Penalties for killing animals increase in Italy. People now face three years in prison, plus an additional fine from 5,000 euros to 30,000 euros. The penalty increases in proportion to the cruelty expressed. "If the act is committed by using torture or deliberately prolonging the suffering" of the victim, one risks up to four years in prison, a sentence combined with a fine of 10 to 60 thousand euros. Mistreatment is also a crime with heavy consequences. Organizers of shows and events involving "torture and heartbreak" for quadruped competitors and unauthorized fighting or competitions are hit more severely. Another important passage, increased penalties for killing or harming others' animals. Perpetrators are prosecutable ex officio even if they have inflicted harm on a single horse or cow. Topical change given the proliferation of cases of alleged dog walkers who return the dog entrusted to them to its owner "in a distressing condition," telling stories of false accidents. New aggravating factors are provided for all these offenses: when committed in the presence of minors, if more than one animal is abused together, and if the abuse is filmed and spread on social media.