They chased, stalked, and killed an animal with an excavator. Then, after crushing it under the weight of the tracks, they hurled a rock at it. The brutally violent scene captures the final moments of a still-unidentified white bundle of fur. It was captured on video in Cagliari 's Anelli Park , where redevelopment work is underway.

The video was sent to the City's animal rights watchdog, lawyer Francesca Maria Cogoni. The footage shows two men : "one driving a small excavator, the other on foot, while they were not performing the work for which they were there." This sequence prompted the watchdog to report the incident, with a complaint that will be filed with law enforcement "to quickly identify the two men." The story was also posted on Facebook , along with details of the video.

"The man driving the small excavator," Cogoni explains, "was chasing a white tuft of fluff, trying to run it over under the tracks, hitting it with the bucket. Until he succeeded." Then the other man: "He approaches, observes, and decides to kick the white tuft of fluff, which flies and crashes to the ground. He gets closer, bends down, evaluates, picks up a stone, and throws it at the living creature that had just been running desperately."

For the guarantor, " actions like these undermine trust and represent a more serious and profound affront than it might appear ." She adds: "A man on an excavator will always remind me of this episode from now on."

(Unioneonline/vf)

© Riproduzione riservata