Foreign residents of Tuscany are fighting a battle against poison baits which are responsible for the deaths of hundreds of animals each year.
Cats and dogs and wild animals the baiters are not fussy what they don't massacre with their shot guns they catch in illegal traps and snares or murder with poisons. It took my dog 18 hrs to die a horrendous death.
Cats and dogs and wild animals the baiters are not fussy what they don't massacre with their shot guns they catch in illegal traps and snares or murder with poisons. It took my dog 18 hrs to die a horrendous death.
This is the only article in english so far but there are at least 20 articles in italian and we are keeping the pressure on, the local authorities are very keen to keep this quiet with the tourist season just kicking off.
CASES OF DEATHS BY POISONING ARE INCREASING
http://www.chianticlassico.com/english/magazine/200604/articolo1.asp
Morsels with strychnine disseminated between Poggibonsi, Barberino, Certaldo, Tavarnelle and San Casciano. About 250 animals, including dogs, cats, foxes and porcupines killed by the lethal bait.
BARBERINO VAL D’ELSA – In civil Chianti, there are those who have for some time been sowing incivility under the form of morsels treated with poison, often strychnine, a terrible scourge since it often kills domestic animals. The latest news bulletin reports the deaths of at least five dogs, numerous cats and also wild animals like foxes and porcupines. Examinations carried out by Dr. Paolo Bandinelli, a veterinarian at San Casciano, and the Institute of Forensic Toxicology of Florence, headed by Doctor Mari, confirmed the presence of strychnine in many cases. A poison that does not decay and that, when added to morsels of food and planted throughout the countryside, can cause the deaths of children as well as of animals. Simply collecting wildflowers can be dangerous.
Provincial police are investigating the poisonings, which have been reported in a strip of territory running from Chianti to Valdelsa and passing through Barberino, Poggibonsi, Certaldo, Tavarnelle, Montespertoli and San Casciano. The mayors of some of these communes have published warnings. At San Lorenzo a Vigliano, a rural village near Barberino, a committee was established and a petition circulated for the collection of signatures. It was then presented to the communal administration in Barberino. Corinne Voss, a member of the committee, spoke in the petition of a “battle of civility.” “For 10 years,” she asserted, “domestic animals have been killed, including sheep, as well as wild foxes, feral cats and porcupines, with morsels of food poisoned with mixtures of substances, including cyanide and strychnine, both strictly forbidden by law. In recent days, five dogs and a cat were poisoned between Barberino Val d’Elsa and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa. A cat was also shot in the area dedicated to the capture and restocking of wild animals at San Lorenzo a Vigliano.
“Sooner or later,” Voss continued, “some child walking along a highway or playing in the Chianti countryside will suffer. And how will we respond to that? The communes must intervene, exercising their responsibility and their powers of repression to deal with this phenomenon, which is due to a few unscrupulous persons.”
The committee provided the specific technical information needed to sign the petition. Send a response e-mail under the title "Oggetto: Bocconi avvelenati" (Object: Poisoned Morsels). Write in the text: “I endorse the appeal in regard to the poisoned morsels,” followed by your name and last name and postal and e-mail addresses. All the e-mails should be signed and sent to
c.voss@tin.it. Ms. Voss is representative of the Committee Contro i Bocconi Avelenati. Once the names have been collected,” Voss reported, “we’ll ask for a meeting with the communal council to present the appeal and the signatures.”
Further information: Corinne Voss, 50021 Barberino Val D'Elsa (Firenze). Tel. 055 8076590; mail: c.voss@tin.it The poisoning phenomenon has been growing at an alarming rate in recent months. According to data provided by the Florence provincial police, who as already noted are investigating the case, 156 dogs and 75 cats were poisoned in 2005. If the deaths of other animals are added, the total for the province was 252 as compared with 230 in 2004.
