A young Savoyard passionate about animals has just shared a video of two little wolf cubs filmed not far from Valloire. Rare images recorded thanks to a photo trap.
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Two little wolf cubs sniffing tracks and running past the goal. These rare images were captured by Robin Grillet, 20, in a forest near Valloire, in Savoie. The young enthusiast broadcast them on his page Facebook Thursday, December 24 to bring a little bit of magic to its subscribers for Christmas.
The scene, which lasts almost a minute, dates back to the summer of 2020. “It’s very rare to be able to film wolf cubs, I was very lucky”, says Robin. The gray wolf population was estimated at 580 adults in France as of June 9, 2020, the majority of which is in the Alps. Its population is increasing steadily and has exceeded the demographic viability threshold, but the wolf remains a species classified as “vulnerable”.
For 4 years, Robin has scoured the Savoyard reliefs in search of animal tracks to place his camera traps. “I liked to walk in nature, that’s how I started, he recalls. I started out by buying a camera trap and got hooked. “ Chamois, deer, roe deer, black grouse, stoats … The finds are varied and do not fail to amaze its subscribers.
Unexpected encounters
“Following the fauna, seeing what is happening in our mountains, it has become a real passion”, says the young man who works in the agricultural sector and would like to make this hobby his job. Every time he goes to find his photo traps, it’s the same pleasure and the same “surprise” to discover the animals that triggered the recording.
At the beginning of December, a fox and an eagle appeared in front of his lens. A few months earlier, it was a lynx, a rare animal in Savoie, which briefly appeared on one of his videos. In all, six enthusiasts bring the Facebook page to life with their images to “show the fauna that lives in our mountains and share it with as many people as possible.”
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