Title: The Polish Horse
Country: Poland
Duration: 6’46’’
Insert: Author : Kinga Gluma, Olga Kunze Camera : Krzysztof Szyszka Sound : Przemysław Leszczyński Cut : Róża Wojta
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Text: O-Ton: Prof.Zygmunt Vetulani,son of prof.Tadeusz Vetulani-an (explorer,inventor of a race „polish horse” with his daughter) Before The Second World War your grandfather Tadeusz collected the last living horses and put them into the special garden called National Pak in Białowieża
O-Ton: Daughter Real,genuine horses ?
O-Ton: Prof. Zygmunt Vetulani Yes.There were real horses in real national park
O-Ton: Daughter And could he ride them?
O-Ton: Prof. Zygmunt Vetulani No,he couldn’t.They lived like these ones in freedom,they had children.Here are the Polish Horses.It is the race which your grandfather has saved.
O-Ton: Prof. Zygmunt Vetulani My father made a hypothesis that these horses are descendents of Tarpan (Equus caballus gmelini).Count and countness Zamoyscy caught the last tarpans.They put them into their private zoo nearby Zamość Horses were living there some time. At the beginning of the 19th century it was necessary to cose the zoo .It was caused by economical and climatical conditions.Horses were given away the farmers in the neighbourhood.They started to intercross them with domestic horses,so in this half-wild state they were living till the end of 19th century.
O-Ton: Andrzej (Master of The Horse.National Horsekeeping Company in Sieraków ) Look at the leg –there’s a straw
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O-Ton: Andrzej These horses are very friendly to the children,they are perfect to saddle.They are very nice,cute ,friendly for the people.Especially for those who like horses and want to learn a horse-riding.Here ,the children have conditions to learn it without paying,only for help in cleaning ,saddling and breaking in.We are succeed-they even take part in polish national competitions.
O-Ton: Wojciech Ganowicz (The President of the National Horsekeeping Company in Sieraków) There is one program of UE,which give extra charges to local races.In Poland there are four races respected by UE.One of them is a Polish Horse.And for every more,who is registered UE pay 1300 zloty(300 euro).This money can be reserved by farmers for example for feeding stuff.For sure it’s big help,so more people start getting interested in buying these horses Quote :Wojciech Ganowicz ( 10:24:46:00)
We sold to Germany about twenty horses from Sieraków.We sold it hundreds from Poland.
O-Ton: Andrzej Mróz (a farmer) Here is clay and sandy soil,so its productivity is rather law.That’s why agrotourism and breeding the horses is popular –it’s an alternative way to make money
Don’t be afraid
O-Ton: Prof.Zygmunt Vetulani Contemporary scientist insist that natural science views of my father were ahead of his time.My father thought about saving and protecting the nature in a global scale.We must remember that in 20th and 30th of the last century the world didn’t think about these ideas,the world didn’t seak about it.It was so far to the Conference in Rio de Janeiro.
O-Ton: Wojciech Ganowicz
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We are 150 km from Berlin.When we have a highway we’ll have only 1,5 of drive from Berlin.I have a dream... Here are many beautiful areas-Puszcza Notecka (Notecka Forest) –100km long,20km wide,and here are forests,lakes and I hope we’ll be able to entertain tourist from Germany with their horses.Horses will stay in special pensios,which prise will be competentive according to German conditions
O-Ton: Prof. Zygmunt Vetulani We may look at my father’s work as a fulfillment to the nature but I think that the mankind acted it in his business.It was real human interest to save the race. Now all the European scientist acknowledge to invent and saving the race-we can use it as an appreciation of our position in Europe
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