TV review: When frogs have to give way to skiers

TV review: When frogs have to give way to skiers

Universe – Saalbach-Hinterglemm – Where nature and people meet – Saalbach-Hinterglemm, in the heart of Austria, will be the venue for the Alpine Ski World Championships in 2025. Where the world’s best racers compete for medals on the slopes at top speed in winter, nature goes at its own pace during the course of the year. Keeping the needs of wild animals and people in balance is an eternal challenge that people around Saalbach-Hinterglemm face with great passion. From the wagtail to the beaver, from the bumblebee to the bearded vulture, from the red-backed shrike in the rose hedge to the common frog in the reservoir – they all tell a story that reflects not only their own story, but also that of humans. This film also reveals life around a farmhouse, where the black elderberry shows through its ever earlier flowering that climate change has also arrived in this region. Here we also meet rose beetles, elderberry moths and a dormouse, which are networked around this plant. Not only cattle graze on the adjacent summer ski slopes, but also deer in the early morning hours. In the still untouched side valleys of the Glemmtal you can find peace and avoid winter tourism. The black deer court in specially created retreat areas that are created to compensate for the development of tourism. The existence of fauna and flora in our Alps is not decided in hundredths of a second. It takes the endurance of marathon runners to protect nature for decades to come. – In the picture: Glemmtal. Photo: ORF/Interspot/Therese Engels. Publication free of charge only for editorial reporting in the context of the broadcast and with copyright notice. Contact: foto@orf.at Image: Therese Engels (Interspot)

“Universum – Saalbach-Hinterglemm” by Therese Engels (today, 8:15 p.m. on ORF 2) illuminates a world in which wilderness and winter sports are in constant competition. Where monstrous snow groomers roll over the slopes, snow cannons roar and the fun on the slopes attracts thousands of people seeking relaxation, the habitat for wild animals is becoming increasingly narrow. Often their survival is only possible thanks to a few people who protect them – such as the once extinct bearded vultures

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