In the southern Italian region of Calabria, in the municipality of Cittanova, hundreds of feral cattle are causing trouble. They’re eating crops and causing accidents. The problem is a relic of the great Mafia wars and a legacy of the ’Ndrangheta clan. Herds of ‘sacred cows’ cause serious road accidents, destroy fences and ruin farmers’ crops. And they’re often deliberately used as a means of intimidation. Few people dare to speak out in protest. Giuseppe "Peppe” Morabito, a councilor in Cittanova, has been campaigning for years against the presence of these animals and the authorities’ silence. After his daughter was involved in a serious car accident with a bull, he set up the "No Bull” citizens’ initiative. He tirelessly travels through the rugged terrain to document the movements of the herds and the damage they cause. His aim: to persuade the state to act. But resistance is dangerous, for the cows are a symbol of power. Farmer Bruno Bonfà reports a similar experience. Herds of cattle repeatedly ravage his fields. Bruno believes this is a deliberate attempt to drive him off his land. This is because his father was murdered by the Mafia years ago, and Bruno has made public demands that the killers be unmasked and brought to justice. #documentary #dwdocumentary #dwdocs ______ DW Documentary gives you knowledge beyond the headlines. Watch top documentaries from German broadcasters and international production companies. Meet intriguing people, travel to distant lands, get a look behind the complexities of daily life and build a deeper understanding of current affairs and global events. Subscribe and explore the world around you with DW Documentary. Subscribe to: ⮞ DW Documentary (English): https://www.youtube.com/@DWDocumentary ⮞ DW Documental (Spanish): https://www.youtube.com/@DWDocumental ⮞ DW Documentary وثائقية دي دبليو (Arabic): https://www.youtube.com/@dwdocarabia ⮞ DW Documentary हिन्दी (Hindi): https://www.youtube.com/@dwdochindi ⮞ DW Dokumenter (Indonesian): https://www.youtube.com/@DWDokumenter ⮞ DW Doku (German): https://www.youtube.com/@dwdoku For more visit: http://www.dw.com/en/tv/docfilm/s-3610 Follow DW Documentary on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwdocumentary/ Follow DW Documental on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwdocumental We kindly ask viewers to read and stick to the DW netiquette policy on our channel: https://p.dw.com/p/MF1G
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As a beef cattle farmer in Kenya, I found this documentary fascinating because it shows how differently people can view the same thing. Where some see a nuisance, we see gold. I see food security, quality beef, jobs, organic fertilizer, leather, thriving rural economies, and long term wealth creation. Cattle have sustained communities for generations. The real issue is rarely the cattle themselves. It is how they are managed, integrated into the landscape, and valued by society. Perspective shapes opportunity. Greetings from Kenya. 🇰🇪🐂
You mean pure organic beef is just roaming around in numbers and nobody wants to do sth about it?!
Simple….pass a by-law that any cattle on the loose that are captured will be held for 30 days. If after 30 days proof of ownership is not forthcoming from anyone they become forfeit to the state and can be sold to recover the costs. …
To me this is nothing to do with the "sacred" cattle, it's a daily very visible statement of power for every resident "We tell you not to touch the cattle, no matter what they do, if you do we will punish you and your family" . It's to remind everyone who really is in charge and it's working. Typical useless Italian government, judiciary and police.
A government who cannot protect its citizens is not a government. Shame to a European country.
This are organic beef I wonder how tasty there meat will be.
Masai in Kenya and Tanzania are crying, they can't believe this.
What a crazy problem to have. This place needs to do the same thing that happened to Pablo's hippos.
You can eat them? Problem solved.
In The Philippines they will ALL be eaten in less than a week, Nilagang Baka ! YUM .
And some people romanticise the mafia when in reality is they're scum of the earth
When the state is Mafia the weak suffer.. is a system u can't do anything.. they sponsor their politics and pay for the police
Che vergogna, che tristezza. La mafia, ovviamente, non le mucche
There must be corrupt politicians, corrupt police, and a corrupt legal system. Otherwise things would change. Find the corrupted ones and oust them, that's the only way.
Gosh, human society is a complex thing
If you turn a cow or two into steaks and sausages to feed the people and hold something like a community cookout every two weeks, will the mafia get angry? I mean they have neglected the cattle years ago..
Free beef???
Freedom is never given,you must fight for freedom or buy it.But onley few can buy it.
I find it immensely infuriating that EU gatekeepers keep saying that Montengro, Moldova, and Albania are not ready to become EU members yet because they are effectively "mafia states". That may be true (at least in the case of Albania), but then *why* is Italy allowed to keep functioning in much the same way, with its feckless law enforcement and toothless judiciary?
I suspect the cows are being used to push land owners out. Once these farmers leave, the revitalization will start: resorts, villas, or land leasing to the goverment. Furthermore, to anyone saying to just eat the cows: your life will come to a swift end.