Man in Sicily trained his dog to illegally dump rubbish, say police

"A man in Catania, Sicily, trained his dog to dump bags of rubbish by the roadside in an attempt to evade cameras installed by local authorities to combat fly-tipping, municipal police have said. The episode was detailed in a Facebook post on the city of Catania's official page. Accompanying a video of the dog was a remark from the police that inventiveness can never become an alibi for incivility."

"The surveillance footage shows a small dog trotting along Via Pulacara in Catania's San Giorgio district with a bag of rubbish in its mouth, before dropping it neatly at the roadside. The environmental unit of Catania's municipal police, a statement posted on the Facebook page reads, has released two videos recorded by surveillance cameras in which a dog is seen depositing a bag of waste in the street."

A man in Catania trained his dog to deposit rubbish by the roadside to avoid surveillance cameras. Surveillance footage shows a small dog trotting along Via Pulacara with a bag of waste and dropping it neatly at the curb. Municipal environmental police released the videos and concluded the animal had been trained to spare its owner from being filmed dumping rubbish. Authorities described the behavior as both cunning and doubly wrong, polluting the city while exploiting an unwitting pet. The man was identified and fined. Illegal dumping has risen sharply in Italy, prompting expanded camera monitoring and penalties.

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