Fight against strays in the archaeological area of Pompeii. What happened to the funds allocated and why do strays continue to stay in the archaeological area?
The honorable members of the IDV, Gabriele Cimadoro and Sergio Piffari, presented a question to the Ministers of Cultural Heritage, Economy, Health, Environment and Tourism, on the management of the funds assigned to animal welfare associations for the project "( C) Ave Canem ”, whose objective was“ to fight against stray dogs and the care and protection of the dogs present in the archaeological area of Pompeii ”.
FederFauna was the first to express doubts about the use of funding for this project. Then it was the turn of the Rai2 program "AnnoZero", which in a report denounced: "Although more than 100 thousand euros have been invested, given to LAV to try not to let stray dogs run inside the excavations, stray dogs, inside the excavations, continue to be there ".
Then again the “Centopercentoanimalisti” association, which titled on its forum: “LAV scandal in Pompeii! 100.000 euros never reached the dogs ".
In response to the various services and articles, the Lav has published an article on its website (www.lav.it), signed by its president Gianluca Felicetti, in which he presented an account of the results of the project: 55 dogs surveyed, 26 dogs adopted; 3 dogs returned to the rightful owner; 2 dogs transferred to the shelter for educational path.
Also attached is a budget in which the animal rights association explained that it had "used over 18.000 euros from its 5 × 1000 Fund generously donated by members and sympathizers" and that the total cost of the project was 121.000,35 euros divided as follows: 75.793,61 , 32.606,04 euros for the care and protection of dogs, 7.040,20 euros for veterinary expenses, 5.560,50 euros for communication and press activities, XNUMX euros for organizational and administrative secretariat.
The Secretary General of FederFauna, Massimiliano Filippi, assuming that all 55 dogs surveyed would remain in the area for the entire duration of the project and assuming the same treatment for each dog, has drawn up a count using the prices available on the web for the equipment, verifiable by anyone.
From the count emerges the doubt that not even "golden" food and kennels, extra luxury medals and a microchip reader for each dog would justify a lot of money.
The questioning of the two parliamentarians of Italia dei Valori therefore raises questions about the criteria adopted in recognizing funding for voluntary associations, but more still about the checks carried out to ascertain the correspondence between the declared expenses and those incurred, as well as the traceability of the animals, both those declared adopted and those that still remain in the area.
"In the budget - Cimadoro and Piffari point out in their question - there is an expense item for people, who, being voluntary, should not by definition be counted".
FederFauna - Press Office
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