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Adrian was passing over the Bodaiesti Hills, coming from Filiasi and going to the Vogna valley, when he found another Bursuc, or Badger, on the road.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 8th October 2011
It appears to be a male, killed by a car.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 8th October 2011
Goat kids at the Cioroiu Nou archaeological site were enjoying the warm spring sunshine and fresh green grass.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 15th April 2011
The pigs belong to a local farmer near Vogna Church. They live off fallen acorns of oak forests when this was available, but pigs eat almost any kind of food, including dead insects, worms, trees, bark, garbage and even dead pigs.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 6th April 2011
While visiting the Vogna Church to clean the floor and surrounding area, Alina and Adrian found cows and a few dogs to protect them. These are dogs specially bred to guard sheep and cattle from predators. They are called here Ciobanesc Mioritic, or the Mioritic sheep dog.
The dogs are very calm and gentle, but very resistant to cold and bad weather, as well as being good guardians for the animals in their care.
They originated in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania.
Text: partly adapted from Wikipedia.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 27th March 2011
The Mioritic stands about 65–85 cm (26–33 in) tall at the withers and weighs 50–65 kilograms (110–140 lb). This massive dog is covered in thick fluffy hair. It may be white, with or without pale grey or cream patches, or cream or pale grey all over.
Text: partly adapted from Wikipedia.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 6th April 2011
Adrian and Alexandru met this badger on the main road between Filiasi and Melinesti, on top of the hills above Bodaiestii de Sus village.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 7th November 2010
Location: Radovan area
Horses feeding quietly in good pastures.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 8th May 2010
Location: Radovan area
Goats are kept for milk and meat in Romania.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2nd May 2010
Location: Slaveni Castrum area
In the valley of Dealul Tepelusului a beautiful and huge fox is dead in the middle of the field. There are many foxes in the Oltenia area, especially near villages, but this is a beautiful one. I could not pass over the river at this point, so I have only this image of it.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 6th December 2009
This is a little pig who feels the danger and tries to hide under an old tree, on the left bank of the Danube river, at Desa village...
Many people believe that if they are hidden like a little pig, the danger will pass away from them...
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 16th August 2008
Although this photo shows deer a long way away, it is good to see them in the forest again.
Photo taken on the border of Arginesti Forest, near the Motru River, not far from the village of Gura Motrului, about two or three kilometres north of the village of Bilta.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 1st March 2008
This beautiful white Cal, or horse, on top of a hill, is in the valley of the fossils. Many of them are used for pulling ploughs and so on, but it is very rare to ride them.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 13th April 2008
In the Valley of the Springs, a cow, eating fresh grass. There are many of them here, used by the local people for food, milk, and as draught animals.
Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 13th April 2008
