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Italy’s hero dog killed with nail-filled sausages

TARANTO, PUGLIA, ITALY, JUL 6 – Bruno, a sniffer dog who saved nine lives, was fatally poisoned with nail-filled sausages; Italy's new animal cruelty law allows up to four years imprisonment for such acts.

  • Bruno, a 7-year-old police bloodhound celebrated for finding nine missing people, was found dead Friday in his kennel in southern Taranto after consuming sausages filled with nails.
  • Bruno's trainer, Arcangelo Caressa, said the attack was done for money and revenge and that the dog was targeted to harm him after he received death threats.
  • The dog died from internal bleeding caused by the poisoned bait deliberately thrown into his kennel, prompting widespread outrage and calls for justice across Italy.
  • Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned the attack as a "vile, cowardly, unacceptable" act, while Caressa vowed, "I know who you are, and you will pay for it," as authorities launched an investigation.
  • Bruno’s death highlighted Italy’s new Brambilla law effective July 1, which imposes up to four years in prison and a €60,000 fine for animal cruelty, with activists urging strict enforcement in this case.
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In Italy there is great sadness about the murder of a dog. The four-legged friend saved several lives before.

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Bruno the bloodhound has been hailed as a hero in Italy. During his career, he tracked down nine missing people, including children and Alzheimer's sufferers. Now he has died a painful death after someone threw a sausage filled with nails into his kennel. Bruno swallowed it and died of internal bleeding. Owner Arcangelo Caressa is a leader in the training of narcotics...

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