There is great concern among the volunteers of the feline colonies of Calamosca after, two weeks ago, some cats were found dead in the wooded area that runs along the same Viale Calamosca, that is, the road that leads from San Bartolomeo to the beach. They were found by Antonio C., who together with other volunteers manages the feline colony located right in front of the beach.
"It happened by chance," he says, "in fact I was doing my usual daily morning jog from Viale Poetto to Calamosca. At a certain point I saw two lifeless cats in the woodland on the sides of the slope that leads to the beach. I stopped and went to check: nearby I also saw others in the same condition. There were seven in total." The man is not sure, but from how he found them he fears they may have been poisoned. "There was no blood, so I rule out that they were hit by cars."
The hypothesis circulating among the volunteers, therefore, is that of poisoning. He reiterates that they are not the cats of his feline colony, to which he goes to feed in the evening: «Fortunately, all ours are here for now, we count them every day. The cats that I found dead instead used to frequent that place, we have no idea if they belonged to a registered feline colony, because we don't know who officially took care of them».
What Antonio remembers is that there were about fifteen cats, he and other volunteers from the nearby colonies had contact with them, in fact it happened that, passing by, they sometimes stopped to feed them. "The problem is that we have not found the remaining cats of the fifteen that were originally there, we fear that something bad has happened to them too". The feline colonies registered in Calamosca are the one managed by Antonio and other volunteers in front of the beach, and the one located near the lighthouse. Every day they are looked after with care and dedication. The concern, however, after the discovery of the dead cats in the avenue, is great: "We are afraid that there is someone who poisons the cats here in Calamosca and that sooner or later it could also reach our colonies", concludes Antonio.
