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The Union Daily Times
Union, Union County, South Carolina
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Wolves from the Carpathian mountains are migrating south due to severe winter, threatening sheep flocks on the Aegean shores near Salonica. Reports of attacks in Bulgaria, Macedonia, and around Novo Selo; villagers organize hunts. Impacts shepherds' dogs and Balkans' sheep wintering industry from Serbia, Rumania, and Bulgaria.
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To Escape Winter Rigors
Salonica, Feb. 28.--The wolves of
the
Carpathian mountains, driven
south by the severe
winter,
are
threatening the sheep folds on the
shores of the Aegean sea where mil-
lions of sheep are gathered to pass
the winter months. The present in-
vvasion exceeds all previous records.
Bulgaria and the Macedonian dis-
strict north of Salonica report many
attacks by wolves, hunting in packs.
In the villages around Novo Selo,
north of here, the villagers have or-
ganized a series of cooperative hunts.
When a locality is reported to be in-
fested by wolves, the hunters send out
a party of beaters, who drive
the
predatory animals toward a common
point. Here the hunters open fire
upon them.
The neighborhood of Salonica and
the coastal strip between Porto Lagos
and Dedeagatch, where snow seldom
falls. is the centre of sheep winter-
ing industry of the Balkans, and
many large flocks are driven from
Serbia, Rumania and Bulgaria to crop
the dry grass.
Toward these flocks the wolves are
evidently tending. The dogs are the
most valued possession of the shep-
herds, and there have been several in-
stances in which the wolves have not
attempted to raid sheep folds, but
have pounced upon the dogs, evident-
ly to clear the locality of the natur-
al protectors of the sheep.
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Primary Location
Salonica
Event Date
Feb. 28
Outcome
wolves attacking sheep and dogs; invasion exceeds previous records; villagers organizing hunts to combat wolves.
Event Details
Wolves driven south from Carpathian mountains by severe winter threaten sheep folds on Aegean shores near Salonica, where millions of sheep winter. Attacks reported in Bulgaria and Macedonian district north of Salonica, with wolves hunting in packs. Villagers around Novo Selo organize cooperative hunts using beaters to drive wolves to a point for shooting. Region between Porto Lagos and Dedeagatch is center of Balkans sheep wintering industry, with flocks from Serbia, Rumania, Bulgaria. Wolves targeting flocks and pouncing on shepherds' dogs to eliminate protectors.