diana balestra

We are an association active since 2018 mainly in the Piossasco (TO) area. Our mission is to take care of cats. We take care of various cat colonies (food, care, sterilization) and we have a small shelter where we welcome stray cats in difficulty to put them back on their feet and then look for a family for them. Like most associations, we do not receive public funds and live thanks to private donations.

The "La Ninna" Hedgehogs Recovery Center is located in Piedmont in Novello, in the province of Cuneo in the Langhe and is a center specialized in curing the European hedgehog, in their preservation in order to reinsert them (when possible) in nature in their habitat. The idea of ​​creating a place to care for and assist the hedgehogs was born following the discovery of an orphaned hog of a few grams "Ninna", taken care of by the veterinarian Massimo Vacchetta.

Si chiama Balzoo Disabilandia la casa-rifugio che, prima a Rovigo ed ora a Milano, accoglie gatti sfortunati che, a causa di incidenti o violenze, hanno perso la loro fisiologica autonomia. A Balzoo Disabilandia giungono richieste d’aiuto da ogni parte d’Italia e non solo, da parte di associazioni, privati e cliniche veterinarie che si trovano a scontrarsi con il ‘problema’ della disabilità: il destino di questi gatti è troppo spesso la soppressione, la nostra casa è l’alternativa.