Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder is building an animal sanctuary with hopes of helping kids who have behavioral issues.
The actor is a long time animal activist, and has lead charges in his native Canada against the killing of baby seals in the past.
Through his own non-profit eco organization, the Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF), Ian is putting together the plans to build a green sanctuary, which the goals of helping troubled kids learn to co-operate with their peers by handling animals.
Somerhalder told E! Online, “It’s all about collaboration and compassion. If you can empower someone who’s really young, who’s had a really tough go at it, to find compassion by using animals – because it’s so much easier than with people – then you have something.”
“Now you’ve started to engage these kids and they’ll learn not to fight. They really realize what a full life you can have if you just get rid of those demons that we all have.”
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