There are those who could list for hours all the good reasons why it is beautiful, wonderful, fantastic to have a dog. The pandemic had added another one: going out for a few minutes for a breath of fresh air in full lockdown. In the capitalHowever, it turns out that there is a reason that surpasses all others. Provided you choose well. Neapolitan Mastiffs, Terranova, Kangal. It is essential to have large breeds and young animals because in Rome the dog serves to defend itself from the wild boar. The little ones and the elderly, on the other hand, can even risk their lives in the event of unfortunate encounters with the families of wild animals that shuttle around the bins in search of food.
Rosaria Rumbo, Rai producer, knows it well, a few evenings ago against her will she found herself facing a horde of wild boars under her house, in via Igea, a residential area of North Rome. "It was 21.30 pm - she says - and I was taking my dogs for a walk when suddenly I found myself in front of a herd of wild boars, six adults and twenty puppies, they came towards me, one bumped me, but fortunately I didn't fall to the ground and, in a panic, I started running in the opposite direction ”. But while running, the lady lost one of her dogs.
"When I turned around I saw that one of the boars had bitten him, on the belly, near one of the thighs, I screamed with all the breath I had in my body, luckily the animal's fangs got stuck in the coat that I had put on the dog to go out. They got scared too, and as soon as the boar got free from the coat they walked away and I ran to the vet who had to mend my pincher's belly. She was a terrible experience". Rumbo is very angry with the municipality.
“Now I leave the house and walk to the center of the street, looking over my shoulder and looking for any escape routes, I'm terrified. The wild boars come out of the Insugherata park to look for food, as long as there are bins with rubbish around it will continue to be like this, it is not possible ". The television producer who at first decided to lodge a complaint against the Municipality of Rome and the Lazio Region. "Luckily he is alive, but I spent 140 euros to mend my dog" (The paper).