“The result of the bear JJ4 will not be decided until tomorrow morning.” Say that it is the lawyer Claudio Linzola, legal adviser to Lav, the anti-vivisection league.
The lawyer explained that the judges have carefully evaluated all the complaints presented, and also the judges have proposed precise questions to both parties. In the end, the decision is postponed until tomorrow morning. Not before.
Reactions from the world of animal rights
After Tar’s decision, the voices of the animal rights world were immediately heard. StopCasteller activists commented the following: “In the next few days our attention will continue to be high. If the sentence of the Tar decrees the murder, we will be ready to run towards the Casteller to stand between the bear and the executioner. We ask that Fugatti and councilor Zanotelli resign due to proven incompetence: instead of admitting their responsibility and negligence in management, and providing proper and widespread information, with the closure of areas of the park, with the installation of corresponding litter bins, the right – wing junta led by Fugatti is exploiting the story ahead of the upcoming October elections”.
Oipa, Leidaa and Enpa also expressed their opinions, trusting in the good result of what will come out of the TAR chamber tomorrow, Friday, May 26. Thus Valentina Stufetti, legal representative of the associations: “The discussion was very long because the various appeals presented were dealt with one by one and were not merged. As for the bear JJ4, currently confined in the center of Casteller, tomorrow the TAR will decide on the suspension. We are very convinced of our reasons and the fact that JJ4 should not be killed: it is, in fact, a situation where Pacobace foresees the opposite. We hope for her a transfer to a much more suitable structure than the Casteller. We look forward with great confidence to the pronouncement of tomorrow’s Tar”.
Animal rights activists ready to appeal to the Council of State
Even the StopCasteller activists were present this morning among the protesters who gathered under the TAR and declared their willingness to run to the Casteller in the coming days in case of a final sentence. The activists reaffirmed the absurdity of a punitive sentence and reiterated the grave responsibilities of the Fugatti board.
“In the next few days our attention will continue to be high. If the Tar sentence decrees the slaughter, we will be ready to run towards the Casteller to stand between the bear and the executioner”, declare the activists of the StopCasteller campaign. “Fortunately, Johnny-Mj5 is still eluding capture at this time and we expect him to remain on the run, but the options for Gaia remain life imprisonment in one of the structures proposed by some animal rights associations or death. Death with no chance of escape. Given that La Osa has been confined in the Casteller for more than a month, probably sedated and scared, without certain information about her psychophysical state of health, information that is due to the citizens but that the board, in its obscurantism, does not provide ” .
“We continue to maintain that peaceful coexistence is possible. Abruzzo is an example of this, where just two days ago the mayor of Villalago, with a special provision, prohibited access to the valley where Amarena, Juan Carrito’s mother, currently lives with the two cubs. Provision to protect the bear from photographers and curious and to protect the safety of citizens and tourists. With the ordinance, the mayor established that it is prohibited to approach specimens of protected fauna of any species on foot, by car or by any means, at distances of less than 300 meters. It is forbidden to illuminate them except for dissuasive activities that must, where appropriate, be carried out by authorized personnel. It is also prohibited to feed wildlife and approach the specimens for photos, study or research, unless expressly authorized. An administrative penalty ranging between 25 and 500 euros is provided for offenders. We cannot stop thinking about how it would have gone if these measures had been taken on time even in Caldes”, the activists conclude.
