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The story of Cornadure
“One day, maybe in a few years, in this place, we could create a sanctuary.”
Only a week later, we heard about pigs living in a terrible situation — and that moment became the beginning of Cornadure.
Founded in 2021, Rifugio Cornadure was born from urgency, compassion and collective action. What started as an idea quickly became a reality thanks to the animals who needed immediate help — and the people who chose to respond.
Cornadure has been built step by step by many hands and hearts💚
Volunteers from all over the world have contributed with their time, energy and skills to create and take care of this space. Friends, supporters and donors have made it possible to provide food, medical care, shelter and safety to the non human animals who now call Cornadure home.
This sanctuary exists thanks to solidarity.
Every donation, every shared meal, every helping hand and every moment of care has helped to shape Cornadure into what it is today.
Rifugio Cornadure is more than a place — it is home for non human refugees, a collective effort, a space of resistance and liberation, and a living example of what can be created when people come together to stand for non-human animals.
Who lives here
Malesia
Species:
Pig
Distinguishing marks:
Pink, black eyes, sweet, cuddly
Story:
Runaway from a local farmer
Moby
Species:
Pig
Distinguishing marks:
Pink, just one black eyes, stubborn and basically an asshole
Story:
Runaway from a local farmer
Savoia
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Bangs, naughty
Story:
Freed from slavery and Easter oven
Prusik
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Total white, shy, scared by humans
Story:
Freed from slavery and Easter oven
Teto
Species:
Cow
Distinguishing marks:
Cuddly, playful, stubborn
Story:
Rescued from a dairy farm
Ziky
Species:
Horse
Distinguishing marks:
Light gray, tall, peaceful, always by Teto's side
Story:
Freed from isolation, inactivity and malnutrition
Bolino
Species:
Sheep
Distinguishing marks:
Cuddly
Story:
Rescued after being left behind by a shepherd
Karma
Species:
Dog
Distinguishing marks:
Cuddly, peaceful
Story:
The second oldest person here and the queen of the refuge
Giuseppe
Species:
Human
Distinguishing marks:
Climber, goes around with an old brown hat and sunglasses on all the time
Story:
Freed himself from speciesism, became a vegan activist, founded the refuge together with Sandra
Penny
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Dwarf, very attached to Indiana
Story:
Rescued from death
Indiana
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Dwarf, always to his mother's side
Story:
Son of Leonard and Penny, who came here pregnant and gave birth to him and his sister in our refuge.
Neo
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Dwarf, shy, one horn bigger than the other
Story:
Daughter of Leonard and Penny, who came here pregnant and gave birth to her and her brother in our refuge.
Leonard
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Dwarf, cuddly with human animals, bossy with non human animals
Story:
Rescued from death
Alma
Species:
Pig
Distinguishing marks:
Pink with black spots, peaceful but fiery
Story:
Freed herself while bleeding almost to death, probably in a runaway from a local farmer
Puntiglio
Species:
Sheep
Distinguishing marks:
Scared by humans
Story:
Freed from slavery and Easter oven
Gelsomino
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Long ears, one black and one white
Story:
Abandoned in a field by a shepherd as a new born baby, was rescued and grown here
Val
Species:
Human
Distinguishing marks:
Curly fur, runs around with flip flops on, always covered in mud
Story:
Activist for social and climate justice, intersectional transqueerfeminist, came here as a volunteer, stayed as part of the Cornadure family
Wilson
Species:
Dog
Distinguishing marks:
Nutt, scared of humans, very fond of Karma
Story:
Freed from a rope and slavery as a shepherd
Nora
Species:
Cat
Distinguishing marks:
Independent, sweet and cuddly, goes around like the owner of the place
Story:
Rescued from death when she was a baby
Nino
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Cuddly, sometimes bossy with the other goats, long beard, all white
Story:
Unknown story, he chose Cornadure as his home
Mama
Species:
Pig
Distinguishing marks:
All black, she's the boss of the pigs' gang
Story:
Freed herself and her children, Moby and Malesia
Sally
Species:
Pig
Distinguishing marks:
Black and grey
Story:
Saved from death along with Buio and Signori
Mascara
Species:
Sheep
Distinguishing marks:
Cuddly, black spots on his face
Story:
Freed from slavery and Easter oven
Buio
Species:
Pig
Distinguishing marks:
Dark grey, long ears covering his eyes, very cuddly
Story:
Freed from death along with Sally and Signori
Grazia
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Shy
Story:
Freed from slavery and death along with her sisters Graziella and Ella
Graziella
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Naughty, cuddly
Story:
Freed from slavery and death along with her sisters Grazia and Ella
Ella
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
White body, brown face, long horns
Story:
Freed from slavery and death along with her sisters Grazia and Graziella
Signori
Species:
Pig
Distinguishing marks:
Brown with dark spots, cuddly
Story:
Freed from death along with Sally and Buio
Cola
Species:
Goat
Distinguishing marks:
Naughty, bossy, asshole, black and white, long horns
Story:
Kept in a cage, but nobody wanted her, we did: she became one of the first members of the Cornadure family
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