Hunting and Fauna: in Este (PD), a herd of wild boars bursts into the city streets terrorizing some faithful in prayer and tearing a dog to pieces.
Wild boars are getting closer and closer to urbanized centers and this time it happened in Este, in the province of Padua, where the ungulates terrorize a group of faithful intent on reciting the Marian rosary and reduce a resident's dog to death. It was certainly an experience to forget the one experienced by the twenty people who, last Friday just before 21pm, were engaged in the "foil" dedicated to the Madonna at the capital of Via Casella, on the outskirts of Este. “In the heart of prayer we heard the moans of a dog. - explains one of the citizens involved in the story - When we turned towards the source of the noise, we were faced with six wild boars. A mother, of considerable size, and her puppies, less than four meters from our group ". Seeing the ungulates advancing, someone began throwing stones at the animals. An old woman brandished a stick, waving it at unwelcome guests: “They did not attack us, but they advanced fearlessly towards us. Fortunately they gave up thanks to screams and stones ”.
When the animals left the field, however, the animal that had been heard complaining came out: “Only then did I realize that it was my dog Lilly. - continues the witness - Evidently she had had a close encounter with these wild boars: she was wounded and in agony ”. The vet who treated her had to apply numerous stitches: now Lilly is safe but risks having a punctured lung.
“The wild boar attack did not take place in the woods - closes the dog's owner - but almost close to the road. Shortly before their arrival, my little daughter had returned home alone: what if they attacked her instead of the dog? It is intolerable that we should be afraid and not know how to resolve the situation ”.
16 May 2014
Source: IlMattinodiPadova