A testimony that “invites the reader to follow Filippo Maturi into the contradictory and dramatic world of animalism, of the infinite critical issues that pervade it, of the solutions to be found, of the hopes to be cultivated”. Thus Carla Rocchi, national president of Enpa, in the preface of “Money and bars. The whole truth about concentration camp kennels and stray dogs in Italy”, the book by Filippo Maturi available on Amazon.
“It is the report of 3 years of commitment in the area – stated Filippo Maturi – over 100 kennels visited and countless complaints, complaints and reports. Not only that: it frames the state of stray animals, its causes, why it has not yet been resolved and above all why they don’t want to resolve it. Much, too much money earned on the skin – or in this case hair – of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. A book of denunciation that uncovers the Pandora’s box of concentration camp kennels, but also a manual for those who want to make a concrete commitment to make their contribution so that stray dogs can become just a bad memory.”
“A reading – wrote Carla Rocchi in the preface of the book – which helps to understand, which does not hide the shadows or even the tragedies and yet presents us with rigor and hope the possible ways of solution. It is, in other words, the passionate and sometimes painful work of an animal rights activist determined to use all the tools of his knowledge and empathy to impact a reality that he feels deeply. Of an animal rights activist who, even in fulfilling the very high function of legislator, has shown himself determined to intervene concretely in the reality that simultaneously focuses his civil passion and his political commitment. The wealth of decisive ideas and indications deriving from an accurate critical apparatus in a highly topical media perspective enriches this important contribution to the animal rights cause and passion, a contribution to be welcomed with great appreciation and even greater gratitude”.
Filippo Maturi is an expert in the field of animal protection and has dedicated years of his life to visiting kennels throughout Italy, collecting direct testimonies and documenting the often deplorable conditions in which thousands of dogs live. Already a parliamentarian of the Republic, he put his institutional position at the service of the “voiceless”, bringing the stories and injustices experienced by animals into the buildings. His legislative and advocacy work represents a significant contribution in the fight for animal rights.
