The Polish government pays compensation for livestock killed by wolves. Myslajek advises farmers on erecting electric fences. He has helped revive the use of two deterrents that, for reasons no one quite understands, wolves find particularly scary: strings of small red flags (hung around sheep pens) and the bark of the fluffy white Tatra Mountain Sheepdog.
What is common to red flags and the Tatra Mountain Sheepdog?
Both are scary to wolves Both are used by Myslajek Both are recommended to farm owners by the Polish government Both have been used for centuries in Polan