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The Transylvanian Wildlife Project team would like to thank Marcus Taylor for lending us his nicely equipped Land Rover Defender 200Tdi. Marcus (Scotian) is a member of this forum :) His Defender met all our needs for carrying team members and all our equipment.

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TWP Team by trackranger, on Flickr

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Gal Laszlo - TWP tracker by trackranger, on Flickr

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TWP Team Members by trackranger, on Flickr

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Forest light by trackranger, on Flickr

The TWP team were also involved in anti-poaching activity and found and removed snares and one large serrated leg trap, big enough to trap a bear. Luckily no one from our team stood on it as it was on our path! With no tools it took the best part of an hour to cut the strands of the metal strap that secured the trap to a tree. However, all the hard work was worth it, knowing that there is one less trap out there causing danger to wildlife!

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Illegal trap by trackranger, on Flickr

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Illegal loop snare by trackranger, on Flickr

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Carpathian Deer by trackranger, on Flickr

We had the good fortune to also find yellow bellied toads and fire salamanders. The toads play dead when you flip them on their backs!

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Yellow Bellied Toad - Playing dead by trackranger, on Flickr

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Fire Salamander (Salamandra salamandra) by trackranger, on Flickr

There was plenty of wildlife activity in the forest and here are just a few photos signs and tracks.

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Wild boar tusk markings & hair on tree by trackranger, on Flickr

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Bear Tracks by trackranger, on Flickr

Once again a big thank you to Marcus!

All the best, Paul & fellow team members

http://www.transylvanianwildlifeproject.com/

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Who is laying the illegal snares and traps?

It is hard to say. The area we found these was 6 to 7 miles from the nearest settlement. The only sure way to find out would be for a law enforcement agency to leave the traps in situ and set up camera traps. Poachers are often armed, so not really ideal for us to directly confront them.

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