[animals]Doña Sofía: passion for animals

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Among the tide of inconsequential news this summer, there was one that drew powerfully attention: The Queen of England had hired psychologists to

Doña Sofía: passion for animals

Amid the tide of inconsequential news this summer, there was one that drew powerfully attention: The Queen of England had hired psychologists for her dogs. We do not know if our monarch reaches that far but her passion for animals is well known. Doña Sofía has visited an adoption center of the Association of Friends of Animals these days and has once again been moved by the stories of many of them.

There were 250 pets that the queen could meet. Among all of them, the story of the ‘Hurt’ cat was special, named for the huge head wound with which some members of the Association found him. Doña Sofía posed before the photographers while caressing him, both him and the donkey Margarita, an animal that has already found its permanent home thanks to this organization. It is just one more sample of the queen's love for animals. Last May, when she attended the second pet fair, Doña Sofía "fell in love" with a dog named "Paquita." "She is quite shy at first, both with other dogs and with people, but when she gains confidence she is very affectionate and loves to be accompanied," one of the animal caregivers told her before the queen, who was accompanied by the minister. Ana Mato, look at her. He liked the animal so well that he ended up adopting it, in addition to touring various areas of the fair or attending animal tests.

On one occasion, a diplomat wanted to leave Cairo with ivory. When asked about his shipment, he assured that it was a "commission from the queen." Doña Sofía, upon hearing the anecdote, was upset. The mere doubt that she could have ordered ivory from an animal caused her to protest. Not only had he not said it, but he wanted to make it clear that he would never do such a thing and his history with animals and their pets proved it. A passion that comes from afar Doña Sofía remembered having dogs in her house as a child and having continuously played with them, as if they were just another friend. In Zarzuela, in fact, there is even a dog cemetery with a photo of each one of them on their own grave. She is careful even to choose the names of her pets. As he confessed to ABC when he turned seventy, two of his favorite animals are two terriers named Tipsy and Topsy.

The monarch counted who also has a gray parrot, several cats and a tortoise. Also the story of a cat that, on a certain occasion, looked out of the window of one of the pavilions of Zarzuela and ended up adopting her, or rather the cat ended up adopting her, as she recounted when remembering the anecdote.

It has been the queen's passion for animals that has led her to be a vegetarian, something that she strictly complies with. The Association of Friends of the Animals, aware of the power of convocation of Doña Sofía for its purposes, has invited her to preside over the lyrical recital that Ainhoa Arteta will celebrate in order to commemorate her twentieth anniversary. While hunting in Botswana damaged the image of Don Juan Carlos, with a dead elephant behind him that outraged the animal protectors, that of Doña Sofía and her affection for animals has become a positive point in favor of the monasticism.