Romania’s national forestry department has published rare photos of wild animals in their natural habitat, an area in the southwest of the country where the general public has no access to preserve wildlife stocks.
Taking advantage of the recent snow, an engineer from the Gorj Forestry Department in southwest Romania snapped some photogenic pictures of the creatures in hidden areas of the forest.
“Fragments of wilderness, from the Runcu- Gorj Forestry Department! Through the lens of our colleague, Eng. Alin Brotea. Such moments in nature are rare,” the Romsilva national forestry administration said in a Facebook post Wednesday.
Photos showed deer, stags, a wild fox and a pine marten in their natural environment, highlighted by the snow.
Wild foxes are elusive and nocturnal to avoid human contact while domesticated foxes which can be seen in cities are tame, showing, reduced, or no fear of humans.
Pine marten are native to Romania and prefer large, compact forests and are found throughout the country, with high density in the Carpathian mountains.
With dark brown fur, it is recognizable by the large cream-colored patch on its throat.They use their claws to climb trees with ease and they also run quickly on the ground.
The images were captured during a patrol and monitoring action of the employees of the Gorj Forestry Department, in areas where access is often very difficult.
he Jiu Gorge National Park covers almost 9,500 hectares of which 1,810 hectares are state-owned forests administered by the Runcu Forestry. Only forestry officials are allowed in the area to protect the wildlife.
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