Leonardo Lippa, mayor of Villavallelonga writes to Sergio Costa to offer hospitality to the M49 bear, who escaped from the cages in Trentino.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himLeonardo Lippa, mayor of the Abruzzo municipality of Villavallelonga wrote to the Minister of the Environment Sergio Costa for offer hospitality to the M49 bear, escaped from the cages in Trentino.
Villavallelonga is a small town within the National Park of Lazio, Abruzzo and Molise, known to the news because of another bear, which the mayor renamed Mario.
THEMario bear became famous in 2017 when he broke into a house in which lived a family with small children. The serious episode it could have had terrible consequences but this did not lead the authorities to decide to kill the animal, because not even such a serious event has managed to change the feelings of love and respect that the community of Villavallelonga has towards bears.
Lippa writes to the Minister that he feels troubled and amazed in front of the decision of president of the Province of Trento, which issued a capture order for bear M29 in which the possibility of killing the specimen is also contemplated. The bear M49 in fact escaped from its cage in Trentino last week and since then an order has been issued for the culling on sight for the animal.
La letter from the mayor continues by offering a valid solution to safeguard the life of the bear. Lippa is said in fact available to host M49 within the Abruzzo region.
In my territory there is a faunal area - writes the mayor - which has hosted two bear specimens over the years: Sandrino, named in honor of the former President of the Republic, Sandro Pertini, and Yoga, so called because it used to steal food. to the tourists.
The wildlife area, very large, is characterized by the presence of woods, bushes, fruit trees and small caves carved into the rock where bears can take refuge.
In this place the bears live in a habitat that is theirs, almost as if they were free, with a life expectancy that is far greater than that which these animals have living in freedom.
Please, Mr. Minister - concludes Lippa in his letter - tell the President of the Province of Trento, Fugatti, that the community of Villavallelonga, which I represent, is willing to welcome the Papillon bear, in the wildlife area where you can still look at the heaven and say I'm still alive
Un splendid gesture by the mayor of Villavallelonga, who there we hope it will be taken into consideration by the Minister.
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