# Slavc > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Slavc > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Slavc.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavc > Source revision: 1241894009 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Canis_lupus)'' | gender = Male | birth_date = 2009{{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}} | birth_place = [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia), Slavnik Pack{{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}} | weight = 40 kg, at the age of 2 years old (2011-07-17){{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}} |death_date=Winter 2022-2023{{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}}}} '''Slavc''' ({{IPA|sl|ˈslawts|pron}}, diminutive of ''Slavko''{{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)](/source/ORF_(broadcaster))}}) was a male [wolf](/source/wolf) that was [electronically tracked](/source/Electronic_tagging) by the [University of Ljubljana](/source/University_of_Ljubljana)'s [Biology](/source/Biology) department between July 2011 and August 2012, as part the EU-funded ''SloWolf'' project. Slavc was born as part of the ''Slavnik'' wolf pack,{{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}} which ranges from [Trieste](/source/Trieste) in [Italy](/source/Italy), through [Hrpelje-Kozina](/source/Municipality_of_Hrpelje-Kozina) in Slovenia up to the [Učka](/source/U%C4%8Dka) mountain range in [Croatia](/source/Croatia).{{cite web|url=http://www.dzzp.hr/dokumenti_upload/20121001/dzzp201210011056250.pdf |publisher=[State Institute for Nature Protection (Croatia)](/source/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}}{{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}} In July 2011, he was fitted with a [GPS](/source/GPS)-[GSM](/source/GSM)-[VHF](/source/Very_high_frequency) collar by the biologist Hubert Potočnik near [Kozina](/source/Kozina), and his location was transmitted every three hours.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/animal-magic/2014/aug/08/slavc-wolf-migration-europe |work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |title=Incredible journey: one wolf's migration across Europe |first=Henry |last=Nicholls |date=8 August 2014 |accessdate=10 Aug 2014}}{{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 }} On 19 December, Slavc dispersed from his pack and headed southwards, towards [Ćićarija](/source/%C4%86i%C4%87arija), then proceeded northwards, traversing [Vipava Valley](/source/Vipava_Valley), Trnova forest, then through [Ljubljana Basin](/source/Ljubljana_Basin), subsequently reaching the vicinity of [Klagenfurt](/source/Klagenfurt) within 10 days.{{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}} The data transmitted by his collar suggested that Slavc had swum across the [Drava](/source/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. By March 2012 Slavc had arrived in the [Valpolicella](/source/Valpolicella), part of [Verona province](/source/Province_of_Verona) in Italy. His sighting was the first of a wild wolf in Verona in more than 130 years.{{cite AV media|url=http://www.br.de/fernsehen/bayerisches-fernsehen/programmkalender/sendung-475772.html |publisher=[Bayerischer Rundfunk](/source/Bayerischer_Rundfunk) |title=Welt der Tiere - Wolfsliebe |language=German |accessdate=10 Aug 2014}} He then moved back north towards the [Lessinia Regional Nature Park](/source/Lessinia_Regional_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. Slavc's collar was programmed to drop off automatically in August 2012. He was assumed to still be in [Lessinia](/source/Lessinia), where he had two pups with his mate. There were indications that the pair had birthed another litter in 2014. 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. ==See also== * [OR-7](/source/OR-7) * [List of wolves](/source/List_of_wolves) ==References== {{Reflist}} Category:Individual wolves Category:2009 animal births Category:Fauna of Slovenia Category:Individual wild animals --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Slavc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavc) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavc?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.