Protecting Nature, Safeguarding Future!
About us
By presenting some useful information through our website about Romanian mammals like the Brown Bear and Wolf as well as our activities involving these animals, we try to alleviate disbeliefs and give a realistic overview for students, biologists, educators, hunters, foresters, tourists, animal keepers, and shepherds about the wildlife and wildlife conservation. However, we are only acting in several regions of the country; the most regularly visited study area we have is in the Caliman and Gurghiu mountains including its foothill area.
The Association for Bird and Nature Protection "Milvus Group" is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, acting in the fields of education, research and advisory, in order to make Romania a better place for birds, wildlife and people.
Objectives
- to improve knowledge about the distribution and status of Romanian mammals;
- to identify endangering factors at local and national level;
- to improve people's knowledge and the public attitude towards different mammal species;
- to develop action plans or local management plans for different threatened mammal species;
- to implement direct conservation programs / activities for different threatened species
Activities
Creating a local strategy (Calimani and Gurghiului Mountains) for the conservation of the large carnivores;
Collection and destruction of traps and snares used by poachers;
Education of different target groups about several mammal species through field trips, presentations, slide shows, leaflets and brochures;
Evaluation of carnivore-inflicted damages, bear attacks on people;
Implementation and testing of damage prevention methods;
Behavioral study on a hand-raised wolf;
Study of carnivore biology
Working as a partner in the Natura 2000 Mammal Conservation Working Group
Small mammal population survey in Muntii Macinului National Park.
Association for Bird and Nature Protection "Milvus Group"
Office: 540343 Tirgu Mures, Romania, Crinului St. 22
Mailing address: 540620 Tirgu Mures OP3 CP39 Tel/Fax: 40 265 264726
E-mail: office(at)milvus.ro
Mammal Conservation Working Group
Office: Tg-Mures, 540343, Crinului str. 22, Romania
Postal adress: Tg-Mures, 540620, O.P.3, C.P.39; Romania
Tel./Fax. 40-265-264726, Mobile : 0720-531061
e-mail: attila.kecskes@milvus.ro
News - Red deer killed by wolves
Red deer killed by wolves found 15 km from Targu Mures
In 26 January 2008, two ornithologist colleagues found a red deer killed by wolves about 550 m from a village called Glodeni (Sárpatak), 15 km from the city of Targu Mures. Their attention was attracted by about 30 raven and 20 magpie in a reeds part of a plow-land. We suppose that it was killed one or two day before it was found by ornithologists. Wolves chased after the deer out of the nearby forest and killed it at 100 m from the forest edge. The deer was a very big female, weighing at least 150 kg. The deer size and the fighting signs along the deer tracks led us to reject the possibility that the kill was made by another animal other than a wolf. Feral dogs were never observed in this territory. The deers throat was presenting just a single hole possibly made by a lower canine dent. The insides, and majority of the body muscles were completely eaten. The eaten meat quantity let us to believe that the wolfpack has between 5-10 members, taking into account also the consumption of meat quantity made by birds, foxes and stray dogs which came out of the village. For further analysis of deer condition and age, we collected the femur and the head for determining the femural and jaws marrow fat content and the tooth wear. Our Link List
- Mammal Conservation Working Group
- Our main goal is to ensure the long term survival and recovery of different wild mammal populations through species and habitat conservation in Romania.
- Milvus Group
- The Association for Bird and Nature Protection "Milvus Group" is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, acting in the fields of education, research and advisory, in order to make Romania a better place for birds, wildlife and people. A few very enthusiastic young bird-watchers founded the Milvus in autumn 1991. Soon after this, we joined the Romanian Ornithological Society, becoming its branch in Tirgu Mures. Since the end of 2001 the Association for Bird and Nature Protection "Milvus Group" became an independent registered NGO.
Wolves on the track
News - Physical condition of the red deer killed by wolves
Analyzing the physical condition of the red deer killed by wolves near Glodeni
Fat reserves are known as good indicators of physical condition for several animal species. Usually prey animal physical conditions are determined for further analysis by prey selection patterns of carnivores. However, the most usable fat reserves (around heart, stomach, kidney) are usually consumed by predators, together with organs. The only available fat reserve for this kind of analysis is the long bones marrow fat. Since bone marrow fat is usually the last mobilized energy deposit of an organism, their mobilization is beginning after the depletion of other fat reserves. In this context, low fat content of bone marrow indicate the depletion of other fat deposits. Such as, a low fat content of the marrow can indicate certain levels of starvation due to several environmental factors (poor habitat, winter severity, etc) and/or physiological factors (young, old, sec, injured, etc). Very low fat content means the animal is near death. At the same time high fat content of the marrow cannot show with confidence that the animal was completely healthy or without problems. 
The Fladry is effective only against wolves
