animal public
| animal public eV | |
|---|---|
| purpose | Animal welfare |
| Chair: | Laura Zodrow |
| Establishment date: | 2001 |
| Seat : | Dusseldorf |
| Website: | www.animal-public.de |
animal public eV is a non-profit animal and species protection association based in Düsseldorf .
The association was founded in 2001 and campaigns for the rights and protection of wild animals. The association is registered as an interest group in the lobby list of the German Bundestag (No. 46). The chair is Laura Zodrow.
Self-image, goals, tasks
The association sums up its self-image as follows:
"Respect for animals" is not only our motto, but also our goal. We want to ensure that wild animals no longer have to suffer from the will of human beings and can live in freedom and dignity.
The main focus is on a ban on hobby hunting , the end of keeping wild animals in the circus and the wildlife trade. In addition, the association is committed to phasing out zoo animal husbandry .
activities
One focus is continuous lobbying. The association works at state, federal and EU level to improve animal welfare law. To this end, delegates take part in hearings and send representatives to expert committees of the Federal Government . The association is also one of the founding members of the European animal welfare networks "ENDCAP" and "Dolphinaria Free Europe", which lobby for animal welfare on a European level.
In addition to political work, the association does media work. The association has participated in television programs such as “ Wallraff covers ”, “ Status Zoo ” and “ Planet Wissen ”.
Projects
Together with the Great Ape Project , the association works to ensure that great apes are granted "basic rights". However, a corresponding Bundestag petition was rejected by the Petitions Committee in 2015 .
The association takes criminal charges against the killing of unwanted zoo animals. In 2011 the Magdeburg zoo director and three of his employees were sentenced to fines - suspended on probation - following a complaint by the association for violating animal welfare law. They killed three off-breeding tiger cubs right after they were born.
The association works to ensure that the legal ban on preventing birds from flying is implemented in German zoos. According to the association, this has not yet been the case.
successes
According to the company, the following successes were achieved:
- Comprehensive amendment to hunting law in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Stricter management requirements for zoo animals
- Federal Council resolutions against wildlife exchanges and the keeping of wild animals in the circus
- Improving the protection of wild animals in the European Union
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b animal public eV ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 15, 2016
- ↑ Press release Ministry of Consumer Protection publishes first recognized animal welfare associations ( Memento from March 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Self-presentation by animal public eV ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 15, 2016
- ↑ Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture , accessed on March 16, 2016.
- ^ Rheinische Post , accessed on March 16, 2016.
- ↑ ENDCAP website ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. released on March 16, 2016
- ↑ RTL , accessed on March 16, 2016.
- ↑ Planet Wissen , accessed March 16, 2016.
- ↑ presseportal ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on March 16, 2016
- ↑ Petitions Committee rejects fundamental rights for great apes . In: hpd.de. Retrieved March 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Bernd Kaufholz: Killing of three tiger babies: the regional court's judgment is final. In: www.volksstimme.de. Retrieved March 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Birds in German zoos: mutilated for display purposes. (No longer available online.) In: www.animal-public.de. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016 ; accessed on March 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Achievements. In: www.animal-public.de. Retrieved March 16, 2016 .
