Walking on the wild side: Bird trackers hit winter routes

                    by RIA Novosti / Kirill Kalinnikov
Despite the urban sprawl and traffic jams, . RT joined specially trained animal trackers on their winter route.
Famous for its icy climate, winter is a very special time in Russia: a perfect time for its acclaimed icy swims and snow sports. It is also ideal for tracking a rich natural resource: wildlife.
In Moscow, from late January to early March, winter route tracking takes place across parks. It is something that has carried on through political, social and economic revolutions across the land.
“For decades, we would examine the spread of the species across all of the Russian territory,” Vladimir Krever, from the World Wildlife Fund, told RT. “Thousands of people participated in monitoring elk, wild boar, foxes, wolves and hares. That was how we decided our hunting quotas and what had to be protected, like tigers or leopards.”...Continue reading...