🐑 The Story of Luce

Hi, I'm Luce the lamb!

I am the first rescued resident of Santuario Sotto la Panca and, thanks to me (and my sweetness!), my two moms Carmen and Patrizia decided to look for land to build a safe place for me and many other animals like me.

I am very sociable and need other lambs to play, run, and grow with. I can't wait to have brothers and sisters.

But I'll confess something to you: my life didn't start in the best way.

I was only a few days old when I was torn from my mother because I was too weak and had little chance of survival. I was entrusted to a goat… but not out of love.

The idea was to see me grow and get fat, so they could sell and butcher me for Easter lunch — as happened to my brother.

That could have been the end of my story.

But someone found me in time.

Touched by my fragility and my strength, Carmen and Patrizia took me into their arms and brought me to safety. The goat that was nursing me became my adoptive mother. Our bond was immediate, pure, and beautiful.

I survived.

And today I am here.

And if Sotto la Panca exists today, it's also because of me.