Reliable data on wildlife populations are the foundation of effective nature conservation and sustainable management. Camera traps have become a well-established non-invasive research method, allowing researchers to monitor the distribution, abundance, activity, and behavior of wild animals in their natural habitats.
Monitoring wildlife populations—whether game or protected species—is an essential part of modern conservation and scientifically informed population management.
In the Veliki Vrh area, within the Oljka hunting ground, FVO researchers captured images of a roe deer with an injury to its left eye, resulting in partial vision loss. Despite this physical limitation, the footage demonstrates the individual’s remarkable adaptability to its environment.
The recording was made as part of ongoing wildlife monitoring using camera traps, conducted within the framework of the international projects Big_Picture (Biodiversa) and European Observatory of Wildlife (EOW). These projects enable the collection of comparable data across Europe and contribute to a better understanding of ecological processes and wildlife adaptations to environmental conditions.