"Riconosci
te stesso in ogni essere, e non dare dolore, non dare la morte"
Dhammapada
Every
year in Italy, hundreds of thousands of animals die in laboratories.
Some are used for lethal tests, but most could be saved: many are
used for experiments from which they could easily recover and restart
normal life, others are not actually used in test, but are kept in
laboratories as a surplus of safety or control, and once the
experiment has ended they become “a useless expense” for labs .
Italian
law allows experimental laboratories not to kill healthy and
‘salvable’ animals, but to release them to individuals or
charity, like La Collina dei Conigli. Retirements are agreed by the
association directly with trial laboratories through delicate
negotiations, which often entail shortages of many animals at a time.
La
Collina dei Conigli has specialized in the recovery of rabbits and
critters, dealing with them from the lab’s exit to (hopefully) a
new life in a family.
I
have been supporting this charity for years now with my pictures as a
volunteer photographer.
Shy
ones, little warriors, curious explorers, cuddle-lovers: everyone
acted in a different way when taken outdoors, and they showed once
again that they are not mere numbers, as they are considered in labs,
but individuals with peculiar attitudes and personalities.
Rachele
Totaro
La
Collina dei conigli
Centro
di recupero per animali da laboratorio
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