The story of the Colleferro seizure, the largest horse seizure in Italy скачать в хорошем качестве

The story of the Colleferro seizure, the largest horse seizure in Italy

Operation Colleferro was and still is the biggest legal seizure of equids ever carried out in Italy during 2013, an operation so significant that it required the intervention of the Ministry of Health, the NAS, the Corpo Forestale, and the State Police plus the Associations: this has no precedent in Italy. Over 200 animals were rescued from starvation and thirst, but one of the most shocking aspects of this case has to be that right up to our action this cruel treatment of hundreds of horses, donkeys, mules, hinnies and cattle had been going on for years and years right under the noses of the local authorities and of the local inhabitants and was the work of one single person who evidently succeeded in instilling such terror in others that he was untouchable. The intervention was carried out in three phases and covered a very large area of some hundreds of hectares (1 hectare = approx 100 acres) where the animals roamed, gradually becoming wilder and therefore involving complex and dangerous maneuvers to herd them together, then separate them individually for identification procedures, veterinary checks and treatments, and then into provisional holding pens. It was a notable achievement that all this was done without injury to the animals or the people involved, especially considering the lack of adequate structures in which to carry out the operation. The first group of equines was seized in the months of January and February 2013, the second group in April and the third in June 2013. The work in the field was nothing short of dramatic: there were many animals already dead or dying in agony in the midst of rotting remains. Those in the most desperate condition were taken to clinics, where sadly not all were able to be saved. For the others we had to make the best of two very old and dilapidated constructions as temporary holding places, without secure fencing, without 24/7 supervision and without any electricity at all. All this is possible thanks to the astounding support of the general public and the media outrage at the images of the animals during the seizure. We received some contributions from pharmaceutical firms, but the remaining huge costs were covered by the Associations thanks to donations from the public: feedstuffs, veterinary care, clinic costs, transport of the animals, and payment for the use of one of the two structures used to house the seized animals temporarily. In addition there were the innumerable journeys undertaken by volunteers of IHP from Tuscany, the Donkey Sanctuary from Piedmont, and the work of their two vets Agnese Sati and Luca Merlone. ALL ARTICLES ABOUT COLLEFERRO SEIZURE: https://bit.ly/39QVim2