To avoid abandonments resulting from the inability to manage particular breeds or similar breeds of dogs, the International Organization for Animal Protection (Oipa) asks the Campidoglio to introduce a regulation that provides for the issuing of a "Special Dog License", after passing a course, as already happens, for example, in the Municipality of Milan.
There are many dogs that are abandoned in public and private facilities, at best, Oipa recalls, "only because the owners have proven incapable of knowing how to educate and lead them. And when they end up in the already overcrowded municipal shelters, without considering the pain of the abandoned animals, they also cause damage to the treasury."
In recent days, Oipa discussed the proposal with the health manager of the Muratella kennel, Giuseppe Cariola, who said he was available to organize and manage the course for the "license" whose introduction, however, is up to Roma Capitale. The request was sent to the Councilor for the Environment, Sabrina Alfonsi, to the councilor delegated for the protection of animals of the Metropolitan City, Rocco Ferraro, to the head of the Animal Welfare Directorate, Maria Teresa Orlando, and to the president of the Capitoline Environment Commission, Giammarco Palmieri.
The license, explains the Oipa, "could prevent accidents, even serious ones, and would prevent subjects who are not able to handle so-called 'challenging dogs' from representing a danger to public safety and from facing lawsuits for damages, or worse, as it could also be read in recent news".
Oipa is now awaiting a response from the managers of Roma Capitale and remains available for further clarifications and support for such a realization by suggesting the establishment of a technical table preparatory to the introduction of a tool which would guarantee both the well-being of the dog and its family, as well as public safety.