In recent years, residents of municipalities on the fringes of Parnithaas wolves living in the mountains are increasingly descending towards the urban fabric in search of food.

The large fires of recent years and the destruction suffered by the Parnitha ecosystem have forced much of the wildlife to move to lower elevations in search of food. Deer strolling in Menidi, herds of wild boars foraging on the streets of Thracomacedonas, and packs of wolves raiding the Hippocratic State in search of prey.

In a video documentary presented by protothema.gr, a pack of four wolves can be seen who have arrived outside a house in the area of Hippocratic State looking for food.

As soon as the house alarm sounds the wild animals are startled, run into the woods, and disappear. Residents say the appearance of wolves even within the settlement, which has more than 750 homes, is now a common occurrence.

“10 years ago we saw a wolf. He over the years mated and they became a pack. Now six wolves are roaming around here. We have recorded them on cameras, we also see dead animals on the streets chasing them,” a resident who often sees carcasses of dead pigs and dogs attacked by wolves told protothema.gr.

“The wild boars are being hunted. They eat the entrails of pigs and we see pig carcasses on the road.
If they don’t find them then they look for dogs. They have eaten a stray. So far, however, we only have attacks on animals, not humans,” he explains.

As experienced foresters point out, Parnitha is an area in which, in proportion to its size, most wolves in Greece now live.

This is the reason why the red deer population in the mountain has declined. Both deer and wild boars descend to lower altitudes so that their predators, wolves, follow them even into the residential area.