{{Short description|Male wolf in Italy and Slovenia}} {{Infobox animal | name = Slavc | image = Giulietta & Slavc.jpeg | caption = Slavc (right) with his first mate Juliet | species = ''Canis lupus'' | gender = Male | birth_date = 2009<ref name=porocilo_akcijae2.final_.pdf>{{cite report |title=SloWolf—Action E.2 of the project "Conservation and surveillance of the conservation status of the wolf (Canis lupus) population in Slovenia (2010-2013)"|url=https://www.volkovi.si/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/porocilo_akcijae2.final_.pdf|publisher=SloWolf |date=2013 |last1=Mulej, Jasna|last2=Bertoncelj, Irena|last3=Černe, Rok|last4=Jerina, Klemen|last5=Kavčič, Irena|last6=Majić-Skrbinšek, Aleksandra|last7=Marinko, Urša|last8=Potočnik, Hubert|last9=Vidrih, Matej|last10=Jelenčič, Maja|last11=Skrbinšek, Tomaž}}</ref> | birth_place = Slovenia, Slavnik Pack<ref name=porocilo_akcijae2.final_.pdf>{{cite report |title=SloWolf—Action E.2 of the project "Conservation and surveillance of the conservation status of the wolf (Canis lupus) population in Slovenia (2010-2013)"|url=https://www.volkovi.si/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/porocilo_akcijae2.final_.pdf|publisher=SloWolf |date=2013 |last1=Mulej, Jasna|last2=Bertoncelj, Irena|last3=Černe, Rok|last4=Jerina, Klemen|last5=Kavčič, Irena|last6=Majić-Skrbinšek, Aleksandra|last7=Marinko, Urša|last8=Potočnik, Hubert|last9=Vidrih, Matej|last10=Jelenčič, Maja|last11=Skrbinšek, Tomaž}}</ref> | weight = 40 kg, at the age of 2 years old (2011-07-17)<ref name=porocilo_akcijae2.final_.pdf>{{cite report |title=SloWolf—Action E.2 of the project "Conservation and surveillance of the conservation status of the wolf (Canis lupus) population in Slovenia (2010-2013)"|url=https://www.volkovi.si/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/porocilo_akcijae2.final_.pdf|publisher=SloWolf |date=2013 |last1=Mulej, Jasna|last2=Bertoncelj, Irena|last3=Černe, Rok|last4=Jerina, Klemen|last5=Kavčič, Irena|last6=Majić-Skrbinšek, Aleksandra|last7=Marinko, Urša|last8=Potočnik, Hubert|last9=Vidrih, Matej|last10=Jelenčič, Maja|last11=Skrbinšek, Tomaž}}</ref> |death_date=Winter 2022-2023<ref name="death">{{cite web |url=https://www.iononhopauradellupo.it/approfondimento-sulla-presenza-del-lupo-in-lessinia-2022/ |title=Approfondimento sulla presenza del lupo in Lessinia 2022 |language=Italian |date=2023-03-14 |website=Iononhopauradellupo.it |publisher=Io non ho paura del lupo APS |access-date=2023-03-14}}</ref>}}
'''Slavc''' ({{IPA|sl|ˈslawts|pron}}, diminutive of ''Slavko''<ref name="orf">{{cite web|url=http://volksgruppenv1.orf.at/slovenci/novice/stories/159490.html |title=Volk Slavko že na Salzburškem |accessdate=10 Aug 2014 |publisher=ORF (broadcaster)}}</ref><ref name="br"/>) was a male wolf that was electronically tracked by the University of Ljubljana's Biology department between July 2011 and August 2012, as part the EU-funded ''SloWolf'' project.<ref name="orf"/>
Slavc was born as part of the ''Slavnik'' wolf pack,<ref name="volkovi1">{{cite web|url=http://www.volkovi.si/blog/81-obmoje-gibanje-tropa-snenik |author=SloWolf |title=Območje gibanja tropa Slavnik |language=Slovenian |accessdate=10 Aug 2014}}</ref> which ranges from Trieste in Italy, through Hrpelje-Kozina in Slovenia up to the Učka mountain range in Croatia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dzzp.hr/dokumenti_upload/20121001/dzzp201210011056250.pdf |publisher=State Institute for Nature Protection (Croatia) |language=Croatian |accessdate=10 Aug 2014 |title=Izvješće o stanju populacije vuka u Hrvatskoj u 2012. godini |page=16}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH0ppQEjgfI |title=Living with wolves: Miha Krofel at TEDxLjubljana |first=Miha |last=Krofel |publisher=TEDx Talks |accessdate=11 Aug 2014}}</ref> In July 2011, he was fitted with a GPS-GSM-VHF collar by the biologist Hubert Potočnik near Kozina, and his location was transmitted every three hours.<ref name="guard">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/animal-magic/2014/aug/08/slavc-wolf-migration-europe |work=The Guardian |title=Incredible journey: one wolf's migration across Europe |first=Henry |last=Nicholls |date=8 August 2014 |accessdate=10 Aug 2014}}</ref><ref name="volkovi3">{{cite web |url=http://www.volkovi.si/en/about-wolves/wolfs-ids |author=SloWolf |title=Identifying details of wolves equipped with telemetry collars |accessdate=10 Aug 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205221/http://www.volkovi.si/en/about-wolves/wolfs-ids |archivedate=2014-08-12 }}</ref>
On 19 December, Slavc dispersed from his pack and headed southwards, towards Ćićarija, then proceeded northwards, traversing Vipava Valley, Trnova forest, then through Ljubljana Basin, subsequently reaching the vicinity of Klagenfurt within 10 days.<ref name="volkovi2">{{cite web|url=http://www.volkovi.si/sl/blog/187-volk-slavc-se-je-loil-od-rodnega-tropa |author=SloWolf |title=Volk Slavc se je ločil od rodnega tropa |language=Slovenian |accessdate=10 Aug 2014}}</ref> The data transmitted by his collar suggested that Slavc had swum across the Drava river at a location where the river is {{convert|280|m|ft}} wide with no bridges nearby. Some of the mountain passes the wolf crossed were at elevations of {{convert|2600|m|ft}} and with snow covers that were {{convert|6|m|ft}} deep.<ref name="guard"/> By March 2012 Slavc had arrived in the Valpolicella, part of Verona province in Italy. His sighting was the first of a wild wolf in Verona in more than 130 years.<ref name="br">{{cite AV media|url=http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/programmkalender/sendung-475772.html |publisher=Bayerischer Rundfunk |title=Welt der Tiere - Wolfsliebe |language=German |accessdate=10 Aug 2014}}</ref> He then moved back north towards the Lessinia Regional Nature Park, where he formed a pair bond with a female nicknamed Juliet. The journey had seen Slavc travel for around {{convert|2000|km|mi}} in total.<ref name="guard"/>
Slavc's collar was programmed to drop off automatically in August 2012. He was assumed to still be in Lessinia, where he had two pups with his mate. There were indications that the pair had birthed another litter in 2014.<ref name="guard"/> Juliet was thought to have been killed by members of a rival pack in mid-January 2022, with Slavc being sighted in July of that year with a new mate nicknamed ''Orecchio Mozzo'' ({{IPA|it|oˈrekkjo ˈmottso|pron}}, "nick ear"). The last verified sighting of Slavc occurred on 13 August 2022, and Orecchio Mozzo was later observed to be accompanied by another male, thus leading to the conclusion that Slavc had died sometime in the winter of 2022-2023.<ref name="death"/>
==See also== * OR-7 * List of wolves
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Individual wolves Category:2009 animal births Category:Fauna of Slovenia Category:Individual wild animals