Equanimal
Encyclopedia
Equanimal is a Spanish
non profit animal rights
organization
. Comes from the fusion in 2006 of "Alternativa para la Liberación Animal" (Spanish
:"Alternative for Animal Liberation") (ALA, 1986) and "Derechos para los Animales" (Spanish: "Rights for Animals") (2002).
They focus on anything they consider against animal exploitation, such as animal testing
, fur farms and the use of fur as clothing, abandon of animals, circuses that use animals and zoos, hunting and fishing or bullfighting
.
The methods we use are mainly awareness through media campaigns, protest acts in public places such as embassies, demonstrations and sometimes open rescue
s.
Since 2007 they are involved in the sabotage of the "Copa Nacional de Caza del Zorro" (Spanish: "National Fox Hunt Cup"), which is held every year in Galicia, in which they pursue the hunters making noise with megaphones to scare foxes and thereby prevent them from being killed.
Along with this, under the actions that have had most impact are those consisting of enter in the ring at the end of a bullfight or with banners in the Cibeles catwalk during a parade.
Occasionally they worked with similar organizations in situations such as protests for seal hunting in Canada.
Spain
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non profit animal rights
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
organization
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
. Comes from the fusion in 2006 of "Alternativa para la Liberación Animal" (Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
:"Alternative for Animal Liberation") (ALA, 1986) and "Derechos para los Animales" (Spanish: "Rights for Animals") (2002).
They focus on anything they consider against animal exploitation, such as animal testing
Animal testing
Animal testing, also known as animal experimentation, animal research, and in vivo testing, is the use of non-human animals in experiments. Worldwide it is estimated that the number of vertebrate animals—from zebrafish to non-human primates—ranges from the tens of millions to more than 100 million...
, fur farms and the use of fur as clothing, abandon of animals, circuses that use animals and zoos, hunting and fishing or bullfighting
Bullfighting
Bullfighting is a traditional spectacle of Spain, Portugal, southern France and some Latin American countries , in which one or more bulls are baited in a bullring for sport and entertainment...
.
The methods we use are mainly awareness through media campaigns, protest acts in public places such as embassies, demonstrations and sometimes open rescue
Open rescue
Open rescue is a term for a form of direct action practiced by certain animal rights and animal welfare activists. The aim of open rescue is to rescue animals in pain and suffering, generally and to give these animals veterinary treatment and humane living conditions while also documenting the...
s.
Since 2007 they are involved in the sabotage of the "Copa Nacional de Caza del Zorro" (Spanish: "National Fox Hunt Cup"), which is held every year in Galicia, in which they pursue the hunters making noise with megaphones to scare foxes and thereby prevent them from being killed.
Along with this, under the actions that have had most impact are those consisting of enter in the ring at the end of a bullfight or with banners in the Cibeles catwalk during a parade.
Occasionally they worked with similar organizations in situations such as protests for seal hunting in Canada.