INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Massimo Comparotto
OIPA Italy Headquarter
Via Gian Battista Brocchi 11 – 20131 Milan (Italy)
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TWO PUPPIES CONFINED IN A TINY CAGE AND USED TO ENTERTAIN KIDS, SEIZED BY OIPA ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN ITALY
OIPA Italy animal control officers recently seized two 3-month-old puppies forced to spend their days confined in a tiny cage. Their guardian openly...
37 BIRDS SEIZED AT THE PORT OF GENOA BY OIPA, CRAMMED UNDER THE SEAT OF A CAR HEADED TO MOROCCO. HOLDER REPORTED
Seized at the port of Genoa by OIPA ITALY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS(OIPA), 37 birds were found, including 23 zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and...
A DOG CHAINED TO A WALL SEIZED BY OIPA ITALY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN NAPLES PROVINCE. CARETAKER REPORTED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY
Left without water and food, locked in a room, chained to a wall. Thor, a 12-year-old senior dog, was found in a dreadful state. Sentenced to die...
HORRIFIC ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE IN ITALY. STARVING DOGS, RABBITS, GOATS SEIZED BY OIPA ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS
Five dogs with bones protruding through the skin, including four puppies and an adult female, eleven rabbits locked up in tiny enclosures and four...
BALOO, AN ELDERLY DOG ABANDONED. RESCUED BY OIPA VOLUNTEERS IN ITALY
Baloo is another German Shepherd rescued by our volunteers in Italy. An elderly dog, thought to be around 12 years old, abandoned on his own after...
KEPT OUTDOORS AS GUARD DOG AND TETHERED FOR YEARS, INNO DESERVES ANOTHER CHANCE
Tethered outdoors for six years and used as guard dog, when the factory went bankrupt, none thought about his destiny. Factory’s owners left the dog...
RESCUED WITH FRACTURED JAW, SILVESTRO NEEDS TREATMENT AND CARE TO HEAL. HELP HIM
Found the first days of the year with a severe fracture of the upper jaw, Silvestro was allegedly victim of a firecracker or badly kicked by a cruel...
SKIN AND BONES, SEVERELY EMACIATED AND LOCKED UP IN SMALL KENNELS, SIX HUNTING DOGS RESCUED BY OIPA ITALY, THEY NOW NEED CARE AND ATTENTION
Skin and bones, severely emaciated and locked 24 hours a day in small kennels, six dogs held on the property of a hunter were saved by a joint...
69 MALNOURISHED AND HUNGRY ANIMALS SEIZED BY OIPA ANIMALS CONTROL OFFICERS IN ITALY. THEY URGENTLY NEED FOOD
Half meter deep in mud, some confined to tiny enclosures in a state of severe malnutrition: these were the conditions in which OIPA Italy animal...
FOUND SICK AND SKINNY, NOW HOPE NEEDS YOUR HELP TO RECOVER
Fear, suffering, hunger and cold. This is what Hope had gone through after being abandoned in a period of life during which she needed more care and...
HOOK, A DOG HERO RESCUED BY OIPA VOLUNTEERS. CAUGHT IN A TRAP, HE SUFFERED GRUESOME LEG INJURY
OIPA Italy’s volunteers in Vibo Valentia, a town in Southern Italy, witnessed a heartbreaking scene when they found Hook, a young dog who had ended...
OIPA’S VOLUNTEERS RESCUE BELLA, AN OLD DOG AFFECTED BY CANCER AND ABANDONED. WE CAN’T LEAVE HER ALONE
Even animals pay the price of a society that requires to always being high performing and competitive, which bases our success on appearance and...
OVER 10,000 ITALIAN ACTIVISTS GATHERED TOGETHER FOR PIGS KILLED IN A SANCTUARY
On 7 October, over 10,000 Italian activists and animal lovers protested against Italian authorities on the streets of Milano. An unprecendent stream...
A HORSE DIED OF STARVATION, OTHER FOUR SEIZED BY OIPA ITALY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. VOLUNTEERS: “A DISTURBING HARD-TO WATCH SCENE”
Our animal control officers in Italy have declared: “One of the most disturbing hard-to watch scene of animal neglect!” A horse so severely...
OIPA ITALY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS IN CREMONA RESCUE LEO, A SEVERELY MALNOURISHED GREYHOUND. THE OWNER REPORTED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY
Leo, a greyhound rescued by OIPA Italy animal control officers in Cremona, was found in heartbreaking conditions. The 3 years old dog was skin and...
FOUND WITH BROKEN JAW, MARIO, 5 MONTHS-OLD KITTEN IS IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION. HELP HIM TOGETHER WITH OIPA ITALY VOLUNTEERS
Mario is only 5-months-old but he already suffered from neglect and abandonment. Found all alone in a firm’s woodshed in pitiful conditions, OIPA...
ONLINE PET TRADE: OIPA ITALY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS SEIZE THREE PUPPIES NOT EVEN 1-MONTH OLD
Team of OIPA animal control officers in Alessandria, Italy, has recently seized three puppies less than 1 month old kept inside a crumbling barn and...
