This news from the translator of my book into Italian. Terrible!
In order to lighten the massive amount of procedures which must occupy the Italian magistrates, the Renzi government has decided to decriminalize the crimes of lesser severity, including among these the crime of cruelty against animals declaring it a misdemeanor. This means that no torturer of animals will end up more in prison, and anyone is free to mistreat animals.
There are two petitions on the web, Surname, first name, email address, comment:

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4 responses to “Shame on Italy”
signed 1 but wont accept second it tells you to put p c in 5 numbers my post code got 6 so wont accept I tried signing with out post c in but wont accept
Signed petition one, over 63000 people signed so that’s good news.
This is really terrible news for the animals. I have sent an email to the Vatican and a copy of the petition. Not had a reply yet but maybe the Pope is busy at this time of year!
About petition two:
Livepetitions.org programmers are working to allow even to persons not resident in Italy to sign petitions. Meanwhile, those who wish to join can be used as a generic zip code 20100.