Animal Rights

World Animal Net is the world's largest network of animal protection societies with consultative status at the UN.
Working to improve the status and welfare of animals with over 3,000 affiliates in more than 100 countries.

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Compiled by Veggies to co-ordinate animal rights campaign events throughout the UK.

 UK Animal Rights Web Links, add or search for animal rights sites

The Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights actively works toward the acquisition of rights for all nonhuman animals by educating the public and the veterinary profession about a variety of issues concerning nonhuman animal use. The AVAR is actively seeking reformation of the way society treats all nonhumans and an increase in environmental awareness, as well.

This blog was created in order to bring into consciousness the sad reality of animal rights around the world in the 21st century. Currently I'm collecting every piece of information I can find regarding this subject, and put it here with reference to the origin. Please comment and spread it to people that may find this interesting.

The Animal Concerns Community is a project of the EnviroLink Network, a non-profit organization which has been providing access to thousands of online environmental and animal rights/welfare resources since 1991. This community serves as a clearinghouse for information on the Internet related to animal rights and welfare.

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Has groups all over the UK and elsewhere all uniting to target HLS and the companies supporting them.

Farm Sanctuary was established with the rescue of a lone sheep who was left for dead on a pile of dead animals. Through more than 20 years of rescues, investigations, public education, and policy change, we have made great strides toward ending the suffering of downers, including successfully lobbying to enact the first state law in the country on downed animals in California in 1994. Still much work needs to be done to ban the abuse of downed animals and now is the time to act.

Learn more about the Greyhound racing industry and what can be done to help put an end to it.

Examines legal issues affecting animals and pet owners. Created and maintained by Joel Zand."A dog lawyer understands that pet owners have special legal needs. The love that they give their pets, and the circumstances in which they care for them, often gives rise to specific legal rights under state and federal law.  Do you need a criminal defense lawyer to defend a prosecutor’s dangerous dog charges? Do you want to learn more about your rights and obligations when buying or renting New York City apartments, but you’re afraid that dogs are forbidden?  Do you think that you may need to sue, defend, or appeal a jury’s personal injury award in a dog bite lawsuit?"

 Effective autumn 2005, Animal Rights Online stopped the publication of its newsletters. It appears that because of increased spam filtering, AOL can no longer handle our bulk mailings. Though what I have been sending out for almost 10 years is NOT spam, I've been told that if any of the recipients decide to report it as spam, instead of unsubscribing, then it is a 'terms of service' violation. We regret that we are no longer publishing our newsletters for this reason.

Philosophical background, Animals and the law, The modern animal rights movement...

I believe that animals deserve to live according to their own natures, without harm, abuse, or exploitation. It has been shown that animals are capable of feeling pain, fear, hunger, thirst, loneliness, and kinship.

Answers questions like, "What about how other animals kill each other?", "What about killing plants?", and "Would you rather save your child or your dog?"

 In 2006 three of the most effective animal organisations in South Africa, namely Justice for Animals, Xwe African Wildlife and South Africans for the Abolition of Vivisection, decided to join forces in an unprecedented and historic move to advance a common mission by pooling their resources, expertise and commitment and operate as one legal entity. Animal Rights Africa is the only broad-based animal rights organisation on the African continent.

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