“Hazing“It is a term that in Italian could be translated into” grannism “and refers to all those practices of (substantially) torture to which people of age or lower rank are subjected.
But did you know that it can also be done with animals? There is a technique called “Wolf Hazing“, in essence” bullying on the wolves “, which is experiencing in the United States to keep predators away from the flocks, and which consists, to make it short, in teaching them that the man is bad. How? Wall Street Journal: using rock music and extracted from an Oscar movie.
The importance of breeding. The story refers in particular to an American state, the Oregon, who in recent years has seen the return in great style of the wolves, which since they were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995 have also begun to spread in the surrounding states. In Oregon there are still many small breeders, who depend on a flock of small size to live: for them, losing a garment is always a problem, and in recent years the wolf attacks have increased.
The attack of the drones-cowboys. The wolves, however, are also a protected species, and therefore cannot be reduced. For this reason, USDA, the Ministry of U.S. Agriculture, is experimenting with a new solution: teaching the wolves that humans are bad. To do this, the head of the Paul Wolf project invented the drones-Cowboy: they are small radio-controlled quadricottons on which a lighthouse and a pair of speakers are mounted. The drones are equipped with a thermal chamber that allows you to identify the wolves even at night: when they catch one, they light the lighthouse and point it on the animal.
Hard Rock and Oscar movies. At that point the concert begins: once the wolf is in light, the speakers begin to “shoot” noises of various kinds (fireworks, pistol shots …) – and beyond. The song is also part of the antilipi selection Thunderstruck of the AC/DC, and above all, perhaps the most curious thing, an extract of History of a weddingthe Oscar film by Noah Baumbach with Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. In the film there is an architect scene between the two, who are divorcing and must decide how to divide the son: if you want you can see it (in original, to understand what wolves feel) here.
Shock therapy. Apparently, disturbing wolves with rock ‘n’ roll and with the screams of Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson is an effective deterrent.
The first field test took place in the South Oregon, in an area where, in the previous 20 days, the wolves had killed 11 cows. During the period of activity of the drone, which lasted 85 days, only two died of cows.
Of course, everything is not always smooth: the biggest problem is the batteries, since drones can fly only for twenty minutes before having to return to the base to load. But they are obstacles that will be overcome: the wolves prepare, History of a wedding It is about to become their new nightmare.
