Breeder who died in the snow, the pain of the mayor: “I also reported her to leave that place”

“I saw her dead frozen in the snow and I will never forget this image again”, “I have in my heart a great sadness and an infinite regret for how things went, for the death in the snow of this 50 year old woman who for almost two years he illegally occupied the municipal stables of Badia Tedalda to breed his champions.She had also received a complaint from me and then my evacuation order, repeated several times, but she did not want to leave or rather she was looking for a different place but could not To find it”. This was stated today by the mayor of Badia Tedalda (Arezzo), Alberto Santucci, on the death of Cristiana Gogu, the solitary breeder of Mirotic breed dogs who died of cold in last Monday’s snowstorm and found by chance on an isolated path in the Apennines only the next day. The woman lived alone in the woods more than 5 km from the nearest town.

“Her situation was known by social services, but she had a strong character and did not accept advice – he continues -.
Between April and May 2021, every Saturday morning, I met her in the Town Hall to keep an eye on and monitor her, I tried to convince her to go back to Bucharest to her mother but she didn’t want to leave her dogs”.

“At the time – she says – the only way was to find her accommodation with a nearby stable or barn for the dogs in an isolated place. The place was identified, she liked it, the property would have let her rent it for 3 years, she also had written guarantees from me, I negotiated the fee and even wrote the contract, she was over the moon, but then unfortunately someone intervened and blocked everything”.

The mayor reports a meeting with the prefect. “I could have asked for the use of public force to oust her from that municipal place that she illegally occupied together with her dogs but I didn’t – she says – but I didn’t feel like having her thrown out by force. On 5 June 2023 at at 9 o’clock we should have met before the judge of the court of Arezzo, but we will never see each other again in this life. May the Lord welcome you to Paradise”.