{"id":18456,"date":"2025-07-18T14:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/rome-issues-new-ban-on-firecrackers-from-1-december-to-31-january\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T12:54:02","slug":"rome-issues-new-ban-on-firecrackers-from-1-december-to-31-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/18\/rome-issues-new-ban-on-firecrackers-from-1-december-to-31-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Rome issues new ban on firecrackers from 1 December to 31 January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ban on firecrackers or <em>botti<\/em> to protect animals and public safety<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n<p>Rome has banned the use of firecrackers in the capital from 1 December until 31 January in a move to protect animals and public safety, the city announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The ban is permanent and does away with the need for temporary legislation prohibiting the use of explosive <em>botti<\/em> firecrackers &#8211; widely ignored &#8211; usually announced ahead of New Year&#8217;s Eve.<\/p>\n<p>Patrizia Prestipino, Rome&#8217;s guarantor for animals, who is responsible for raising awareness for animal protection, said the ban &#8220;places public health and safety at the centre&#8221; and has been issued &#8220;in the name of civility and respect for the environment and animals&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Prestipino said the ban responds to an &#8220;increasingly widespread awareness among citizens&#8221;, as demonstrated by a recent survey conducted by Italian animal rights organization LAV and research company DOXA last December, which concluded that &#8220;94 per cent of Italians oppose the use of firecrackers for New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, she also said that it will no longer be necessary to resort to issuing bans in the days leading up to New Year&#8217;s Eve, acknowledging that they are &#8220;inevitably difficult to enforce&#8221;, stating that the move marked a shift &#8220;in mentality and culture&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ban on firecrackers or botti to protect animals and public safety. Rome has banned the use of firecrackers in the capital from 1 December until 31 January in a move to protect animals and public safety, the city announced on Thursday. The ban is permanent and does away with the need for temporary legislation prohibiting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[10141,13505,13504,11904,13506,2423],"class_list":["post-18456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-eventi","tag-ban","tag-december","tag-firecrackers","tag-issues","tag-january","tag-rome"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polinex.cluster021.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}