Different species for one planet

The degradation of nature and the environment around us, especially in the suburbs of large cities, is a clear sign of a profound crisis in the relationship between man, the environment and animals. The project, involving the local community, envisages:

• direct intervention to care for, look after and, when possible, rehome animals in difficulty;
• the awareness and training of operators and the community on the knowledge and appreciation of domestic and wild fauna present in the area; the dissemination of active resilience practices, i.e. how to actively intervene in accordance with correct guidelines, attempting to monitor the area, take a census of colonies and respond to reports.

The aim is the reintroduction of the animals into the wild (collaborations with oases in the area will be activated); where necessary, the project provides for housing in a protected and suitable space where sick and disabled animals and animals against which an eradication policy is in place can have a good quality of life. Therefore it is intended to build: first reception facilities for injured animals; a small infirmary for first aid and therapy; a room with cages for in-patients; rehabilitation aviaries; acclimatisation aviaries and enclosures (for animals that can almost be freed); enclosures for those who will not be able to return to the wild; cottages and enclosures for so-called farm animals.

Vitadacani will carry out the project in collaboration with: the Piccola Società Cooperativa Vitadacani; the network La Rete dei Santuari di Animali Liberi, which brings together 17 of the most representative shelters for animals rescued from the meat industry; the Lac (Lega Abolizione Caccia) and the local Lav.