International Federation of Anti-Animal Experiments
| International Federation of Anti-Animal Experiments | |
|---|---|
| Founding year: | 1968 |
| Board | |
| President | