Orsa Amarena, Brambilla:“Expertise dismantles the defense, she was killed in cold blood”

"She was on all fours when Andrea Leombruni shot her from behind with a 12 gauge bullet that pierced her lung"

ROME – “Nothing but fear, the bear Amarena wasn't aggressive at all, he was on all fours, when Andrea Leombruni shot her from behind with a 12 gauge bullet which punctured her lung causing her to bleed to death. The veterinary report also dismantles his killer's last defense and confirms what we had argued from the beginning:Amarena was murdered in cold blood.” He states it Michela Vittoria Brambilla, president of the Italian League for the Defense of Animals and the Environment and of the Parliamentary Intergroup for Animal Rights and Environmental Protection.The deputy recalls other elements against Leombruni summarized in the detailed complaint promptly presented by LEIDAA, for example that the presence of the Amarena bear was reported that night in the village:the man could and should have called the police, who were already alerted, who would have intervened promptly, and in any case he should have, as others did in those hours, "implement simple and effective dissuasive actions", such as the production of sounds or the projection of lights.

“After all – underlines Brambilla – the bear had never shown signs of aggression nor had it ever represented a concrete danger to the safety of the many citizens who had encountered it for years, even with puppies in tow.She was not aggressive, as the report shows, even when she was killed.Not only are there no mitigating factors, but there are all the aggravating circumstances:the law must be applied with the utmost rigor.If my bill, currently being examined by the House Justice Committee, had already been approved, the killer of Amarena would pay with years in prison.LEIDAA has denounced Leombruni and will be a civil party.We will give the same treatment to anyone who decides to use violence to manage the presence of bears."