After the Fernanda cavalry in Florence, death in the street in Matera: “Stop animal exploitation”
The grip of the heat does not diminish, with great inconvenience for humans and neighboring animals, even in Austria. In recent days, the record of the day was awarded to the city of Villach in Carinthia where the thermometer reached 35.9 degrees. Extreme heat also in Mayrhofen (35.6), central Vienna (35), Sankt Poelten (34.9) and Innsbruck (34.7), so much so that in Vienna the ‘Fiaker’the traditional fiaccherai, the carriage drivers who accompany tourists strolling along the streets of the historic center, have been forced to return to their stables to protect their four-legged ’employees’.
Carabela, who died in Cesena
Returning to Italy, in Romagna a mare died during the early evening of the 2022 season at the Savio di Cesena racecourse. On Tuesday evening, in the sixth race, in the Varenne Prize, the animal is slumped. It is a 4 year old thoroughbred with the name Carabelaconducted by Marco Stefano, owned by Carlo Landolina and coached by Gaspare Lo Verde. The news circulated on some sites and was confirmed by the press office of the racecourse from which they state that “what happened is a great tragedy for everyone, we are very affected”, and that in any case it was “an accident” . The animals – specify from the structure – come visited by the vet before the ride to check their health. After death, samples were taken from the animal which, once analyzed, will serve to explain the causes.
The Matera case
Last week it had been the image of the mare Fernanda in Florencekneeling in via Calzaiuoli in Florence- answer also from daily The nation – to have deeply affected an incredible number of people, ready to question themselves about how much animal rights are protected in our country: now a complaint has been presented to the Procuratorate of the Republic of Matera by Aidaa (Italian association for the defense of animals and the environment) in relation to death of the horse pulling a carriage which took place on July 1st around 1.15pm, probably due to a heart attack.
“The horse fell to the ground dangerous for the fatigue in the last hours, in conjunction with the summer heat that is gripping Southern Italy writes lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it -. The horse was used in the transport of tourists, for the usual trot rides around the city of stones. The high temperatures played a bad joke on the animal “.
In a note theAida Association reports: “The episode took place on state road 7, a few tens of meters from one of the entrances to the urban center of Matera (via San Vito). The horse was taking a private walk with his coachman when he fell to the ground perhaps due to the extreme heat. Our exposition aims to bring out the reasons why it is beautiful horse died“. “Finally, we would like to remind you – concludes the note – that, with these temperatures, making horses move in any carriage of carriages and other means puts the health of the animals at risk and that such behavior could be framed in the crime of animal abuse pursuant to article 544 of the criminal code “.
The intervention of Maturi
The deputy of the League intervened on the animal question, Filippo Maturi: ““ It is unacceptable that the horses employed in towing used carriages made to work with the record heat we are recording. The consequences can be dramatic, as happened to Florence and Matera: within a few hours of each other, in fact, two horses collapsed on the ground exhausted by the physical effort sustained in days with temperatures reaching 40 degrees! Protection of ecosystems and biodiversityand national manager of Animal protection department of the League.
“The Matera horse, unfortunately, died on the side of the road. For this reason I presented a question to the Minister of Health, to find out if he is aware of the situation, how to intend to protect animals, as required by thearticle 9 of the Constitution, and if you deem it right to implement interventions to effectively and concretely protect the horses used in towing tourist carriages, prohibiting their use for the whole summer period “. “For some time now there have been requests to stop the exploitation of animals: in light of the unsustainable climatic conditions, it is urgent that these measures be adopted to protect horses”, concludes the deputy.
In Florence, Draghi
Among those who stressed the need to stop the carriages during the hottest hours and those who asked for the cessation of the activity of the fiaccherai, also Alessandro Draghi, municipal councilor of FdI: “In Florence there is a regulation on the protection of animals and which, in art. 43, denounces the prohibition to use those for pack or towing with temperatures above 35 degrees in the shade “.