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Public shelter - Italy
Dogs of Italy are being made to suffer in concentration camps in Italy! - the Government is paying for these shelters, unaware that most of them are being run by criminals!
These criminals brutalize, neglect, beat, and starve these animals to death! They never get adopted! They don't want them to! The more animals they have, the more money in their pockets!
Even the EU (European Union) participates with € 8.50 per day to run the dog camps in Italy so effectively that the Mafia is keeping the tortured poor souls "alive" with an absolute minimum of costs. Even water is considered as unnecessary fee and therefore the dogs gets none. The reproduction of the dogs is desired, their adoption is not.
Italy is a nation that abandons every year over 135,000 cats and dogs. There are over 600,000 stray dogs roaming free in Italy and only 33% are caught and taken into kennels. The Regions that have more strays in the territory are: Puglie 70,600; Campania: 70,000; Sicily: 68,000. Calabria 65,000; Lazio: 60,000. The South, as you can see, is the part of Italy more exposed to this problem. The South is even the area with the highest level of corruption and criminality.
The Italians living in an area were the mob exerts influence are over 13 millions. The equivalent of 22% of the Nation. The mob is present in over 610 Italian districts. The Italian mobs: Cosa nostra (Sicily) , Camorra (Campania), N’drangheta (Calabria) and the Sacra Corona Unita (Puglie) have a turnover of over 130 billion of euros. The gain of the N’drangheta in 2007, that was around 44 billion euro, equal to 2,9% of the National GDP. To understand the level of corruption it’s enough to analyse the denunciations for corruption you have in percentage this classification: Sicily 13,07%; Campania 11,46%; Puglie 9,44%; Lombardia 9,39%; Calabria 8,19%.
These criminals brutalize, neglect, beat, and starve these animals to death! They never get adopted! They don't want them to! The more animals they have, the more money in their pockets!
Even the EU (European Union) participates with € 8.50 per day to run the dog camps in Italy so effectively that the Mafia is keeping the tortured poor souls "alive" with an absolute minimum of costs. Even water is considered as unnecessary fee and therefore the dogs gets none. The reproduction of the dogs is desired, their adoption is not.
Italy is a nation that abandons every year over 135,000 cats and dogs. There are over 600,000 stray dogs roaming free in Italy and only 33% are caught and taken into kennels. The Regions that have more strays in the territory are: Puglie 70,600; Campania: 70,000; Sicily: 68,000. Calabria 65,000; Lazio: 60,000. The South, as you can see, is the part of Italy more exposed to this problem. The South is even the area with the highest level of corruption and criminality.
The Italians living in an area were the mob exerts influence are over 13 millions. The equivalent of 22% of the Nation. The mob is present in over 610 Italian districts. The Italian mobs: Cosa nostra (Sicily) , Camorra (Campania), N’drangheta (Calabria) and the Sacra Corona Unita (Puglie) have a turnover of over 130 billion of euros. The gain of the N’drangheta in 2007, that was around 44 billion euro, equal to 2,9% of the National GDP. To understand the level of corruption it’s enough to analyse the denunciations for corruption you have in percentage this classification: Sicily 13,07%; Campania 11,46%; Puglie 9,44%; Lombardia 9,39%; Calabria 8,19%.
Municipal enclosures
A prison with more than 200 dogs - Palermo, Italy - The former slaughterhouse, now works as a municipal facility to keep stray dogs or unwanted companion animals in prison. These dogs are trapped in this minimal cells around the clock, year after year. The cells are 1x4 feet, cement floors and sterile tiled walls. Some pens are larger and contain more dogs.There is no mattress or other stimulation of the cells or pens. The area is cold and damp. Some dogs have been locked up for years. Recently this year, animal welfare organizations and volunteers noticed the situation and try to give the dogs a few minutes' attention and perhaps a shorter walk or exercise outside the cage. But the dogs are many and local grants to few hours to be enough for everyone. The local rules are strict and everything must be done within certain time frame. A written application must be submitted and may take weeks to get approved to meet the dogs physically or to take them for walks. Animal welfare organizations and volunteers in the area have now managed to open the facility to the public and hope that some dogs can be adopted. Photography and filming are allowed on certain parts of the building. Citizens of the city and the employees of the enclosure are apathetic to the animals substandard living, and do not care about the situation significantly. They believe that the dogs are dangerous and can not be adopted. Many dogs have been living in this prison since they were puppies and now is old. Many dogs have defects in the legs and joints. Dog food that gives is dry food of poorer quality and cage cleaning is limited. Many dogs exhibit confusion and timidity with their tails between their legs. Many dogs show mentally broken.
