Immediately a summer regional ordinance introducing the ban on keeping dogs tied to chains so as to avoid that, with the arrival of the heat and the increase in fire danger, these animals run the risk of dying in atrocious suffering because they cannot escape to fire or extreme heat. Green Impact, the Cave Canem Foundation and Animal Law Italia, which join the #Liberidallecatene coalition, are asking for it and have sent a letter to the presidents of eight Regions and 1 autonomous Province which have no or inefficient regulations on chain dogs.
According to animal rights organizations, Liguria, Sardinia and Sicily are the only regions that do not have legislation prohibiting the keeping of dogs on chains, while Val d’Aosta, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the Province of Bolzano, Molise, Basilicata and Calabria have legislation that is totally ineffective that puts dogs at risk, say the associations. “This ordinance – explains the Coalition in a note – would ensure full compliance with the criminal legislation on the protection of animals, as well as with the Constitution, which includes the protection of animals among the fundamental principles pursuant to art. 9, as recently amended” .
The complete photograph of the regional regulations on this topic is represented on the website www.freedomfordogs.org, which shows, with the interactive map, how half of the Italian regions still have to adapt. Several European states, including Austria, Germany and Sweden have already introduced such a ban.
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