating from the hut’.

Trans. PS

They called her a witch, because she chatted with animals and owned a terrorist-crow, known for stealing gold and attacking bicyclists. A lynx slept in her bed, and she shared her roof with a tamed boar. Simona Kossak was a scientist, ecologist and the author of award-winning films – as well as an activist who fought to protect Europe’s oldest forest.

Lees meer over deze bijzondere vrouw die samenleeft met dieren in het nationale park Białowieża van Polen: 

https://culture.pl/en/article/the-extraordinary-life-of-simona-kossak