JUAN “Chuy” Aceves and 30 of his relatives are known as the “Wolf Family” because a congenital condition causes thick, black fur to cover their faces and bodies
But instead of embracing the clan’s uniqueness, neighbors in their hometown shun the family, poison their pets and tell them to “go live in the woods.”
“I’ve never seen bullying or discrimination on the scale of what these people suffer,” says Eva Aridjis, who spent time with the family while filming the documentary Chuy: The Wolf Man. “One of their neighbors, an old woman, has poisoned over 20 of their cats”
Chuy spent 30 years traveling with the circus, but quit when his young daughters missed him. Now, the resident of Loreto, Mexico, earns a pittance burning the town’s trash at a…
