Eyes wide with fear, Raphaël hops in the middle of the rabbit enclosure.
" AIE Aie Aie !
» Quickly, Hector, the facilitator, picks him up by the waist to place him behind the small wooden fence.
At 9 years old, the boy has never stroked an animal, and has no desire, upon entering Noah's World, to do so.
His phobia of dogs, transmitted by his parents, curbed any inclination to reach out for any ball of fur.
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This animal center, open since December at Porte Dauphine in Paris (16th century), sees children like Raphaël arrive every day, cut off from animals.
“We realized that urban dwellers were insensitive to animals and nature.
We encourage them, through this experience, to reconnect with the living and to protect the animal world,” defends Hector Bonvallot, founder of the place with his older brother Edgar.
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