The anecdotes about the Australian shepherd who passed away on June 26: «He lived with me since he was three months old. Even in schools, children loved him, he knew how to play hide and seek with them “
“I will never forget that time that Night found a fugitive Hidden in a caveau, it was 2017, in Seregno, when we found that drug trafficker, armed, Behind a cavity. He looked at us, smiled and said: Congratulations, his dog was very good ».
To speak is Laura Bisiothe police inspector commander of the dog nucleus, in force at the police headquarters of Genoa and presenter, for 14 years, of night spirit-“I simply called him night”-, the Australian shepherd, defined as a dog-hero and award-winning dogs to have Found you survived the rubble of the Morandi bridgecollapsed on August 14, 2018. Night left a few days ago leaving, as happens in these cases, a really difficult void to fill.
“It is the nature of things – says Laura Bisio – but we feel a little spoxes, I, the colleagues who loved him, and also Leone, a jack russel enlisted in the anti -drug that lives with me, yes, he too feels a little lost”.
Laura Bisio is commuting between Genoa and Tortona, where she lives and where, since childhood, she lived in contact with animals: “Dogs and horses, thanks to my father and my grandfather – says -. We had a family friend who was an agent in the road and I, already as a child, I said that when I was growing up I wanted to be a policeman who worked with dogs ». So it was. A very special job that of the police conductor. “All conductors, if they want, can get the entry to the home of the dogs with which they operate and this is extremely recommended in the case of dogs for the search and rescue of people – continues the inspector – the more you know with the animal the more we understand each other gestures and sensations”.
The story with Night Spirit is even more special. «We have lived together since he was three months oldI had bought it for the state police because I wanted to try the breed – he says – At the time the Australian shepherds were not very employed, but the tests went well, Night was enrolled and, after obtaining the serial number, it was re -emerged “.
Eleven years of honorable servicewith that August 14, 2018 which is still crystallized in the memory of Laura Bisio: «He was tireless, before he had sniffed the presence of three women under a pile of debris, had reached them and made them recover, and then, in the thrush of the stream, With wounds wounds for the glass and sheetssearched and found three other survivors ».
More recently, just before retirement – already, because the dog Night had retired – he had found an 87 -year -old man alive, missing in the woods as he raged a fire, on the heights of Genoa. “The colleagues had been looking for that elderly for hours – explains the inspector, without hiding a tip of pride – we arrived with night and found it in 20 minutes”.
Despite “retired”, in the last three years, the agent Night Spirit He had not stopped serving for the State Police. «For his mild and playful character he was perfect for doing Meetings in schools – Continue Bisio – We carried on many, showed his skills to children by playing them hide and seek and in the meantime we talked about legality and respect for animals, a beautiful experience ». Not only that. “Even when I started working with other dogs, Night continued to come to the police headquarters with me – continues the inspector – and it was a true dispenser of Pet Therapy for us agents, a creature who reminded us of the importance of empathy in a society in which to make our profession is increasingly difficult”.
In these hours Laura Bisio does not stop receiving messages and calls: “I’m sad but I’m glad to know that, really, everyone loved him.”
