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I was born in the small town of Asti, in Italy, on January 12, 1993.
I was 10 years old when I was studying in the primary school. Our teacher was telling the fairy tale "............."; after finished the teacher asked to the class to make a composition about what we just heard, but instead of that, I wrote a letter to the world leaders addressed to my teacher. She was so touched that she forwarded that letter to the President of the Italian Republic : Sandro Pertini.
Mr. Pertini, one of the most loved President Italy ever had, wrote back to that letter and the fact was mentioned by the local newspaper as:
"Massimo wrote, Sandro replied"
Just as unusual as it looks, an important Chief of State and a simple little child, agreed on this principle: every living being should have the right to the basic needs as food and shelter.
Through the years Massimo starts to work for local groups in protection of animals rights. Was my (wrong) thought, then, that animals looked so helpless and in "bad shape", just because I had never seen what was happening in the whole world to human being. Still, I believe animals as every living being have the same rights to be protected from abuses than humans. Especially after I met Claudia Sgarzi, a dear friend of mine, a loved mother and wife.
She made me understand that if we respect the more tiny and helpless creature in this world we will develop that kind of mercy and love for life that will make us all become totally respectful human rights, freedom and democracy.
Between 1986 and 1990, Claudia Sgarzi, Clara Genero, Elma Carasso and I worked on the Italian network in a campaign against bullfight in Spain and for the protection of animal rights in Italy.
I soon started to develop interest in other fields such as human rights, social injustice and environment protection.
I learned about human rights abuse and started to work at local level first, then international, with Members of Parliaments and various organizations, for avoid those abuse to be committed. My work became every day more .......
