Wolves, dogs and hikers learn to live together in France
Since wolves returned to the Luberon massif in southern France around ten years ago, many farmers adopted Pyrenean mountain dogs. To ensure the safety of hikers, volunteers step in and guide them through the routes and the pastures.
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00:00There are a few people who are really scared and who are in this thing, it's not easy.
00:29It's not normal.
00:30There is a hiking trail, I must be able to pass, yes, but the mountain, it does not belong
00:36only to hikers.
00:37To stop, to wait for the dog or the dog to come and feel you, to identify you,
01:07to confirm that you are not a threat, that they go back to the herd, and then you can
01:14go back quietly, hiking, so there is no problem.
01:17And above all, no aggressive gesture towards the dog, out of fear or something else, because
01:23that's going to be completely counterproductive, the dog.