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Pit bull attack kills 15-month-old baby in Italy, injures mother
A 15-month-old baby died today in the city of Eboli, in southern Italy, due to an attack by two pitbull dogs, which also injured his mother, although she is not in danger of life, according to the Italian press.
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According to press reports, the boy was in his mother's arms when, as she left the house, the dogs tore him from her hands and attacked him.
However, the aunt and sister of the boy's mother, Milena Santoro, said she did not know if the child was "in his mother's arms or in the arms of another person", because at first it was stated that he was with an uncle.
"My two brothers were also at home, perhaps he was in the arms of one of them," said Santoro, indicating that the dogs did not know the boy and that they belonged to a friend of the family.
The mayor of Eboli, Mario Conte, said that the city's veterinary services had taken the dogs, which "were not owned by the affected family".
The Salerno Prosecutor's Office has opened an investigation into the events.
Italy's main consumer association, Codacons, has spoken out about the case, demanding "loudly the adoption of measures to guarantee the safety of citizens and to limit the phenomenon of potentially dangerous dogs".
"Beyond the specific case and the dynamics that led to the attack (...) there is no doubt that there are dog breeds that are potentially dangerous to humans," it said in a statement.
Since 2009, Italy has not had an official list of potentially dangerous dogs and, after 2013, the last year in which legislation on the matter was approved, the owner is held civilly and criminally liable for damage or injury caused to third parties, as well as for the animal's education.
In Italy, there are 70,000 dog attacks on people every year, according to Codacons, which states that, "regardless of the education given to the animal, it is universally known that some breeds can cause lethal injuries in case of bites".
In this sense, it requested a "mandatory license" to own potentially dangerous dogs, since "the bite of a Pomeranian lulu does not cause the same injuries" as a pitbull, justified the organization.
The International Organization for the Protection of Animals (OIPA) also asked in a statement to "regulate the possession of certain types of dogs that are often chosen by people who do not know how to have them correctly".
"Locally, some municipalities, such as Milan, have regulated the issue by providing for the granting of licenses for the possession of certain breeds," recalled OIPA.
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