Almost 30 years after a horrific accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant released massive amounts of radiation and became one of the world's worst nuclear catastrophes, the long-abandoned site has some new inhabitants:
Scientists found that the numbers of moose, roe deer, red deer and wild boar living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone — a roughly 1,000-square-mile (2,600 square kilometers) designated area of contamination around the disaster site — are similar to the animals' population numbers in nearby uncontaminated nature reserves. In fact, they noted that wolf census data in the area has a population seven times greater than populations in nearby reserves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cLSLp5JCL4
This Documentary shows a lot of how the wild life is surviving in Chernobyl 25 years after the explosion. It summaries how the animals restored their eco system with each other. From beavers building the canals, to fish from canals feeding birds, to elk feeding the wolves. The documentary portrayls chernobyl as a past event and focus on the present of chernobyl and does seem to have a stand on how or what happen at that time. But rather focuses on how the animals are adapting to the radiation.
UOP News Wildlife abundant at Chernobyl
http://www.port.ac.uk/uopnews/2015/10/05/wildlife-abundant-at-chernobyl/
“It’s very likely that wildlife numbers at Chernobyl are much higher than they were before the accident.
“This doesn’t mean radiation is good for wildlife, just that the effects of human habitation, including hunting, farming and forestry, are a lot worse.”
State by the research team in Chernobyl, This shows how media is representing on the issue of chernobyl, as this is a new study publish this year, not many knows of this study. Therefore this animation aims to raise awareness on this, and in the effects of human habitation in general. Using this case study.
National Geographic Chernobyl and Other Places Where Animals Thrive Without People By John Wendle
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/10/151008-chernobyl-animals-thrive-without-people-science/
The “accidental” nature reserve created in this almost completely unpopulated "exclusion zone" is now teeming with big herbivores and predators, including the rare European lynx and the European brown bear, not been seen in the region for nearly a century.
Przewalski’s horse and the endangered European bison, introduced to the area, have also prospered. Wolves abound, at population levels seven times higher than in comparable reserves uncontaminated by nuclear fallout.
This show another same perspective of the chernobyl in the present, stating how exclusive this events are as this species have not appear in the region for nearly a century, and more over the wolves are seven times higher in their population compare to other uncontaminated areas. This shows how hard is it for animals to find a home turd, as the world is dominated by hunting, farming, and forestry. This focuses my animation to inspire the audience to find alternative ways to get the same outcome of the human habitation. Like farming in buildings, recycle paper, and more.
