Shaun Ellis, (Wolf Researcher) !
Shaun Ellis a passé de nombreuses années de sa vie à étudier le comportement des loups, il s’est spécialisé dans le système de communication leurs permettant de communiquer les uns avec les autres.
Il a passé des années à s’intégrer lui-même dans une meute de loup du parc naturel de Linton Cambridgeshire.
Shaun à consacré une grande partie de ces 12 dernières années à étudier la vie et le comportement des loup, il a notamment écrit « The Wolf Talk », traduisez « Le Langage des loups ».
« Les gens pensent que les loups sont des animaux féroces et dangereux mais en fait il suffit de s’imprégner, de vivre avec eux pour découvrir que ce sont des animaux sont équilibrés et qu’il ne vous feront aucun mal »
Aujourd’hui Shaun communique avec les loups par le biais de postures, de regards et même de cries, il définit même le langage des loups comme étant très simple.
Il aimerait que son travaille puisse permettre à l’homme de coexister avec les loups sans conflit en les encourageant à rester dans des zones ou ils seront protégés.
Shaun Ellis is a British animal researcher who is notable for living among wolves, and even "adopting" a pack of abandoned wolf cubs. He was the subject of an Aqua Vita Films documentary called "A Man Among Wolves". It has been shown on the National Geographic Channel in the United States of America (U.S.), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) version of the film entitled "The Wolfman" has been shown on Five.
The documentary shows how, by carefully mimicking wolf behaviour, Ellis was able to raise a pack of three wolf cubs to maturity in a nature reserve in Devon, becoming the pack's alpha male.
His expertise brought him to the attention of a Polish farmer, whose livestock had suffered wolf attacks. Since wolves are a protected species in Poland the farmer hoped that Ellis might be able to find some non-violent way to deter the marauding pack. Ellis travelled to Poland to study the local pack, bringing with him audio recordings of wolf howls.
Ellis believed that if the local wolves heard howls coming from the farm they would believe another pack had already claimed it as their territory, and keep clear to avoid a conflict. In order for this to work Ellis had to determine the size of the pack and play back recordings of a similar-sized pack. Initial results were encouraging; in the first few weeks after the farmer began playing the recordings the farm suffered no further attacks.
Returning to Devon, Ellis attempted to reintegrate himself with the three wolves. In his absence the wolves had established a new hierarchy, and though they recognised Ellis and welcomed him back he was now the pack's omega, relegated to a peace-keeping role between the new alpha and beta males.