Pet waste collection has been halted in several Sardinian municipalities. Now, according to Virgilio Vardeu, manager of the De Vizia company, a new emergency is looming.
At 86, he's run over 1,100 races and still trains every day. His passion sparked almost by chance in 1991, thanks to Benito Urgu: "I haven't stopped since."
But residents don't miss them: "It's better this way, they were abandoned everywhere." Councilor Mura: "They work for short distances, let's think about pedestrian areas."