The film Keeper of the Wilderness is the story about the rare population of bears living in remote wilderness at the heart of the Slovak part of the Tatras. Here, in Tichá and Kôprová valleys, the conservationist and filmmaker Erik Baláž spent 15 years of documenting the life of these exceptional animals to eventually, together with Robert Rajchl, bring testimony about their life in true wilderness. For many centuries, bears roamed all over Europe, but with the expansion of civilisation their natural habitat has progressively diminished. They began to retreat to mountain enclaves inaccessible to humans, where they could live safely and freely. The results of long-term observations are not only detailed insights into daily life of bears, but also revelations that disprove many myths.
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The film Keeper of the Wilderness is the story about the rare population of bears living in remote wilderness at the heart of the Slovak part of the Tatras. Here, in Tichá and Kôprová valleys, the conservationist and filmmaker Erik Baláž spent 15 years of documenting the life of these exceptional animals to eventually, together with Robert Rajchl, bring testimony about their life in true wilderness. For many centuries, bears roamed all over Europe, but with the expansion of civilisation their natural habitat has progressively diminished. They began to retreat to mountain enclaves inaccessible to humans, where they could live safely and freely. The results of long-term observations are not only detailed insights into daily life of bears, but also revelations that disprove many myths.
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