An eastern Croatian man hopes his heartwarming story of nursing an injured water bird back to health will inspire others to do more to protect them from poachers.
Bird admirer Stjepan Vokic has cared for his stork Malena since he found her wing was injured and she became flightless decades ago in Brodski Varos, 119 miles southeast of Zagreb.
“Twenty-five years ago in my little village, I found a small stork with a wounded wing, she had been shot by a hunter [and] I named her Malena (the little one),” Vokic said in a Facebook video uploaded by The Dodo.
