A complicated story
The case involving MA, accused of thekilling a wolf, a species that is particularly protected in Italy. The incident occurred in the Savona hinterland at the beginning of October in an area known for the presence of these wild animals. Around midnight, MA was called outside his home by the screams of his wife, who had gone out to accompany the family dog on its evening walk. The man found himself facing the woman, terrified and pressed against the wall, faced with a growling wolf who, in all likelihood, wanted to take possession of her dog.
Founded version
MA then took up a regularly held rifle and shot the wild animal, killing it. Then he reported himself to the Carabinieri. “Considering that the suspect (who was assisted by the lawyer Andrea Campanile, president of Federcaccia Liguria, ed.) reported himself – we read in the prosecutor's request for dismissal – stating that he had fired a rifle shot towards the animal to avoid the attack on himself and his spouse, the validity of this version, which invokes the justification of legitimate defense, cannot be excluded". The Judge for preliminary investigations Alessia Ceccardi accepted the request for dismissal, putting an end to the entire affair. “The particular case could have been easily exploited by someone – declared the lawyer. Campanile commenting on the story – Luckily two serious and competent magistrates faced it with the necessary serenity by applying the law correctly.
Common sense
Unfortunately, reports of wolves arriving near the town are becoming increasingly common and the risk of such events occurring will be increasingly frequent" he concluded. The national President of Federcaccia Massimo Buconi also spoke on the episode: "I am pleased that once again common sense has prevailed in the evaluation of an affair that could have had serious consequences and which pushed the protagonist to act by making a decision that was not certainly easy and, as he demonstrated with his subsequent behavior when addressing the authorities, fully aware of the consequences. A trust in justice that has been rewarded. I certainly don't celebrate the killing of an example of protected fauna, but it comforts me that a line of action finally seems to have taken place, I would say a recovery of normality, which in the events involving men and wild animals has finally been put aside the ideological prejudice in favor of an objective judgment of objective facts. I am convinced that this is the only way - concluded President Buconi - to lower that threshold of conflict that too often arises whenever we talk about human/wildlife relationships in the name of an emotionality that must have nothing to do with management ” (source: Federcaccia).