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films & future
The storks of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern are important to Helmut Eggers. But for a few years the “stork carer” has been concerned about the population declining. This year he has a special project: together with Steffen Hollerbach from The Stork Foundation (“Storchenkate”) in Preten, he wants to track four storks using a transmitter neckband, in order to learn more about them. Using the transmitters the two wildlife friends accompany the storks on their route, meet other birdwatchers and develop plans for the storks to be better protected throughout Europe.