The pit bulls that killed the 13-month-old baby in Eboli have been released from seizure: they will be re-educated

The owners will have to pay for the re-education process of the two Eboli pit bulls. If they are not available, the two animals will be given into foster care: the fatal attack occurred on April 22nd

NAPLES – The Salerno Prosecutor’s Office, directed by the chief prosecutor Giuseppe Borrelli, has released the two pit bulls that last April 22 they attacked and killed little Francesco Pio, just 13 months old. The International Organization for Animal Protection (Oipa) in a note congratulates the magistrates “who took this decision which respects the lives of the two animals and which gives them a prospect of recovery”.

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THE REEDUCATION PATH

The dogs are in a shelter in the Caserta area and, as far as we know, will have to undergo a re-education coursein Naples at the expense of the owners, who are now being investigated together with their mother and to the little boy’s two uncles. If the keepers decide not to financially support this process, the animals will be given into foster care after being recovered.

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“REGULATORY DETENTION OF CERTAIN BREEDS”

Oipa, the Italian organization for the protection of animals, hopes that “this direction from the Salerno Prosecutor’s Office will set a precedent and be a model to follow in similar cases where “challenging” dogs are the protagonists of more or less serious episodes of aggression”.
The association, at the same time, returns to ask the legislator to regulate the detention of certain types of dogs which too often are also chosen by non- able to handle them correctly. At a local level, some Municipalities, such as that of Milan, have regulated the matter by providing the granting of licenses for the keeping of certain breeds or similar breeds.