The award dedicated to Margherita Hack this year goes to Sara Turetta of Save the dogs

The award dedicated to astrophysicist Margherita Hack this year goes to the activist Sara Turetta, president and founder of Save the dogs and other animals.

• The "Silver Margherita" award dedicated to the memory of the scientist Margherita Hack goes this year to Sara Turetta of Save the dogs and other animals.
• An award that rewards those who live and work for animal welfare.

A prize to memory, to remember a great woman, an important scientist, but also a lover of animals and nature.The June 12th 2022 Margherita Hack would have accomplished one hundred years and, in his memory, the recognition was established Silver Daisy which, every year, rewards a person who loves cats and who shares the goals of caring for and sheltering strays.Established by the association The Odv cattery Of Trieste, the prize this time goes to Sara Turetta, president and founder of the association Save the dogs and other animals.

An award for those who love animals and work for them

The award was established in 2001 to celebrate the founding member's birthday Margherita Hack which was born one hundred years ago:a special woman who, in addition to being a famous astrophysicist, was also a lover of cats and fought strenuously for the protection of animal rights.After Brigitte Bardot and the writer Susanna Tamaro, awarded last year, the baton thus passes to Sara Turetta following the invisible but solid thread that unites these women:love for animals and first-person activism to change the fate of the weakest.

Sara Turetta, international animal rights activist, has received numerous awards for her commitment, including the nomination of Knight of the Star of Italy by the president of the Republic In the 2012.The story of Save the dogs and other animals begins when Turetta was still working in a Milanese advertising agency.It was the 2002 and,  after a dramatic journey into Romania, the woman decided to resign and move to Cernavoda to start stray dog ​​management projects, thus trying to change the fate of animals destined to be killed in the country's public kennels.Since then he has divided his time between Italy and Romania, managing the association's Milan office and carrying out lobbying activities at a national and international level.

The words of Sara Turetta

“I wasn't lucky enough to meet Margherita Hack, a special woman, an example of success and of a life lived with total respect for others,” comments Turetta.“And I am honored to receive the award in his memory and to collect the witness by these other two immense women to whom I am, among other things, very close.Brigitte Bardot, with her personal involvement in Romania, was a great source of inspiration for me.In fact, after reading about his battles to stop the slaughter of strays, I decided to move there because I felt I had to act.Today we actively collaborate with his foundation in the emergency linked toUkraine and as part of other projects.A beautiful friendship was born with Susanna Tamaro because we share not only the boundless love for animals, but the same vision of the world and of life."

An award to remember a great woman and scientist, therefore, who also helps us to know those who do great work for animal welfare, sacrificing their life and time to improve the conditions of all living beings.