3 men selected to live among wolves

(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2008-12-09 11:28

Three brave men have been selected from more than 1,700 candidates to live amongst wolves for a 72-hour period in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province.

Xi'an Qinling Wildlife Park published an advert on December 2. It stated the zoo wanted three men to live with wolves while writing diaries, taking photos and filming videos of the animals, Cnwest.com reported.

Each man will be paid 5,000 yuan (US$726) if they successfully complete the assignment.

A total of 1,777 men applied and 12 were selected for an interview, the report said.

Hu Qiwei, Xie Wei and Wang Yongsheng passed the interview process and were selected to observe the wolves.

Hu, 25, is an outdoor tourist guide and speaks fluent English, according to the report.

Xie, 44, is a biologist who graduated from China's Northwestern University. Xie spends much of his free time outdoors and is good at surviving in the wild.

Wang, 23, is a reporter from Shaanxi Television. The report said Wang loves the rugged outdoors and is a talented photographer.

They will be sent to a makeshift tree shelter in an area where wolves live. The shelter includes a window that can be used to feed the animals, according to an earlier Shanghai Daily report.

Each man is required to write three diaries, take eight photos and film videos everyday in order to get paid.

Their experiences will be reported on by the media and people can interact with the men via the Internet, according to the report.