A prison with more than 200 dogs - Palermo, Italy - The former slaughterhouse, now works as a municipal facility to keep stray dogs or unwanted companion animals in prison. These dogs are trapped in this minimal cells around the clock, year after year. The cells are 1x4 feet, cement floors and sterile tiled walls. Some pens are larger and contain more dogs.There is no mattress or other stimulation of the cells or pens. The area is cold and damp. Some dogs have been locked up for years. Recently this year, animal welfare organizations and volunteers noticed the situation and try to give the dogs a few minutes' attention and perhaps a shorter walk or exercise outside the cage. But the dogs are many and local grants to few hours to be enough for everyone. The local rules are strict and everything must be done within certain time frame. A written application must be submitted and may take weeks to get approved to meet the dogs physically or to take them for walks. Animal welfare organizations and volunteers in the area have now managed to open the facility to the public and hope that some dogs can be adopted. Photography and filming are allowed on certain parts of the building. Citizens of the city and the employees of the enclosure are apathetic to the animals substandard living, and do not care about the situation significantly. They believe that the dogs are dangerous and can not be adopted. Many dogs have been living in this prison since they were puppies and now is old. Many dogs have defects in the legs and joints. Dog food that gives is dry food of poorer quality and cage cleaning is limited. Many dogs exhibit confusion and timidity with their tails between their legs. Many dogs show mentally broken.
Municipal shelter in Latin - Lazio
The "house of living dead"
GEAPRESS - February 23, 2012
The dogs are kept in horrific prison-like conditions in kennel Acireale in Catania Province, eastern Sicily. A misused refuge. Dogs in tragic circumstances. Video filmed by Edoardo Stoppa and reported as early as January 2011. Source: GEAPRESS
GEAPRESS - February 23, 2012
The dogs are kept in horrific prison-like conditions in kennel Acireale in Catania Province, eastern Sicily. A misused refuge. Dogs in tragic circumstances. Video filmed by Edoardo Stoppa and reported as early as January 2011. Source: GEAPRESS
Black economy, tax evasion, arms trade, drug trade, extortion, racket, violence, prostitution, sex slavery, constructions without planning, transformation of the cost in a mass of cement, zoomafia, arsonism, deforestation, the poisoning of the land and of the sea with ships full of toxic and radioactive waste and now the kennel concentration camps.
The roots of the problem is that Italy abandon puppies on the motorways. Last year They abandoned 90,000 cats and 45,000 dogs. This year, only in the month of June, Italy abandoned 65,000 dogs and cats. This is the root of the problem. From this horror everything originates. But note: the abandonment creates fortunes. It makes people rich. And, therefore, Italy have the commercialisation of the animal alive or dead.
Italy – Rome, June 26, 2011. With the arrival of the summer season starts the operation "I've seen," to save the 4-legged friends abandoned on highways, produced in collaboration by the Italian defense of animals and the environment (AIDA), and radio group Prontofido Finelco (Radio 105, Virgin and Radio Monte Carlo). The operation will start patrols' July 24 and will last 'till September 4: will' can report abandoned or stray dogs on the highways by sending an sms to 3341051030.
Source: Ansa-IT
The roots of the problem is that Italy abandon puppies on the motorways. Last year They abandoned 90,000 cats and 45,000 dogs. This year, only in the month of June, Italy abandoned 65,000 dogs and cats. This is the root of the problem. From this horror everything originates. But note: the abandonment creates fortunes. It makes people rich. And, therefore, Italy have the commercialisation of the animal alive or dead.
Italy – Rome, June 26, 2011. With the arrival of the summer season starts the operation "I've seen," to save the 4-legged friends abandoned on highways, produced in collaboration by the Italian defense of animals and the environment (AIDA), and radio group Prontofido Finelco (Radio 105, Virgin and Radio Monte Carlo). The operation will start patrols' July 24 and will last 'till September 4: will' can report abandoned or stray dogs on the highways by sending an sms to 3341051030.
Source: Ansa-IT
Mafia and southern Italy hell hole for abandoned dogs - the state pays - dead or alive - no matter - only that dogs are kept away from the streets and tourists - This is sanctioned animal cruelty by the Italian Government.
Among Abuses reported but not limited to are:
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01) No water in the kennel - God will provide!
02) No food in the kennel - God will provide!
03) The mortality reaching the level of 97%, like in the infamous kennel lager of Cicerale.
04) The fact that the animals do not get out of their cage for 14-15 years.
05) The fact that the puppies born in a cage die in a cage.
06) Bogus Ministerial inspections.
07) Bribes paid to those in political power in Rome who will kill off any complaint from the public.
08) Disappearing documents: they can disappear like the documents of Cicerale suddenly dissolving into thin air.
