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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Arbouring offenders: Italian town’s tree-climbing ban prompts outcry

Boy running on a tree trunk
Defending the new rule, the town’s mayor said it ‘does not apply to trees in the countryside or in private gardens’. Photograph: Tetra Images/Getty Images/Tetra images RF

An Italian council has come under fire for banning people from climbing trees.

Anyone caught climbing a tree in public spaces in the centre of Oderzo, a town in the northern province of Treviso, risks fines of between €25 (£21) and €500 (£428).

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