A hunter Rieti was stopped by the Forestry while hunting with his dogs which he had made wear electric training collars; reported for animal abuse.
Staff of the Cascia Station Command of the State Forestry Corps in recent days, during a repression service of illegal hunting, in Civita in the municipality of Cascia surprised a cacciatore of the province of Rieti to use on their own dogs two remote-controlled collars with a transmitter, capable of transmitting electric shocks to the animal. This conduct concretizes a form of training based on the production of electric shocks or pulses transmitted via a remote command on the animal to obtain obedience and which produces side effects such as fear, pain and aggression.
The use of electric collars on dogs it is considered by some to be an allowed practice, as these devices are found on the market, in reality such conduct can give rise to a series of criminal consequences for those who practice it. Throughout Italy there are more and more sentences issued by the Judicial Authority that convict those who use this method for animal maltreatment, which can significantly affect the psychophysical integrity of the animal.
As required by law, the forestry personnel carried out the criminal seizure of the collars and the transmitter and referred the owner of the dogs to the competent Public Prosecutor's Office of Spoleto, pursuant to article 727 of the Criminal Code, for keeping animals in conditions incompatible with the law. their nature and producing serious suffering. The penalty is imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of between one thousand and ten thousand euros.
In the activity of control and prevention of illegal hunting practices and animal abuse, the collaboration of citizens is essential, who can contact the free environmental emergency number "1515" of the State Forestry Corps for any report, active 24 hours a day.
November 27, 2014
State Forestry Corps