While the search for the wolf, which is said to have disappeared in Penteli, as a result of which it was found within the urban fabric in Dionysos, remains fruitless so far, the concern among the inhabitants is intense.
Especially after the recent discovery of dogs in the area, which was attributed to a wolf attack. Although so far there is no evidence as to who is the "perpetrator" of the attack on the dogs, even less for the information that was published, that the wolf jumped in a yard, on Aeolidos Street in Dionysos and was seen by the owner of the house. All information is currently rumored, with the exception of the death of the dogs, which is still being investigated.
However, the competent services that are investigating the case are already on their feet. "We are adamant not to kill the wolf, which is also a protected species. To be caught and led to its natural environment. The forest office will investigate the area today and will hold an extraordinary meeting ", said the president of the Association of Civil Protection Volunteers of Dionysos, Dimitris Pitianoudis, speaking to the First Program 91,6 and 105,8 of the NRA.
There is a case that he is not a wolf, the traces may be jackals, as they were found in Vravrona, added Mr. Pitianoudis, however the traces left by the animal according to the employee of the forest service who went to the area and saw them, belong as he said to a wolf.
"There are many indications and three testimonies of residents of Dionysos that they have seen him. We found two dogs mutilated. I work with the animal welfare association many times and on Thursday the lady who feeds the strays warned me to help her remove a dead dog, which in her opinion had been bitten to death by another dog. The next day, however, the same thing happened again. We found the dogs lying in the abdomen, so it was ruled out that a dog did that ", Mr. Pittianoudis pointed out.
He even added that “a wolf has been appearing in Attica for 30 years. Man is the cause of all these evils, since Parnitha, their natural environment, was destroyed ".
"Probably because the wild boars came to the area of Parnitha, the predator is chasing its prey. "The forest office told us about a species of wolf called monolykos, that is, he has cut himself off from his herd and is hunting alone", said Mr. Pitianoudis at the end.
There is no "Monolykos", clarifies "Kallisto"
There is no "Monolykos", the type of wolf that some "christened" as the perpetrator of the attacks on two dogs in Dionysus. The gray wolf (Canis lupus) lives in Greece and there is no species anywhere called "Monolykos", it is a neologism ", clarifies in APE-MPE the communications manager of the environmental organization" Kallisto ", George Theodoridis, after the disturbance caused from two dead dogs, found inside a fenced area in Dionysus.
In fact, according to Mr. Theodoridis, it must be investigated whether the animal that attacked the dogs was really a wolf. "We do not know for sure what it could be, maybe it was also dogs and that is why the area needs to be monitored with cameras and scientific evidence", says Mr. Theodoridis.
He clarifies that the wolf lives either alone or in herds, a fact that does not determine the way it behaves, which many want to give it human characteristics. "Just because a wolf can live alone does not mean that he is stronger and more aggressive, like the kind of lone punisher or avenger we like to see in the movies," he said.
"What is needed", he continues, "is to make a veterinary autopsy, to take material (saliva) from the dead dogs and, in general, to collect all the necessary data to take the appropriate measures".
Source: THETOC