大象传媒

For 12,000 years wolves roamed Scotland. However, over three centuries ago, we exterminated them. This film reveals the rise and fall of the Scottish wolf and explores the question of whether they should be re-introduced.

Wolves arrived as the last ice age ended, following the herds of deer and reindeer that crossed a now-lost land bridge from Europe. For thousands of years, wolves and humans shared the landscape as apex predators, with the wolf entering human art, myth and belief. However, farming put wolves and humans on a collision course, and, after centuries of persecution, wolves became extinct in Scotland. Since then, deer numbers have exploded, and many of Scotland鈥檚 woodlands have been stripped bare. Some argue for the wolf鈥檚 return. Could we, and should we, hear the howl of the wolf once more in the Highlands?

Bha madaidhean-allaidh an Alba fad co dhi霉 d脿 mhile dheug bliadhna, ach o chionn tr矛 cheud bliadhna chuir daoine as dhaibh air fad. Tha am film seo ag innse sgaoileadh is cr矛onadh madadh na h-Alba 鈥� agus a鈥檉oighneachd am bu ch貌ir dhaibh tilleadh.

R脿inig madaidhean-allaidh Alba aig deireadh na Linne Deighe mu dheireadh. Cleas na daoine, lean iad na f猫idh a bha a鈥檊abhail gu tuath a E貌rpa, air talamh a tha鈥檔 diugh fo Chaolas Shasainn. Fad mh矛ltean bhliadhnaichean b鈥檌ad na daoine is na madaidhean pr矛omh shealgairean na d霉thcha 鈥� am madadh na 矛omhaigh ann an ealain, sgeul is creideamh.
Ach nuair a theann na daoine ri 脿iteachas is 脿rach spr猫idh, bha am madadh na n脿mhaid; as d猫idh dhan duine bhi linntean ga shealg, chaidh e a bith an Alba. Bhon uairsin tha na f猫idh air sgaoileadh nan sgaothan eagallach, a鈥檉脿gail iomadh coille air a criomadh lom.

Tha feadhainn den bheachd gum b鈥檉hiach am madadh a thoirt air ais dhan d霉thaich. An cluinn sinn a dhonnalaich air Ghaidhealtachd fhathast 鈥� is am bu ch貌ir dha tilleadh?

In Gaelic with English subtitles