Wild boars in Rome, “I attacked, I risked dying. Today I’m afraid to leave the house”
Rome, 9 May 2022 – Wild boars in Romeis alarm. Between swine fever and assaults, now daily. “I almost died,” he confides on the phone Marta Santangelo, psychologist and psychotherapist, who today will present a complaint for the shock experience experienced on the evening of May 1st.
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“It was 10.45 pm, I went out with my dog Ettore, a 40-kilo Molosser. We passed by the garbage bins, which are 20 meters from my house”.
And there was the unwanted encounter.
“The wild boars saw the dog, one went to attack, to defend the puppies. That was the beginning of my nightmare.”
What happened?
“I started running, I took away the dog that wanted to react. But I tripped and I fell. I had the wild boar over my head.”
The thought of that moment?
“I said to myself, here it is … Yes, I was afraid of dying. Also because the boar’s bites are tear-off. And it was enough for me to stick to the jugular. In that case, you have a few minutes left”.
Did he have the strength to react?
“Instinctively, with a slap, in those circumstances you don’t think so much. At that point, the dog left to protect me. At that moment a car passed by, there were boys on board. They saw, they understood, they honked the horn and dazzled the wild boars with headlights “.
Salvation.
“This thing has destabilized the animals, giving me time to get up and run into the car with the dog. I left behind 4 angry adult boars, so the boys told me later, and about fifteen little ones” .
Chocolate.
“Horrible, I haven’t slept in a week, my mind is on a tailspin. The shock has to be metabolized.
Are you afraid to leave the house now?
“Absolutely yes. And to think that every day I receive videos of wild boars walking and running around freely next to the house. I had a shocking experience, I will have a battle of it. The situation has gotten out of hand.”
Are you patrolling?
“More than patrols at this point among dog owners we warn us. Many, after what happened to me, send me photos and videos”.
And is it always them?
“Yes, the wild boar family is always the same, you can see 2-4 adults and 15 little ones. They wander around these streets at night and during the day. And then, beyond the trauma, the odds are that it will still happen. so high that one with what heart goes out of the house with the dog? “.
What precautions?
“Actually, I’m still thinking about it. Because in truth there are no real precautions. I can buy myself a scacciacani. Maybe. But it’s not conclusive. Not even a football trumpet that makes a lot of noise. I don’t know how much interest a furious boar who wants Even a shotgun, paradoxically, you must know how to use it very well. The truth is that we are slaves. “