6 minutes agoItaly: Bear sentenced to death after attacking hikers
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Animal rights groups in Italy are urging authorities to lift the death penalty handed down for a bear that attacked a father and son who were walking last week on the road to the reserve of the northern region of Trentino. Fabio Misseron, 59, and his son Christian Misseroni, 28, yes [...]
Animal rights groups in Italy are urging authorities to lift the death penalty handed down for a bear that attacked a father and son who were walking last week on the road to the reserve of the northern region of Trentino.
Fabio Misseron, 59, and his son Christian Misseroni, 28, were walking down Mount Peller's trail when they saw the bear coming in his way.
The bear bit Misseron's leg before his father was thrown into the back so that his son could be saved.
The bear then punched the man who was resisting by breaking his leg in three places. During this time, Misseron made a noise and caught the bear's attention to his father until the animal fled into the forest.
The Italian Institute of Environmental Protection decides to eliminate all bears that attack people. Following the attack by Trentino Mayor Maurizio Fugatti signed the order to apprehend and eliminate the bear, which authorities are already identifying by the DNA of saliva and fur he left on the victims' salaries.
But on the rise are calls for the bear to be left quiet, or at least until the circumstances of the event are clarified.
Meanwhile, about 15,000 people had signed a petition for the rescue of the bear to date.