09) Corrupt Carabinieri, NAS and/or the police.
10) Corrupt judges, offering jobs to relatives.
11) When kennels are closed, the owner simply moves it! An example: Calasso, who moved the dogs from Cicerale to a place called CirMarina, in Calabria, 400 kilometres away.
12) Inhumane transporting of the dogs: Sick or blind or dying pile them up in a big van, they will be alright, and if they die it is the will of God: the Lord gives life and takes it away.
13) Dogs left to literally rot in their cages, in their own faeces: dogs eating the carcasses of deceased dogs!
14) No medical attention provided: Broken bones, open wounds, festering abscesses, bleeding wounds.
15) No dipping of dogs infected with mange: The terrible agony as the parasites eat away and infecting other dogs.
16) If there is not enough dogs then the kennel owners allow litter upon litter of puppies as your current subsidy works on per dog system
17) Little to nil access to the public for adoption viewing. Any dog adopted will reduce the subsidy value received from the local municipality!
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01) No water in the kennel - God will provide!
02) No food in the kennel - God will provide!
03) The mortality reaching the level of 97%, like in the infamous kennel lager of Cicerale.
04) The fact that the animals do not get out of their cage for 14-15 years.
05) The fact that the puppies born in a cage die in a cage.
06) Bogus Ministerial inspections.
07) Bribes paid to those in political power in Rome who will kill off any complaint from the public.
08) Disappearing documents: they can disappear like the documents of Cicerale suddenly dissolving into thin air.
09) Corrupt Carabinieri, NAS and/or the police.
10) Corrupt judges, offering jobs to relatives.
11) When kennels are closed, the owner simply moves it! An example: Calasso, who moved the dogs from Cicerale to a place called CirMarina, in Calabria, 400 kilometres away.
12) Inhumane transporting of the dogs: Sick or blind or dying pile them up in a big van, they will be alright, and if they die it is the will of God: the Lord gives life and takes it away.
13) Dogs left to literally rot in their cages, in their own faeces: dogs eating the carcasses of deceased dogs!
14) No medical attention provided: Broken bones, open wounds, festering abscesses, bleeding wounds.
15) No dipping of dogs infected with mange: The terrible agony as the parasites eat away and infecting other dogs.
16) If there is not enough dogs then the kennel owners allow litter upon litter of puppies as your current subsidy works on per dog system
17) Little to nil access to the public for adoption viewing. Any dog adopted will reduce the subsidy value received from the local municipality!
What is very clear from the above facts is that this subsidy system is wide open to abuse, and that criminal elements in Italy are now the de facto kennel owners.
These are some of the worse lager in Italy, 39 lager for dogs, and it's sure there are others lagers, we don't know their number. The dogs are kept barely alive and live their lives in cramped enclosures, unstimulated. Many are isolated and all exhibits stress, depression in the absence of mental and physical stimulation. It is indescribably cruel to force dogs to live in this way.
NAPLES, Italy — Marcella Falco loves her job. But each morning, she dreads going to work. Will this be another morning when she finds a dog chained to the gates of the animal shelter?
"It just breaks my heart. Every week, we find one dog, two dogs, just left outside the shelter," Falco said. "Sometimes they are just running around outside the gate. Sometimes they are chained. What choice do we have? We give them a home."
In Italy, animal shelters too often become the final home for thousands of abandoned or stray dogs, including the 550 dogs and puppies that reside at the privately run Rifugio San Francesco in Ischitella, a suburb of Naples.
"Adoption? No, not many Italians adopt," Falco said. "Maybe, maybe the puppies will be adopted. But the adult dogs — they come here to stay here, to die here."
Some are abandoned by U.S. servicemembers when they leave their duty stations, although the number of pets left behind by the military is not available. Most, however, are from the country’s rampant stray population.
Italy has nearly 150,000 stray dogs and nearly 2.6 million stray cats, according to Ministry of Health data. In the region of Campania, where the main U.S. Navy bases are located, there are more than 32,000 stray dogs and 128,000 stray cats.
Italian officials try to battle the problem with publicly funded shelters. Nonprofit shelters also take strays off the street, neuter them and let them go. And a few Americans have stepped in to adopt stray animals and keep them off the streets.
"It just breaks my heart. Every week, we find one dog, two dogs, just left outside the shelter," Falco said. "Sometimes they are just running around outside the gate. Sometimes they are chained. What choice do we have? We give them a home."
In Italy, animal shelters too often become the final home for thousands of abandoned or stray dogs, including the 550 dogs and puppies that reside at the privately run Rifugio San Francesco in Ischitella, a suburb of Naples.
