６０歳女がカメの散歩、外出禁止違反で罰金　伊ローマ

【ローマＡＦＰ＝時事】イタリア・ローマの警察は、新型コロナウイルス対策として実施されている外出制限に違反したとして、カメを散歩させていた60歳の女に罰金400ユーロ（約4万7000円）を科した。（写真は資料写真）
　公式統計によると、イタリアでは２月以降、新型ウイルスによる死者が２万人を超えており、パンデミック（世界的な大流行）のさなかの外出には正当な理由が必要。犬の散歩は正当な理由とみなされているが、カメの散歩はそうではないようだ。
　ローマ警察は、「正当な理由なく屋外にいた６０歳の女を拘束し」、罰金を科したと発表。女はカメと散歩していたという。
　同警察のヌンツィオ・カルボーネ氏はＡＦＰに対し、女が「正当な理由なく」屋外にいたため、罰金４００ユーロを科したと説明した。
　カルボーネ氏によると、カメはピザくらいの大きさで、リードでつながれてはいなかったという。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/04/16-14:22）

An Italian woman who took her pizza-sized turtle out for a walk has been fined 400 euros ($440) by the Roman police for breaking strict coronavirus confinement rules.
Italians need a justifiable reason to be out on the street in the middle of a pandemic that has officially claimed more than 20,000 lives in the Mediterranean country since February.
Taking your dog out for a walk is viewed as a good enough reason to leave your home.
But it seems taking your turtle out for one is not.
The Roman police said the 60-year-old woman was caught outside her home without a justifiable reason and fined.
The woman was walking with a turtle, the police statement said.
Roman police spokesman Nunzio Carbone told AFP that the woman was fined 400 euros because it was not a justifiable excuse.
Italian authorities reported issuing a record 16,545 fines on Easter Monday -- a national holiday in the largely Catholic country.
Another 13,756 fines were issue on Sunday.
Italians have been joking on social media about renting out their dogs to anyone who was going stir crazy and needed a good excuse to go out.
Carbone said the turtle was as big as a pizza but not wearing a leash.