A 65-year-old farmer from Laerru was sentenced to one year in prison for poisoning about 15 animals, including some specimens belonging to protected wild species. The sentence, with conditional suspension, was imposed by the court of Sassari.
Between 2015 and 2017, the man had scattered poisoned morsels in the countryside near his plot, intending to exterminate some wild animals he believed threatened his flock of sheep.
However, death was also affected by numerous hunting dogs owned by the hunters who frequented the area, ravens and cats. Evidence of the poisonings had been gathered thanks to investigations by the Forestry Corps.
The breeder will then have to pay compensation of two thousand euros to the owner of one of the dogs and of one thousand euros each to two other hunters who have filed a civil action in the trial.
(Unioneonline / ss)