A LIGHT OF HOPE FOR CLYDE, A SWEET DOG SUFFERING FROM A DEGENERATIVE DISEASE. WE CAN’T LEAVE HIM ALONE
Beaten, starved, and humiliated. OIPA Italy’s volunteers in Siracusa, Sicily, had found Clyde in terrible conditions almost three years ago. Bony,...
OIPA VOLUNTEERS STILL ON THE GROUND TO SUPPORT FAMILIES WHO ARE TRYING TO START OVER AFTER THE FLOOD
Many people have already left for their holidays, but there are those who are trying to start over after having lost everything due to the floods...
STONE, A DOG WHO IS FIGHTING TO SURVIVE. LET’S HELP HIM RECOVER TOGETHER WITH OIPA ITALY VOLUNTEERS
Stone, a name that clearly reflects his appearance, was found helpless under a road barrier of a busy street in a village of Italy by a...
OIPA VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WITH PETS THAT HAVE LOST EVERYTHING IN THE FLOOD-AFFECTED AREA OF RAVENNA AND BOLOGNA
Many not for profit organizations have been working tirelessly for weeks to help families affected by the catastrophic flooding in Northern Italy,...
RESCUED FROM NEAR-DEATH, TEO SURVIVED, BUT HE NEEDS CARE AND ATTENTION. DON’T LEAVE HIM ALONE!
How to remain indifferent passing by a near-death little body who is lying on a street suffering hopelessly? We often ask ourselves how to, without...
ITALY FLOODS AFTERMATH. OIPA VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL LENDING FLOOD VICTIMS A HELPING HAND
After the devastating flooding that submerged the northern region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy, killing 15 people and forcing over 36,000 to evacuate,...
NEW DEVASTATING FLOODS IN ITALY. OIPA VOLUNTEERS AND ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS ON THE GROUND TO SAVE ANIMALS IN NEED
There has been heavy rain across Italy in recent days but the worst-affected area has been the northern region of Emilia-Romagna and parts of the...
THE SAD STORY OF ISIDE: ABANDONED IN A CLOSED FARM AND RESCUED IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS BY OUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS
https://youtu.be/BE5N_9YacEg Following the call for help of concerned citizens, OIPA animal control officers in Ancona, a city in Central Italy,...
TWENTY DOGS SEIZED BY OIPA ITALY ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. GUARDIAN INVESTIGATED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY
Following a filed report of suspected cruelty to animals, our animal control guards in Italy began to investigate. Verified the deplorable...
ALICE, A DOG JUST ‘SKIN AND BONES’ FOUND SCREAMING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE OF AVELLINO, ITALY. SAVED WITH A BLOOD TRANSFUSION, SHE NOW NEEDS SUPPORT TO HEAL COMPLETELY
A few days ago, OIPA volunteers rescued from the countryside of Avellino province, in Italy, a dog so much skinny that her ribs and bones were...
ITALY, BROWN BEAR JJ4 CAPTURED AND IMPRISONED. ANIMALS SHOULDN’T PAY FOR HUMAN MISMANAGEMENT. WE STAND WITH BEARS
The story of JJ4, a brown bear recently captured in Italy, has attracted the interest of international media, organizations, animal activists and...
EVEN IF YOU DON’T EAT LAMB, YOUR EASTER CELEBRATION WON’T CHANGE. DON’T EAT AN INNOCENT!
Easter is a celebration of hope for Christian believers. Hope in eternal life, represented by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, which is...
CAMILLO’S EYES WERE ASKING FOR HELP. OIPA VOLUNTEERS RESCUED HIM. TOGETHER, WE CAN SUPPORT HIS RECOVERY
How much fear, suffering and dread you can still notice in Camillo’s eyes, dog rescued by OIPA Italy volunteers of Partenopoli (Avellino province)...
“SHE’S SICK AND OLD. SHE CAN DIE ON THE STREET”. A NEGLECTED 12-YEAR-OLD FEMALE DOG, ROAMING IN SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS, NEEDS ASSISTANCE FOR HER REMAINING TIME. HELP IVA AND OUR VOLUNTEERS IN ITALY
She was abandoned to her fate, sentenced to death, dumped and treated like garbage. Blind and suffering from ear and mammary tumour, a 12-year-old...
SURVIVED TO THE ATTACK OF A MOLOSSER BREED DOG, THE GENTLE STRAY FREDDY STILL NEEDS CARE TO HEAL COMPLETELY
OIPA’s volunteers are doing their best to help Freddy overcoming the difficult healing process. A stray with a very gentle attitude who was brutally...
COMPASSION AND CONCERN HAVE CHANGED A DOG’S DESTINY. NOW, HELP THOT START A NEW LIFE
While strolling in the small village of Marina di Savuto, Cosenza district, in Southern Italy, two tourists caught sight of a severely neglected...
FLASH FLOODS IN CENTRAL ITALY. OIPA’S VOLUNTEERS AND OTHER LOCAL ASSOCIATIONS RUSHED TO HELP ANIMALS
OIPA’s volunteers and animal control officers have been working for days in extreme conditions to rescue animals, victims as humans of the severe...
