Action animal - people for animals

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action animal - people for animals e. V.
legal form registered association
founding 1985
Seat Berlin , Germany
purpose Animal and nature conservation
Chair Manfred Fuchs
Members approx. 200,000
Website www.aktiontier.org

The association Aktion Tier - Menschen für Tiere e. V. (until April 2006 Deutsches Tierhilfswerk eV ) based in Berlin is one of the largest non-governmental animal and nature conservation associations in Germany with around 200,000 members .

Goals and principles

According to the statutes , the purpose of the association is animal and nature conservation. Through education, the understanding of the animal and plant world is to be improved and the welfare of animals to be promoted. This is to be achieved through information events and campaigns. Own animal welfare projects at home and abroad and the support of other organizations should help to achieve these goals.

In principle, the association rejects the construction of animal shelters , since an animal's stay in the animal shelter can only meet its specific needs to a very limited extent and therefore it makes no sense in the long term to invest exclusively in new animal shelters. The association therefore sees its main focus in prevention work . Only through animal welfare-conscious thinking and acting of the individual can the number of sold animals in animal shelters be reduced and animal suffering prevented.

activities

The association drew attention to the subject of animal hoarding (e.g. Exklusiv-Die Reportage , Brisant or Kerner ) and documented individual cases. As a result, there was also interference by the authorities. He also wants to counteract the illegal puppy trade and warns against buying dogs in markets, in pedestrian zones or through classifieds. He criticizes the fact that animals are still being sold in Polish markets despite a legal ban on trading dogs and cats. In various campaigns the association tries to convict illegal puppy dealers.

Campaign poster

Among other things, the association started the following campaigns:

  • Wild animals do not belong in the living room - only freedom is appropriate to the species! (February 2010)
  • Fun in the circus without wild animals (July 2010)
  • Innocent behind bars - rabbits in intensive fattening (March 2011)
  • Cheap puppies - survival must not be a coincidence (November 2011)
  • Hidden animal suffering - cage eggs in food (March 2012)
  • Ears without! - Microchips instead of ear tags for cloven-hoofed animals (May 2013)
  • The honeybee - small insect with great importance (August 2013)
  • Our hedgehogs - outdoor professionals in danger (September 2013)
  • Species protection on buildings (August 2014)
  • Plush instead of animals (November 2014)
  • Animal Hoarding (May 2015)
  • No online animal trading (September 2015)
  • Animal Welfare Cat Ordinance (May 2016)
  • Cattle Madness (October 2016)
  • City pigeons (January 2018)
  • Love for animals goes through the stomach
  • My pet-friendly garden (May 2018)

Projects

The association supports animal welfare projects primarily in Germany. He also finances his own projects such as the animal rescue in Munich or the squirrel rope project. Animal shelters and wildlife sanctuaries and medical care for the animals are also funded .

The association wants to sensitize children to nature and animal welfare issues. Animal welfare holidays are offered to school children every year. In September 2011, the association opened the first of 14 children's animal protection rooms (as of 2014). The patron of the animal protection room is Gabriele Princess zu Leiningen . The association also offers animal welfare classes in schools and kindergartens.

With the Kitty project , the association tries to curb the street cat population through targeted castration campaigns. He advocates a statutory castration and identification obligation for cats with free access.

Other projects (selection)
  • Wildlife and species protection stations, etc. a. in Sachsenhagen and Rastede (both in Lower Saxony)
  • Horse Courts, u. a. Wachtendonk on the Lower Rhine
  • Online animal shelter for nationwide animal welfare associations and animal shelters
  • Accion del Sol animal shelter in Tenerife
  • Action Tier Igelzentrum Niedersachsen (Laatzen) for the care and wintering of needy hedgehogs

The People for Animals Foundation was established in 2003. If the association is dissolved, its assets will go to the foundation.

criticism

Aktion Tier was formerly called the German Animal Aid Organization . It was 1985 u. a. founded by Wolfgang Ullrich. As the chairman and founder of the German Animal Aid Organization and its sister association, the European Animal Aid Foundation, Ullrich embezzled approx. 50 million DM (25 million euros) and in April 2003 was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for breach of trust in 137 cases by the Munich II Regional Court and its general agent for breach of trust in 60 cases and aid to infidelity in 77 cases to eight and a half years. In 2006 Ullrich was released on parole. In the same year the association was renamed. In 1991, the lost German animal welfare organization for donations scandals and controversial advertising methods its charitable status from § 52 Tax Code (AO) and therefore its tax benefits , among other things, that means the failure to take account of donations ( donations ) to the club in the income tax or corporation tax of the donor. This state continues to this day (as of July 2015).

In Rhineland-Palatinate , the responsible supervisory and service directorate (ADD) for Aktion Tier 2008 refused permission to recruit members in the cities and municipalities of this state. A review by the authorities revealed that there were “considerable doubts about the proper and appropriate use of the donations”.

The news magazine Der Spiegel stated in October 2009 that only a fraction of the approximately twelve million euros in income directly benefit animals. As a result, the association obtained a court order from Spiegel based on false statements.

