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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-17-09 06:13 PM
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Killer dogs sow terror in Sicily
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Source: BBC

Italian police are hunting a pack of stray dogs which killed a boy aged 10 and mauled a 24-year-old woman in the Ragusa area of southern Sicily.

They caught about 30 strays after the boy was dragged off his bicycle and killed on Sunday but about 20 dogs are believed still to be running wild.

The priest at the boy's funeral accused society of turning animals into icons.

It is an offence to kill a dog in Italy and the country lacks properly funded pounds in which to collect strays.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7949181.stm
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