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| Saso Stavrev | profile | all galleries >> My Land >> The Company of Wolves | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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As a consequence of the pursuance of the law in which forbids to shoot wild animals in Macedonia, in Bitola and Prilep regions the population of wolves has grown so much that they have started hunting domestic animals and decimating herds. In those beautiful, but wild mountain regions wolves have become more numerous than human inhabitants. Also for this reason many people have started moving to towns, leaving their small villages. In Gruniste, one of these villages, there are nowadays only three inhabitants, in Staravina only 30; in Budimirci, in Gradesnica only four or five people still live in the stone houses. People decided to organize a great wolf-hunt. Over 60 hunters of all ages under the direction of expert members of the hunting-fishing society “Kajmakcalan” took part of the hunting day. In spite of this heavy waste of time, means and energy, not a single wolf was shot. As if they had foreseen the men’s intention, the wolves simply disappeared. They managed to hide themselves in remote and dilapidated empty villages or in the unknown and mysterious Mariovo heights. But the few inhabitants of the villages know that the wolves are there, they perceive their presence, and they hear their howls at night... And too often, in the morning, the carcass of a sheep reminds them that the masters of the mountains have come to look for food.... |
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