The DZI rates the association as “not worthy of support”. As a recognized auditing body for aid organizations, it tried several times in 2011 to obtain concrete and meaningful information from those responsible for the association about their work in terms of transparency in the use of donations for donors. The organization did not respond to the requests for information. The information in question is only partially visible on the club's website. The DZI criticizes, among other things, that apparently only a small part of the direct advertising and administrative expenses are declared as such, while the larger part (e.g. over 50% of the expenses for accounting in 2009) is attributed to campaign and information work and It is not clear to what extent the expenses for the information stands operated by the association are to be allocated to the advertising costs or to the statutory expenses. According to the standards and experience of the DZI, the stated expenses for information stand campaigns are usually completely or largely allocated to advertising and administrative expenses.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c We don't want to build animal shelters . V. Accessed August 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c Hans-Dieter Götz, Markus Krischer: The money machine of the compassion mafia . In: Focus . No. 46 , 2000 ( online ).
  3. ↑ Guido Kleinhubbert and Conny Neumann: TIERSCHUTZ: Shops with a Dachshund Eye . In: Der Spiegel . No. 41 , 2009 ( online ).
  4. ↑ Articles of Association of the Aktion tier - Menschen für Tiere e. V. website of Aktion Tier e. V. Accessed May 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Animal Hoarding" campaign against "animal hoarders" in Munich . TZ Munich. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  6. ↑ Morbid animal collectors are often repeat offenders . Website of the newspaper “Die Welt”. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ a b Wrong love of animals: 100 dogs freed from ex-barracks in Vitzeroda . Website of the Thuringian regional newspaper. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  8. ↑ 53 Finches brought from the pensioner's apartment in Wedding . Website of the Berliner Morgenpost. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  9. ↑ a b Meißner save 53 zebra finches . Website of the Saxon newspaper. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  10. ↑ Animal suffering accepted . Website of the newspaper Thüringer Allgemeine. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  11. ^ " Aktion Tier Meissen" stops Hungarian puppy traders . Aktion Tier eV website.Retrieved on August 24, 2015.
  12. ↑ Brutal puppy trade on the Polish market . Website of the Bild newspaper. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  13. ↑ Puppy trading in Polish markets has been banned since January, but… ( Memento from March 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Website of the newspaper Bautzener Bote. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  14. ↑ Illegal animal trade uncovered . Website of the Saxon newspaper. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  15. ↑ action tier campaigns . Aktion Tier e. V. Accessed September 17, 2015.
  16. ↑ aktion tier starts nationwide awareness campaign Fun in the circus without wild animals . Website Nachrichten.net. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  17. ↑ Animal welfare campaign Innocent behind bars: rabbits in intensive fattening - action animal is happy about a successful start in front of Cologne Cathedral . Website Openbroadcast.de. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  18. ↑ Cheap puppy survival must not be a coincidence . Presseportal.co.uk website. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  19. ↑ Wanted: A house for the veterinary clinic website of the TZ Munich. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  20. ^ Dantestrasse: Eichkatzerlseil was hung up. Website of the daily newspaper TZ Munich. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  21. ↑ Speed ​​camera trap for squirrels . Website of the newspaper Tagesspiegel. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  22. ↑ 12,000 euros for street cats Website of the weekly courier. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  23. ↑ "aktion tier" and "Menschen für Tiere" want to bring children closer to nature. Website of the BILD newspaper. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  24. ^ Aktion Tier Junior ( Memento from November 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Animal Welfare Holidays, accessed on August 24, 2015.
  25. ↑ Easter animal welfare holidays for children Website of the Münchner Wochenanzeiger. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  26. ↑ a b The Begum gives Berlin schools animal lessons website of the BILD newspaper. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  27. ^ Aktion Tier Tierschutzzimmer Website of Aktion Tier Junior. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  28. ↑ A Guardian Angel for Dogs Website newspaper Märkische Allgemeine. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  29. ↑ Ill Streuner website of the magazine Der Spiegel . Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  30. ↑ New KITTY base in Paderborn opens press release from Aktion Tier e. V. Accessed August 24, 2015.
  31. ↑ The rescuers of the dogs in Tenerife . Website of the BILD newspaper. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  32. ↑ 10,000 m² on Tenerife for animals in need ( Memento from May 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the Kronach animal shelter. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  33. ↑ action animal hedgehog Center Lower Saxony website Igel center. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  34. ^ Foundation People for Animals . Website of the Foundation People for Animals. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  35. ↑ a b Milking cow animal lover . TAZ website. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  36. ↑ Federal Court of Justice confirms judgment for breach of trust worth millions to the detriment of animal welfare organizations , press release No. 121/2004 of the Federal Court of Justice, October 21, 2004
  37. ↑ a b DZI assessment: not worthy of funding . Database entry at the DZI, accessed August 24, 2015.
  38. ^ A b Guido Kleinhubbert and Conny Neumann: Animal protection shops with a dachshund look . In: Der Spiegel . No. 41 , 2009.
  39. ↑ Advertise with a dead project . Website of the Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  40. ↑ Aktion Tier obtains a court order against the magazine Der Spiegel . Website of the Roggendorf animal shelter. Retrieved August 24, 2015.

Coordinates: 48 ° 9 ′ 45.9 ″  N , 11 ° 34 ′ 20.9 ″  E