A farmer of British origin, Charlie Holmes, is also battling this plague after his German shepherd was poisoned. At Certaldo, the president of the Association of Truffle Hunters of the Valdelsa, Athos Signorini, has brusquely denied involvement of his organization’s members in the poisonings. In fact, the owners of poisoned animals have tended to blame other suspects “and we have reported them to the investigators,” said M.C., an architect of Montespertoli, who is a resident of the small village of La Ripa. Like Holmes, he found his own five-year-old dog dead in his garden. The animal’s body was examined by Dr. Bandinelli and the Istituto di Tossicologia Forense di Firenze. The verdict was: strychnine. Andrea Ciappi
Bocconi Avvelenati Barberino Valdelsa Links 22 maggio 2006
Ecco la cronistoria
http://www.unioneamicidelcaneedelgatto.it/bacheca.htm
http://www.inseparabile.com/bocconi_avvelenati.htm
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/972877.php
http://www.namir.it/CALCIO/comunita.htm
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/972877.php
http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/forumambientalista/message/5578?viscount=100
BARBARI IN BOSCO
http://www.biello.it/guest_book.php?pag=guest&leggi=ok&id=387
Barberino, avvelenato un altro cane (2 ARTICOLI)
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1012647_comment.php
http://agriturismo.vecchiomulino.net/aggregator
Barberino Val d'Elsa,il Comitato scrive alle autorità riguardo ai bocconi avvelenati
(9 ARTICOLI)
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1011813_comment.php
STOP BOCCONI AVVELENATI ! Invito a sottoscrivere il nostro appello
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1023172.php
COMITATO PER LA DIFESA DELL’AMBIENTE E DELLA SALUTE PUBBLICA DELLA VAL D’ELSA Comunicato Stampa 18 Marzo 2006
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1024306.php
STOP BOCCONI AVVELENATI ! Invito a sottoscrivere il nostro appello
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1023172.php
(Barberino VD) I nosta cani, avvelenati cosi' (metropoli)
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1029816.php
IL “triangolo della morte” Bocconi avvelenati per animali (3 articoli)
E’ ALLARME STRICNINA by La NAZIONE SABATO 25 MARZO 2006
LA NAZIONE Sabato 1 Aprile 2006 CHIANTI / VAL DI PESA
Barberino :Raccolta di firme contro chi uccide gli animali
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1030927.php
BARBERINO VALDELSA: BOCCONI AVVELENATI
L’appello del comandante dei vigili urbani: "Fate le denunce"
http://met.provincia.fi.it/news_st.asp?id=27433
CASES OF DEATHS BY POISONING ARE INCREASING (english)
http://www.chianticlassico.com/english/magazine/200604/articolo1.asp
AUMENTANO I CASI DI MORTE PER AVVELENAMENTO (Italiano)
http://www.chianticlassico.com/magazine/200604/articolo1.asp
Campionato di GIORNALISMO LICEO “VOLTA” Colle Va ld’Elsa
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/1065339.php
BOCCONI AVVELENATI: IL SINDACO INCONTRA LE ASSOCIAZIONI DI CACCIATORI E TARTUFAI
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/1076718.php
www.bocconiavvelenati.it
http://www.abolizionecaccia.it
http://www.no-alla-caccia.org
CASES OF DEATHS BY POISONING ARE INCREASING
http://www.chianticlassico.com/english/magazine/200604/articolo1.asp Morsels with strychnine disseminated between Poggibonsi, Barberino, Certaldo, Tavarnelle and San Casciano. About 250 animals, including dogs, cats, foxes and porcupines killed by the lethal bait.
BARBERINO VAL D’ELSA – In civil Chianti, there are those who have for some time been sowing incivility under the form of morsels treated with poison, often strychnine, a terrible scourge since it often kills domestic animals. The latest news bulletin reports the deaths of at least five dogs, numerous cats and also wild animals like foxes and porcupines. Examinations carried out by Dr. Paolo Bandinelli, a veterinarian at San Casciano, and the Institute of Forensic Toxicology of Florence, headed by Doctor Mari, confirmed the presence of strychnine in many cases. A poison that does not decay and that, when added to morsels of food and planted throughout the countryside, can cause the deaths of children as well as of animals. Simply collecting wildflowers can be dangerous.
Provincial police are investigating the poisonings, which have been reported in a strip of territory running from Chianti to Valdelsa and passing through Barberino, Poggibonsi, Certaldo, Tavarnelle, Montespertoli and San Casciano. The mayors of some of these communes have published warnings. At San Lorenzo a Vigliano, a rural village near Barberino, a committee was established and a petition circulated for the collection of signatures. It was then presented to the communal administration in Barberino. Corinne Voss, a member of the committee, spoke in the petition of a “battle of civility.” “For 10 years,” she asserted, “domestic animals have been killed, including sheep, as well as wild foxes, feral cats and porcupines, with morsels of food poisoned with mixtures of substances, including cyanide and strychnine, both strictly forbidden by law. In recent days, five dogs and a cat were poisoned between Barberino Val d’Elsa and Tavarnelle Val di Pesa. A cat was also shot in the area dedicated to the capture and restocking of wild animals at San Lorenzo a Vigliano.
