In recent days the news has reported fatal attacks by pitbull dogs against humans that ended tragically. Not least is the news this morning where two dogs of this breed, despite being on a leash, attacked a small animal, seriously injuring it. She is a reader who, present at the episode, wonders whether it is not appropriate to make the muzzle mandatory.
“This morning in front of the ‘Il baretto’ bar in front of the Morgana in Sanremo – says the reader -, I was sitting with my husband and many other people at the bar, when we all witnessed the sudden attack of two medium-sized pit bull dogs , to the detriment of a dog who was calmly walking on a leash with its owner. I believe the dog attacked was a Golden Retriever or similar (I don’t know about dog breeds). The two pit bulls were kept on a leash by their owners who were also sitting at the bar. As mentioned, when the Golden R. passed by, they pounced on him and grabbed him by the nose and never let go. Panic scene and, although the dog owners did their utmost to try to detach the two animals from the Golden R., one of the two pitbulls also attacked the hand of the owner of the Golden R.. Someone then suggested squeezing the testicles of the pitbull to make them give up and so it was. But the attack lasted more than 5 minutes. The police were called and promptly intervened and poor Golden R. was made to lie down in a flowerbed and treated as best he could with quantities of water and handkerchiefs. But he bled a lot as well as his mistress’ hand.”
These are the facts but the reader now reflects on what happened and launches an appeal to the mayor of the city of flowers: “I looked around and a group of people had formed, many of them with dogs of all sizes and breeds and all with leashed or held in the arms of their owners. None of these were muzzled! All this to ask for your intermediary from the Mayor of Sanremo: but why not make an ordinance making muzzling mandatory? All 3 dogs in question were kept on a leash by their owners but what was the point? What if a child had passed by? We hear similar news every day! And we are all truly baffled by it. I no longer want to witness scenes like this morning and I kindly ask the Mayor to immediately draw up the ordinance requiring leashes and muzzles for all animals in circulation, under penalty of severe fines and the certainty of the same.”
