True love exists — At
the end of every August, Klepetan, a male stork, migrates to South
Africa, leaving behind his female partner, Malena, and their a nest located on the rooftop of a house in the small village of
Brodski Varoš, Croatia.
She can’t fly with him – her wing was injured by a hunter 22 years ago, so she patiently waits for him
throughout the fall and winter months.
Stjepan Vokić, a former school janitor, takes care of Malena while Klepetan is away.
While storks don’t necessarily mate for life, they do tend to return to the same nests and mating partner