heading through to my next stop on the sava river the marshlands of brodski varos, where i encounter a man on an unusual fishing expedition. because stjepan goes out every day to collect food for this family of storks. stjepan found the mother, malena, 2a years ago after she had been shot and critically disabled by hunters. she still can‘t fly. because malena can‘t hunt, stjepan has to help feed the chicks. the fact that i can get so close, incredible. and they‘re beautiful! wow. congratulations!
and they‘re beautiful! wow. congratulations! over the years, a male stork, klepetan, became malena‘s mate but each winter, malena has to say goodbye to klepetan and their brood of baby storks as he migrates to africa for the winter. this bond between stjepan and malena has become internationally famous and is even the subject of a brand new documentary, the old man and the stork.
there are now 17 murals in sisak and the festival has been such a success, they‘ve decided to keep on painting. mind you, people don‘t come to this part of croatia just for the art. they come to see the country‘s largest wetland, which i‘m heading through to my next stop on the sava river the marshlands of brodski varos, where i encounter a man on an unusual fishing expedition. because stjepan goes out every day to collect food for this family of storks. stjepan found the mother, malena, 2a years ago after she had been shot and critically disabled by hunters. she still can‘t fly. because malena can‘t hunt, stjepan has to help feed the chicks. the fact that i can get so close, incredible.
internationally famous and is even the subject of a brand new documentary, the old man and the stork. and so, the first half of myjourney down the sava
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