This is the first in a series of Albania videos. The country is not like any other European city I have been to in the past.
Music: Yann Tiersen – Kala
iPod Version | HD Version
This is the first in a series of Albania videos. The country is not like any other European city I have been to in the past.
Music: Yann Tiersen – Kala
Josh, the animals didn’t look so bad…Just chillin out. I’m a big animal lover and have a dog and parrot that need constant love and care. For real bad abuse you don’t need to look any further that the good old USA. Just ask PETA about the dog fighting that goes on, even at Michaels Vicks house in particular.
John
Lol, that’s just a turkey in the screenshot. we eat those in england.
OH! Poor bear. I don’t know what to say!
The reason you don’t see as many strays in Michigan is because they are euthanized in shelters after they are picked up. Well, that and we have good sterilization programs here. I don’t know which is worse, animals that are strays and starving or animals that are dead.
It’s a hard call to make and I’m glad I don’t have to decide.
Aww… that was really sad… thanks for sharing that with us.
Love the HD version… so crisp and clean! The bear’s paws towards the end of the video really seem to say a lot with his/her’s motions… so sad.
Was your audio being captured by a wireless mic or was that on camera? Sounded really good.
always a great reportage and great intro, loved that more than the animal video himself
Actually, I am not that surprised about those animal abuses in Albania. This country has many other issues, but it is really sad, that they treat animals like this.
I agree with those who said that the US is not free from animal and human rights abuses…..
Philipp
Josh, this video moved me.
What an excellent video. I have the feeling that your cutting, timing and filming has improved a lot over the last couple of months. May I asked how much time you have spent in cutting and producing this piece?
And why didn’t you tell anyone in your blog about this trip? Or did I simply miss that? I was in Budapest last year and liked it a lot. And if you like Budapest, you have to go Vienna. You gonna love it.
I saw the same thing with dogs in mexico. My mexican friends laughed at me while i took pictures of each dog i saw (towards the end i just took pictures of the ones that moved me… my computer didn’t have enough space). It just saddened me that they didn’t see the value of the life of a dog the way we look at it here in the states. They had no problem kicking the dog if it walked too close to them… even if it was on a leash. Thank you so much for this video… it really touched me.
Hi Josh
Great to see your travels….It has been sometime since I was in Albania. A strange and wonderful place that had been kept neatly in a box for fifty years during the twentieth century.
Fahlamenderit…or thank you in Albanian.
I have seen that many streets dogs in my home country !!
Here in the USA I have to deal with squirrels, skunks, raccons, mice, ground hogs, deer . . .
i lived in albanian and wat i saw was really sad people need to take care of there aniamal
Hi I have been to Albania and the number of strays is far worse than in other countries that i have visited including, Turkey, Greece, spain & America. The situation is hurrendous. The animals are viewed as vermin not pets and beacause there are no tourists to feed them they just starve to death. Local people go out and shoot them for fun and the government do not run any neutering programmes or animals shelters. Unless you have been to Albania then you mustn’t comment and say it is not that bad as it is hurrendous.
Jenny