Animals.They created wolf-dog hybrids to sell.Two convictions in Viterbo

The investigations of Operation "Little Red Riding Hood" date back to 2021, when 23 wolves and Czechoslovakian wolfdogs used for illegal mating were seized.Two "breeders" sentenced to 4 months of arrest and fines amounting to tens of thousands of euros

ROME - The "wolf", the real one that inhabits our Apennines, nowadays must not only defend itself from poaching, from the violent retaliation of livestock breeders, but also from those who, with voluntary hybridisation - i.e. mating and the breeding of dogs and wolves for profit- puts the existence of his species at risk.The illegal phenomenon of hybridization is in fact now widespread in Italy, as judicial reports are bringing to light, in particular to support the business of unscrupulous breeding of dogs which, by breed, resemble wolves, but should remain predominantly "dogs". , even at the DNA level.

OPERATION “LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD”

In fact, in chronological order, theoperation 'Little Red Riding Hood' of 2021, conducted by Cites carabinieri Of Rome and the detachment of Civitavecchia, which then resulted in seizure of 23 wolves and Czechoslovakian wolfdogs, finally led to the conviction of those responsible.The Court of Viterbo sentenced Oliverio to 4 months of arrest and a fine of 18 thousand euros, and to 4 months of arrest and a fine of 6,666 euros, Tiberi, in summary judgment for violation of the rules for the protection of wild species.Furthermore both were sentenced to compensate the National Animal Protection Agency (Enpa) for damages of 10 thousand and 5 thousand euros respectively, in addition to the payment of legal costs.Enpa had formed a civil party with its legal office through the Enpa lawyer, Claudia Ricci, and the lawyer Anna Paradiso of the Enpa Legal Network in Viterbo.

ENPA:“BAN CZECHOSLOVAK WOLF DOG FARMING, THERE ARE TOO MANY”

“It is a very important condemnation – states Carla Rocchi, national president of Enpa – us we have been asking for a ban in Italy on all forms of breeding and marketing of the Czechoslovakian wolf for some time:there are too many breeding farms that, to maintain 'the purity of the breed', mate Czechoslovakian wolfdogs with wild wolves, a species, let us remember, which is particularly protected and already in danger due to poaching.This created both a huge illicit trafficking of wild wolves captured in the wild, as well as the problem of wandering specimens who then turn out to be confidants and create alarms and dangerous situations among the population.In fact, in recent years there has been an increase in cases of wolf sightings in places frequented by people, such as beaches or cities, who then turned out to be wandering Czechoslovakian wolfdogs."

“STOP TO AN ILLEGAL PHENOMENON THAT IS NOW WIDESPREAD”

The trial against the two accused arises fromoperation 'Little Red Riding Hood' of 2021, conducted by Cites carabinieri Of Rome and the detachment of Civitavecchia and resulted in seizure of 23 wolves and Czechoslovakian wolfdogs.“We thank the great work of the police – he concludes Carla Rocchi- which led to this important conviction today.Wolves are already an endangered species in our country and cases of poaching have increased exponentially in the last year and operations such as the Little Red Riding Hood of the Carabinieri Cites are fundamental to stop a widespread illegal phenomenon”.