On Monday, January 15th, in Rome, more precisely in Morlupo, the body of a dead cat was found, due to a firecracker explosion. This is another episode of "violence" against animals and for this reason, the ENPA (National Animal Protection Agency) decided to intervene, demanding severe penalties and social danger recognition for those who commit these acts.
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The story
A lady who was walking her dog found the body of the cat and alerted the Local Police. The cat was found with obvious signs of violence caused by the explosion of firecrackers. The cat's body was full of burns and melted plastic pieces. The horror probably happened last Sunday, in the gardens of the Piazza Diaz amphitheater in Morlupo. In that square, teenagers continuously reported to the Local Police and the Police Forces that they were shooting bombs and firecrackers in the afternoon. The report to the ENPA came from two local associations that collaborate with the ENPA section in Rome: La calico Odv and the four-legged friends club Odv.
The words of the national president of the ENPA
Carla Rocchi, the national president of the ENPA on this matter has requested severe penalties for those who commit these acts: "After the case in Barletta we are again facing a cat killed and tortured with firecrackers, a horror that repeats itself and confirms the spiral of violence that is hitting animals at this moment and that worries us enormously. We immediately activated the Enpa legal office through lawyer Claudia Ricci and we are trying to understand if there are images of cameras recorded in the area. I thank the volunteers of the associations that intervened. We had already launched an alarm about the increase in violence against animals by minors, increasingly often involved in these crimes. More severe penalties are needed and the recognition of the social danger of individuals who commit these crimes on animals. As long as we do not obtain these tools to counter this escalation of violence and social degradation we will never tire of asking for it. The close correlation between animal abuse or killing, interpersonal violence and any other deviant, antisocial and criminal conduct, defined as Link, has been widely demonstrated by national and international literature. Animal abuse and killing are scientifically considered specific indicators of social danger, i.e. predictive phenomena of contemporary or subsequent other deviant, antisocial or criminal conducts. For this reason, we ask for severe penalties and also for the recognition of the social danger of these subjects".
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