Italy: Migrant Cuts Throat of Stray Dog and Tries to Eat it

Hat tip Francois Desouche

 

A few days ago, a migrant man from Mali (27) was arrested in the Sicilian town of Naro (Agrigento) for slitting the throat of a stray dog on the street in order to eat it. Shortly before, he had burned another stray dog with boiling oil, trying to kill it for food. He had been arrested for that, but immediately turned loose by a magistrate. He also reportedly attacked the police who arrested him for the first crime. The suspect, according to news sources, is already the subject of a deportation order.

-Photo: Francois Desouche

The dead dog (above), a stray, was known to the local residents. 

The article below in La Stampa, dated August 27, 2025, is translated by Fousesquawk.

August 7, 2025. Updated at 20:54

Horror in Naro in the province of Agrigento, where a non-EU citizen cut the throat of a dog in the street, apparently in an attempt to eat it. A horrifying scene in which some citizens were present, who immediately sounded the alarm. The Carabinieri intervened at the scene, arresting the 27-year-old Malian, who was already known to law enforcement. He is now charged with the killing of an animal. The foreigner was arrested and taken to the Carabinieri post of Caltanissetta.

"Seven days ago, this person had already burned a poor stray dog with boiling oil, and the responding Carabinieri were also attacked by the non-EU citizen," said Enrico Rizzi, an animal rights activist. "The man had already been arrested and immediately released by the magistrate. Returning to the street, he took another stray and cut its throat. He must be sent back home."

"What happened in Naro is an act of inadmissible violence, repugnant. Italy is not a no-man's land and never will be. Since July 1st, the Brambilla Law is in force and it must be applied," says Michela Vittoria Brambilla, president of Leidaa and the Parliamentary Intergroup for the Rights of Animals and Protection of the Environment.

"The killing of an animal with cruelty not only offends our civility and our conscience, but carries a sentence of up to four years in prison and a 60 thousand euro fine. This is the law of a country that protects the weakest, starting with the animals," Brambilla concludes.

"As an administration, we reiterate that we have done everything possible and we will continue to monitor the matter with maximum attention, so that all necessary measures are taken, including the deportation procedure against the person in question. We trust in the justice (system) and the work of law enforcement, renewing our constant commitment to the security and the dignity of our community." This is what the mayor of Naro, Milco Dalacchi, said.