there are many bans and fines of up to 250 euros

Dogs walking without a muzzle and leash or walking on the beach trigger an increase in fines. To predict it new draft Urban Police Regulation being defined in the council commissions and awaiting approval in the city council. Stricter rules for those who own a pet to protect the dogs themselves and citizens who share spaces such as gardens and parks. And pay greater attention to those who do not respect the basic instructions on taking your four-legged friend for a walk.

Meanwhile, the municipal police, as part of the intensification of summer checks in city parks, have sanctioned two other dog owners guilty of walking their pet without a leash: the new fines are added to the 2 already sanctioned last week at Pinocchio Park. For now the fine remains 156 euros. But it will soon see an increase. This is provided for in article 28 of the urban police regulation which imposes specific prohibitions. «Consistent with the rules that protect and guarantee the protection of animals, it is prohibited» to «harass domestic or stray animals by provoking

or harm or suffering; abandon pets; lead dogs or other animals on a leash from any vehicle; lead dogs without a leash; introduce dogs, even if kept on a leash, into appropriately signposted prohibited areas”. Here is the classification of the sanctions corresponding to the violation of the prohibitions. Expected fine of 250 euros with seizure of the dog for those who “carry out begging using puppies that are not in good health or in any case in evident conditions of mistreatment”. A very curious fine is expected which is raised to protect the well-being of the dog’s health. Anyone who keeps a dog and “does not allow physical activity with regular exits from the apartment and/or garage or keeps it locked in a parked car” faces a fine of 100 euros.

The rules

Another rule for the protection of four-legged animals is provided for in article 1 point 4 of the regulation which states in the draft that a fine of 100 euros is foreseen for anyone who «keeps a dog in an unsuitable hygienic-sanitary structure, not sized for the dog, it does not guarantee shelter from the elements”. The fine for anyone who keeps a dog or other pet “on a chain or other similar instrument” is very high, for which there is a fine of between 300 euros and 2 thousand euros. Let’s move on to the most recurring sanction in the capital: the failure to collect animal excrement which causes damage to the image of the streets as well as a health and hygiene problem especially in the summer with the heat: anyone who keeps a dog and “does not collect the excrement produced by the animal” will have to pay a fine of 250 euros. Same fine for anyone who “drives a dog or other animal on a leash from a vehicle”. The fine for anyone who “leads a dog without a leash and muzzles it if necessary” is also 250 euros. Anyone who leaves home without the dog faeces collection kit will have to pay 250 euros. And then there is the very local fine, in relation to the bad habit of dog owners of walking their animals on the beaches, which are too often transformed into walking areas in summer: the expected fine is 100 euros. The ban particularly concerns those who “lead pets on urban beaches without a leash and without special equipment for removing excrement”.

But there are still many areas where dogs are walked without a leash. Just think about the Trieste seafront and the Torrione seafront. Title five of the current municipal police regulation, now ready to be supplanted by the new regulation, in article 38, letter “c”, clearly indicates the obligation to take dogs for walks on a leash.

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