"Adoption? No, not many Italians adopt," Falco said. "Maybe, maybe the puppies will be adopted. But the adult dogs — they come here to stay here, to die here."
Some are abandoned by U.S. servicemembers when they leave their duty stations, although the number of pets left behind by the military is not available. Most, however, are from the country’s rampant stray population.
Italy has nearly 150,000 stray dogs and nearly 2.6 million stray cats, according to Ministry of Health data. In the region of Campania, where the main U.S. Navy bases are located, there are more than 32,000 stray dogs and 128,000 stray cats.
Italian officials try to battle the problem with publicly funded shelters. Nonprofit shelters also take strays off the street, neuter them and let them go. And a few Americans have stepped in to adopt stray animals and keep them off the streets.
Better off homeless?
There are 81 animal shelters in Campania, but some animal-rights workers say animals may actually fare better on the streets than in some shelters that are poorly run.
"The situation of stray dogs in the region of Campania is anything but pleasing — not only for the thousands of dogs roaming the streets in search of food, but also for the many animals that live out their miserable existence in private and public kennels," said Dr. Dorothea Friz, who runs the Lega Pro Animale veterinary clinic and the Naples chapter of Mondo Animale Foundation.
Friz is a German who moved to Italy 27 years ago and runs the vet clinic in Mondragone, north of Naples.
Many shelters, she said, are run for profit, not for the love of animals.
Some shelter operators round up as many dogs as possible, cramming them into cages to collect cash from the local, state and federal governments that fund publicly run shelters, Friz said.
Operators are paid roughly 4 or 5 euros per day, per dog by the government, said Mariana Pompameo, director of the Veterinarian Hospital for Azienda Sanitaria Locale Napoli 1, the city’s health department.
So, a shelter with, say 500 stray dogs, could rake in 60,000 euros to 75,000 euros a month.
In 2007, Italy’s Ministry of Health spent nearly 5 million euros on the stray animal problem — from funding for shelters to anti-abandonment public awareness campaigns. That’s up from 4.2 million in 2005.
But the money isn’t going to feed, adequately house or treat the strays, said Friz, who has campaigned for government regulatory oversight. "If they are going to fund the shelters, [the government] should control them," she said. But shelter owners are "lining their pockets with the money. It’s become a business."
Government officials maintain there is adequate oversight of the publicly funded shelters, including quality control visits.
There's a group in Italy called the Antivivisection League, and they think that about 135,000 animals are abandoned in Italy every year, and that the total number of homeless animals is something like 3 million.
There are more homeless cats than homeless dogs, but it's not nice being homeless, whether you are a cat or a dog.
And in Italy, a lot of people do not get their animals spayed or neutered or microchipped, so this makes the problem worse.
There are 81 animal shelters in Campania, but some animal-rights workers say animals may actually fare better on the streets than in some shelters that are poorly run.
"The situation of stray dogs in the region of Campania is anything but pleasing — not only for the thousands of dogs roaming the streets in search of food, but also for the many animals that live out their miserable existence in private and public kennels," said Dr. Dorothea Friz, who runs the Lega Pro Animale veterinary clinic and the Naples chapter of Mondo Animale Foundation.
Friz is a German who moved to Italy 27 years ago and runs the vet clinic in Mondragone, north of Naples.
Many shelters, she said, are run for profit, not for the love of animals.
Some shelter operators round up as many dogs as possible, cramming them into cages to collect cash from the local, state and federal governments that fund publicly run shelters, Friz said.
Operators are paid roughly 4 or 5 euros per day, per dog by the government, said Mariana Pompameo, director of the Veterinarian Hospital for Azienda Sanitaria Locale Napoli 1, the city’s health department.
So, a shelter with, say 500 stray dogs, could rake in 60,000 euros to 75,000 euros a month.
In 2007, Italy’s Ministry of Health spent nearly 5 million euros on the stray animal problem — from funding for shelters to anti-abandonment public awareness campaigns. That’s up from 4.2 million in 2005.
But the money isn’t going to feed, adequately house or treat the strays, said Friz, who has campaigned for government regulatory oversight. "If they are going to fund the shelters, [the government] should control them," she said. But shelter owners are "lining their pockets with the money. It’s become a business."
Government officials maintain there is adequate oversight of the publicly funded shelters, including quality control visits.
There's a group in Italy called the Antivivisection League, and they think that about 135,000 animals are abandoned in Italy every year, and that the total number of homeless animals is something like 3 million.
There are more homeless cats than homeless dogs, but it's not nice being homeless, whether you are a cat or a dog.
And in Italy, a lot of people do not get their animals spayed or neutered or microchipped, so this makes the problem worse.