Autumn in Lika exhibition - an educational and informative exhibition and lecture on predators

Gospić - Autumn in Lika exhibition - an educational and informative exhibition and lecture on predators

The Entrepreneurship Development Centre and the County Ličko-senjska held the seventh in the row traditional exhibition entitled Autumn in Lika. During 2 exhibition days production potentials of farms, small entrepreneurs and all those were presented, who are involved in the manufacture of diverse foodstuffs, consumer and decorative goods, thus preserving the local tradition. The tourist and cultural potentials of the county were presented too (the Plitvice Lakes National Park, the North Velebit National Park, etc.). The State Institute for Nature Protection and the LIFE Project on Conservation and Management of Wolves in Croatia joined the event by organizing an educational and informative exhibition on large carnivores - the wolf, the lynx and the bear inhabiting the county and representing a natural value of this area.

At the exhibition stand the wolf and the lynx management plans, brochures, bulletins and leaflets were presented and distributed and all information on predators and the operation of the Gospić regional office provided to the visitors. On behalf of the Institute and the Project the event was attended by Mr. Davorin Marković, Institute Manager, Ms. Jasna Jeremić, Staff Adviser for Fauna, Ms. Sonja Desnica, Assistant Head of the Project, and Mr. Dragan Šarić, Regional Co-ordinator for Gorski kotar and Lika. Since the Project is being implemented in collaboration with the School of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Zagreb, Ms. Magda Sindičić, an undergraduate ABD, held two lectures - one on the wolf and the other on the lynx. The visitors' response to and interest in the event was great.