Heli Dungler

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Heli Dungler (2019)

Helmut "Heli" Dungler (* 1963 in Waidhofen an der Thaya ; † January 5, 2020 in Bethlehem (South Africa) ) was an Austrian animal rights activist and founder and president of the animal welfare organization Vier Pfoten .

Life

After completing his civil service, he went to Vienna, where in 1984 he began his active career in animal welfare as an employee in marine ecology and whaling for Greenpeace Austria. In 1987 and 1988 Dungler worked as a freelance expert in fur farming. After initial educational work with animal welfare activists, he founded the animal welfare organization Vier Pfoten on March 4, 1988 in Vienna , which is now represented in 15 countries.

Dungler died of a heart attack on January 5, 2020 . He was married with a daughter, a dog and two cats.

Act

In the 1990s, Dungler devoted himself primarily to the animal welfare issues of fur farming, chicken laying batteries and circus animals. In 1994 he started the first stray animal project Stray Animal Care (SAC) in Romania . In 1998, after years of campaigning against fur farming in Austria, Dungler played a key role in the closure of the last domestic fur farm in the Waldviertel. Heli Dungler was also a pioneer in the ban on chicken cages in Austria, the import ban of stuffed geese and ducks, as well as at the conclusion of Kükenschredderns in the Austrian organic industry. In 1998, on the initiative of Dungler, the Arbesbach Bear Forest was opened in the Waldviertel . Another success was the ban on fur farms and wild animals in circuses under the Federal Animal Protection Act 2005 , for which Heli Dungler, among others, paved the way. In addition, through negotiations with decision-makers around the world, he advocated higher animal welfare standards in agriculture, changes to the law on keeping brown bears, and the protection of big cats and stray animals . Dungler also made a name for himself with four paws in his final years in global animal welfare, especially in crisis areas . Heli Dungler was a member of the jury for the Bundestierschutzpreis and a member of the board of Eurogroup for Animals .

Awards

Publications

  • Mark Perry, Helmut Dungler: Unforgettable animal fates: The most moving stories from 25 years . Braumüller Verlag, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3991000945 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Vier-Pfoten founder Heli Dungler is dead. Kronen Zeitung, January 6, 2020, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Helmut Dungler , accessed on October 2, 2019 in Vier-pfoten.at.
  3. ↑ Animal rights activist cooks Chili sin carne , May 17, 2013 in Noe.orf.at.
  4. ↑ FOUR PAWS family mourns the loss of the founder and President Heli Dungler , accessed on January 6, 2020 in Vier-pfoten.at.
  5. ↑ In the beginning there was a jackdaw , from March 11, 2013 in Wienerzeitung.at.
  6. ^ Animals as a matter of life , March 17, 2013 in Noen.at.
  7. ↑ Four paws: “We would like to be superfluous” , from March 4, 2018 in Kurier.at.
  8. ↑ Austria - an animal welfare success story? , from October 2, 2018 in Ots.at.
  9. ↑ Vier Pfoten founder Heli Dungler receives the Golden Merit Medal from the State of Vienna , from March 22, 2013 in Ots.at.
  10. ↑ 20 years for animal welfare , accessed on October 2, 2019 in Geo.de.
  11. ↑ Still dog killings in Ukraine , February 3, 2012 in Extremnews.com.
  12. ↑ Jury Bundestierschutzpreis , accessed on October 2, 2019 in Sozialministerium.at.
  13. ↑ Our Board , accessed October 2, 2019 at Eurogroupforanimals.org.
  14. ↑ Heli Dungler is Fundraiser of the Year , October 8, 2018 in Ots.at.
  15. ↑ Heli Dungler is Fundraiser of the Year , accessed on October 2, 2019 in Dieoption.
  16. ↑ FOUR PAWS founder Helmut Dungler receives the silver medal of merit of Austria on October 7, 2008 in Ots.at.
  17. ↑ "Heli Dungler Siedlung": New building sites for Waidhofen from July 31, 2020 in Noen.at
personal data
SURNAME Dungler, helicopter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dungler, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian animal rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Waidhofen an der Thaya , Austria
DATE OF DEATH 5th January 2020
Place of death Bethlehem (South Africa)