Fritz escorted the first group of ibises in 2004.
However, that path has already been affected by climate change.
This was only a temporary solution, of course.
Using a three-wheeled vehicle affixed with a propeller and parachute-like canopy, Fritz took off with the birds.
Rather than go to Italy, the ibises now travel to Spain’s southern Atlantic coast.
It takes Fritz and the birds six weeks to make a one-way trip.
The answer is quite simple.
Fritz and the Waldrappteam have taken care of the birds their whole livesfeeding them and supporting them.
So they willingly follow him in these training sessions, despite not knowing their new destination.
Austrian biologist Johannes Fritz has been helping northern bald ibises, an endangered species of bird.
He founded the company Waldrappteam, and has helped reintroduce these ibises into the wild.
The new path avoids the Alps, leading the ibises to Spain.
A 2,500-mile trip that Fritz and his team took with them.