“Sooner or later,” Voss continued, “some child walking along a highway or playing in the Chianti countryside will suffer. And how will we respond to that? The communes must intervene, exercising their responsibility and their powers of repression to deal with this phenomenon, which is due to a few unscrupulous persons.”
The committee provided the specific technical information needed to sign the petition. Send a response e-mail under the title "Oggetto: Bocconi avvelenati" (Object: Poisoned Morsels). Write in the text: “I endorse the appeal in regard to the poisoned morsels,” followed by your name and last name and postal and e-mail addresses. All the e-mails should be signed and sent to
c.voss@tin.it. Ms. Voss is representative of the Committee Contro i Bocconi Avelenati. Once the names have been collected,” Voss reported, “we’ll ask for a meeting with the communal council to present the appeal and the signatures.” Further information: Corinne Voss, 50021 Barberino Val D'Elsa (Firenze). Tel. 055 8076590; mail:
c.voss@tin.it The poisoning phenomenon has been growing at an alarming rate in recent months. According to data provided by the Florence provincial police, who as already noted are investigating the case, 156 dogs and 75 cats were poisoned in 2005. If the deaths of other animals are added, the total for the province was 252 as compared with 230 in 2004. A farmer of British origin, Charlie Holmes, is also battling this plague after his German shepherd was poisoned. At Certaldo, the president of the Association of Truffle Hunters of the Valdelsa, Athos Signorini, has brusquely denied involvement of his organization’s members in the poisonings. In fact, the owners of poisoned animals have tended to blame other suspects “and we have reported them to the investigators,” said M.C., an architect of Montespertoli, who is a resident of the small village of La Ripa. Like Holmes, he found his own five-year-old dog dead in his garden. The animal’s body was examined by Dr. Bandinelli and the Istituto di Tossicologia Forense di Firenze. The verdict was: strychnine. Andrea Ciappi
Bocconi Avvelenati Barberino Valdelsa Links 22 maggio 2006
Ecco la cronistoria
http://www.unioneamicidelcaneedelgatto.it/bacheca.htm http://www.inseparabile.com/bocconi_avvelenati.htm http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/972877.php http://www.namir.it/CALCIO/comunita.htm http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/972877.php http://it.groups.yahoo.com/group/forumambientalista/message/5578?viscount=100 BARBARI IN BOSCO
http://www.biello.it/guest_book.php?pag=guest&leggi=ok&id=387 Barberino, avvelenato un altro cane (2 ARTICOLI)
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1012647_comment.php http://agriturismo.vecchiomulino.net/aggregator Barberino Val d'Elsa,il Comitato scrive alle autorità riguardo ai bocconi avvelenati
(9 ARTICOLI)
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1011813_comment.php STOP BOCCONI AVVELENATI ! Invito a sottoscrivere il nostro appello
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1023172.php COMITATO PER LA DIFESA DELL’AMBIENTE E DELLA SALUTE PUBBLICA DELLA VAL D’ELSA Comunicato Stampa 18 Marzo 2006
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1024306.php STOP BOCCONI AVVELENATI ! Invito a sottoscrivere il nostro appello
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1023172.php (Barberino VD) I nosta cani, avvelenati cosi' (metropoli)
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1029816.php IL “triangolo della morte” Bocconi avvelenati per animali (3 articoli)
E’ ALLARME STRICNINA by La NAZIONE SABATO 25 MARZO 2006
LA NAZIONE Sabato 1 Aprile 2006 CHIANTI / VAL DI PESA
Barberino :Raccolta di firme contro chi uccide gli animali
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/03/1030927.php BARBERINO VALDELSA: BOCCONI AVVELENATI
L’appello del comandante dei vigili urbani: "Fate le denunce"
http://met.provincia.fi.it/news_st.asp?id=27433 CASES OF DEATHS BY POISONING ARE INCREASING (english)
http://www.chianticlassico.com/english/magazine/200604/articolo1.asp AUMENTANO I CASI DI MORTE PER AVVELENAMENTO (Italiano)
http://www.chianticlassico.com/magazine/200604/articolo1.asp Campionato di GIORNALISMO LICEO “VOLTA” Colle Va ld’Elsa
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/1065339.php BOCCONI AVVELENATI: IL SINDACO INCONTRA LE ASSOCIAZIONI DI CACCIATORI E TARTUFAI
http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2006/05/1076718.php www.bocconiavvelenati.it
http://www.abolizionecaccia.it http://www.no-alla-caccia.org
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