Since the collapse of the company "Sinjavina", the former OOUR "Veletgovina", in the early 90s, there has been no organized meat purchase in Kolašin, nor a slaughterhouse, not even one that would be serviced, the so-called "communal".
Only a few companies for the sale of meat carry out the purchase of livestock. However, cattle breeders claim that this is also better than the situation a few years ago when buyers did it, so it happened that some never paid for the cattle they took. The prices dictated by monopolistic companies are not often satisfactory, but, as livestock owners claim, they are safe money.
At that time, 500 lambs were slaughtered in one night. Now that sounds like fantasy. All this happened until 1988.
"The slaughterhouse was originally used for service slaughtering of livestock, so that it would not be done as it is now, by streams, which is illegal. Everything was under the control of the veterinary inspection. Later, that slaughterhouse was also registered for export, the only one in Montenegro, besides the one in Bjelopolska. At that time, 500 lambs were slaughtered in one night. Now that sounds like fantasy. All this happened until 1988. Back then, we bought 1.700 lambs in one day in Sinjavina. The last export from our municipality was 12.000 lambs. We also exported horsemeat to Italy", Bulatović remembers the golden times of the Kolasin economy, but also of cattle breeding.
He reminds that "Sinjavina" also purchased animal skins and wool, which, he claims, are now thrown away, because there is no place in Kolašin where they would be sold.
There is no slaughterhouse
According to Bulatović, the current situation does not work in the hands of livestock farmers, so it would be better if, in addition to all the risks, there were more buyers.
That the slaughterhouse is necessary despite the fact that the cattle stock in the area of the Kolasin municipality cannot be compared with that of a few decades ago, they also claim in the local administration.
That the slaughterhouse is necessary despite the fact that the cattle stock in the area of the Kolasin municipality cannot be compared with that of a few decades ago, they also claim in the local administration.
"In any case, the slaughterhouse is necessary, at least as a service. Slaughter is now mostly done in inadequate conditions. It should certainly be part of plans in the area of agricultural development in the coming period. Of course, it should be organized in such a way that the slaughtering of cattle from the area of other municipalities is also done there, as it was before. "Slaughtering around 15.000 small and 5.000 large cattle is a serious job for a slaughterhouse," said the advisor for agriculture, Vladimir Barber.
According to him, there are currently 1.850 cattle and about 12.000 sheep and lambs in the area of the Kolasin municipality.
They recognized the chance to make money, but also to provide better conditions for livestock farmers, when selling livestock, in the company "Bambi" from Kolašin. The owner of that trading company, Vesko Popović, claims that he will soon finish the slaughterhouse project.
"We recognized the necessity of the existence of an object for that purpose, so I hope for the opening soon. The administrative procedure is in progress. In addition to the slaughterhouse, we will also open a drying plant. This was all done in accordance with the plans for cooperation between businessmen and farmers, which the local government attaches great importance to," said Popović.
Sold for nothing
The company "Sinjavina" was sold in 2006 to the company "Beppler and Partners" for only 120.000 euros.
Previously, that company was declared bankrupt in 1992. Those who claimed that the assets of the former respectable Kolasin company were sold for nothing were not rare.
Previously, that company was declared bankrupt in 1992. Those who claimed that the assets of the former respectable Kolasin company were sold for nothing were not rare.
The processing capacity consisted of a slaughterhouse with a tannery, four milk purchase stations in Bara Kraljski, Dragovića Polje, Bistrica and in the city. It also had an enviable number of agricultural machines, as well as a fleet of vehicles.
It employed over 60 workers and in 1886 was declared the best company.
Former director Bulatović believes that it suited someone to destroy that company.
“And it was destroyed successfully. Just look at the fact that the plot in the immediate vicinity of the city, also owned by "Sinjavina", was included in that price, at a time when real estate prices in Kolašin were very high. At that time, that plot could have been sold for at least half a million, and all the assets of the company were given for only 120.000 euros," said Bulatović.
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