KEPT IN A CAGE BECAUSE TOO OLD, LAIKA HAS BEEN RESCUED BY OIPA ITALY’S ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS
https://youtu.be/XV7jBIw_cr0 Following an inspection carried out by OIPA Italy’s animal control officers in Udine in cooperation with the local vet...
FOUND ON THE STREET SKINNY AND VERY WEAK, ERCOLE WAS SAVED BY OUR OIPA ITALY’S “BLUE ANGELS”. NOW HE NEEDS SUPPORT TO RECOVER
Ercole is a very sweet and quiet cat. He has been probably abandoned when he would have needed much more help and assistance. OIPA Italy’s...
ROME, ITALY – OIPA ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS INSPECT AND SANCTION 30 PET SHOPS
The operation “Pet Shop” led by OIPA Italy’s Animal control officers in Rome uncovered several violations on the commercial sale of animals (dogs,...
ANOTHER VICTORY FOR ANIMALS! ITALY BANS FUR FARMING
The Budget Committee of the Italian Senate approved an amendment (No. 157.04) in the new Budget Law 2022 that will ban fur farming from 1st January...
TWO ELDERLY DOGS KEPT ON A CHAIN AND SEVERELY NEGLECTED HAVE BEEN SEIZED BY OIPA ITALY’S ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS
Kept on a chain without food and water, deprived of an adequate shelter and exposed to frost, bad weather and harsh temperatures. OIPA Italy’s...
THE DISFIGURED MUZZLE OF LUCE, KITTEN AFFECTED BY A SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA. HELP OIPA ITALY GIVE HER A HOPE
OIPA Italy’s volunteers rescued in Gela, a small town of Sicily, a female kitten of just 6 months affected by a squamous cell carcinoma that has...
ANOTHER CASE OF ANIMAL HOARDING IN ITALY. 26 CATS ABANDONED IN A COUNTRY COTTAGE AND OTHER 7 SEGREGATED IN A ROOM FULL OF EXCREMENT AND WASTE. NOW THEY ARE SAVE!
A joint operation of the State Forestry Corps together with the local Police, the Public Veterinary Service and OIPA Italy’s Animal control officers...
MELINDA, AFFECTED FROM A SERIOUS GENETIC DISEASE CALLED DSRA, DEPRIVED OF CARE AND THEN ABANDONED BECAUSE “FAULTY”. SHE NEEDS ALL OUR LOVE!
https://youtu.be/rKZ2q25TGEE The story of Melinda is the sad story of many other dogs bred only for profit. A business that does not indeed care...
THE RESCUE OF CARLOTTA, PONY SEGREGATED FOR ELEVEN YEARS. SHE NOW DESERVES THE TIME LEFT AWAY FROM SUFFERING
Eleven long years spent completely segregated in solitude, always closed as a prisoner inside the same “sealed” box without the chance of moving...
BORN UNDER AN UNLUCKY STAR: DAISY, SWEET PUPPY AFFECTED BY MEGAESOPHAGUS, IS STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE. WE CAN’T LEAVE HER ALONE
Daisy is born "by mistake", as happens to the many litters of strays condemned to wander in hostile lands where abandonment, lack of sterilizations...
A DISASTER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS IN SARDINIA, ITALY. OIPA VOLUNTEERS ARE GATHERING FOOD FOR STRAYS AND ANIMALS IN DISTRESS
Wildfires have spread quickly across the west part of the island following high temperatures, destroying 20,000 hectares of forest and forcing 1,500...
THREE DOGS SEIZED BY OIPA ITALY’S ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS. THE OWNER REPORTED FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ABANDONMENT
The animal control officers of OIPA Italy rescued 3 dogs after someone reported the precarious conditions in which these animals were forced to...
A CHANCE MEETING WITH OIPA’S VOLUNTEERS SAVES HIS LIFE. NOW PEPPINO WANTS TO TAKE BACK ALL LOST DAYS
An invisible among hundreds of other souls. Peppino was a stray who, like so many other companions in misfortune, was not only condemned to a life...
MARGHERITA (DAISY), HOUND USED FOR HUNTING. RESCUED WITH A MISSING EYE AND ALL UPPER TEETH BROKEN. SHE WAS EATING STONES TO SURVIVE. NOW SHE CAN BLOOM AT LIFE
Margherita's story is touching. This young hound was probably abandoned or she escaped from her persecutor running away from the prison in which she...
FOUND IN CRITICAL CONDITIONS, ULTIMO (AKA LAST) IS NOW SAFE! RESCUED BY OIPA ITALY’S VOLUNTEERS
The day when Ultimo was rescued by OIPA volunteers in Italy, it must have been the last day of suffering for this sweet little dog of about 5/6...
ABANDONMENT, HUNGER AND COLD WERE KILLING HIM: “DON’T WORRY CIUFFO, YOU’LL SOON GET THROUGH “. HE NEEDS US
Ciuffo was trembling like a leaf when the volunteers of OIPA Italy arrived on site to rescue him. This little dog weighting just 6 kg was found...