Laura Ninfa

Porcikomodi is one the the largest, oldest and most populated animal sanctuaries that protects animals rescued from the meat industry in Italy. The sanctuary in Magnago (Mi) provides home for: • approx. 42 pigs • approx. 100 sheep and goats • 4 bovines • 4 equines • approx. 40 disabled barnyard birds. More info on www.vitadacani.org

Vitadacani ODV is a voluntary not-for-profit association which works for the protection of animal rights. It fights to combat abandonment, vivisection, the exploitation, maltreatment and trade or trafficking in animals of any kind (for hunting, the circus, the fur trade, animal fighting, force feeding)and tackles the issue of strays. It also promotes a vegan culture.

It was December 2014 and we were a group of friends who volunteered at the Parcocanile Vitadacani in Arese. One evening we found ourselves talking about a news that had saddened us very much: a homeless man had died frozen in Milan, in total indifference. From a shared thought, we felt the need to do something also for human beings in difficulty and so we came up with the idea: to prepare vegan meals, hot drinks and bring them to homeless people.