Federal Association for Animal Welfare
| Bundesverband Tierschutz eV (BVT eV) |
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| purpose | Animal welfare , animal welfare law |
| Chair: | Fred Willitzkat |
| Establishment date: | 1962 |
| Number of members: | 27 animal welfare associations and approx. 4000 members and supporters |
| Seat : | Moers |
| Website: | www.bv-tierschutz.de |
The Bundesverband Tierschutz eV (BVT) is an animal welfare association based in Moers and an office in Berlin .
history
The association is an animal protection umbrella organization founded in January 1962 in Germany. It emerged from the protest of radical animal rights activists against what they believed to be a lack of activity and animal welfare attitudes of the German Animal Welfare Association . BVT eV and the German Animal Welfare Association are now working together on animal welfare. In 2014 BVT eV and the animal welfare association for Berlin and the surrounding area merged to form the Alliance for Animal Welfare Policy Berlin . In 2015, the alliance for animal welfare policy, which is active throughout Germany, was launched with several other animal protection organizations .
The association is one of the seven organizations that are authorized by the consumer protection ministry in North Rhine-Westphalia to take the collective action for animal welfare organizations introduced there in 2013 .
activities
The association works in an advisory capacity in the Federal Animal Welfare Commission of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture , in the animal welfare advisory boards of the states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse and in the Foundation for the Promotion of Research into Alternative and Supplementary Methods to Restrict Animal Experiments .
The association is recognized as an association entitled to take legal action in North Rhine-Westphalia , a member of the German Donation Council , the representation of interests of charitable organizations that collect donations, and the German nature conservation ring . He is also a cooperation partner of the association for controlled alternative forms of animal husbandry and a supporter of the "Rabbit fattening, no thanks" initiative, an association of 36 animal welfare organizations that campaign for an end to the cage-keeping of rabbits for fattening. BAT eV and the ASPCA for Berlin and the surrounding area organize on behalf of Alliance policy on animal welfare Berlin together with the German Animal Welfare Society in Berlin taking place nationwide demonstration "Research yes - animal testing No!".
In January 2016, the association started the campaign “The curly tail is mine” against the removal of curly tails from pigs without anesthesia.
The association is non-profit and recognized as worthy of support. The association also operates an animal shelter in Wesel .
Board of Directors and Management
The association is headed by five board members. The board is elected every four years at the general assembly. Fred Willitzkat is the chairman.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Activity and Financial Report 2014 ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Karl-Werner Brand with the assistance of Henrik Stöver: Chapter 10, environmental movement (including animal welfare) . In: Roland Roth, Dieter Rucht (ed.): The social movements in Germany since 1945 . A manual. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-593-38372-9 , Chapter 10, environmental movement (including animal welfare), p. 223 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Partner of the German Animal Welfare Association. German Animal Welfare Association, accessed on October 1, 2014 .
- ^ Homepage of Alliance for Animal Welfare Policy Berlin. (No longer available online.) Alliance for Animal Welfare Policy Berlin, archived from the original on June 30, 2014 ; Retrieved September 19, 2014 .
- ^ Alliance for animal protection policy.
- ↑ Information from the Consumer Protection Ministry of North Rhine-Westphalia ( Memento from March 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on October 2, 2014)
- ^ List of members of the SET Foundation.
- ↑ Press release: Ministry of Consumer Protection publishes first recognized animal welfare associations. Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia , January 22, 2014, accessed on September 18, 2014 (Law on the right of collective actions enables animal welfare organizations to have extensive rights of participation)
- ↑ Alphabetical list of members. German Donation Council , August 6, 2014, accessed on September 18, 2014 .
- ^ Members of the DNR. Deutscher Naturschutzring , accessed on August 31, 2019 .
- ↑ Cooperation partner of the association for controlled alternative animal husbandry. Association for controlled alternative forms of animal husbandry, accessed on September 30, 2014 .
- ↑ List of all organizations and associations that support the campaign for the welfare of rabbits. Animal welfare alliance "Rabbit fattening, no thanks", accessed on October 1, 2014 .
- ↑ Hundreds of people demonstrate against animal experiments. Focus online, April 26, 2014, accessed October 1, 2014 .
- ↑ More than a thousand people demonstrate against animal experiments. Focus online, April 25, 2015, accessed April 29, 2015 .
- ^ Notice of exemption 2016. (PDF) Moers Tax Office
- ↑ statutes of BVT eV (PDF)
- ↑ Bundesverband Tierschutz: Imprint , accessed on August 7, 2019.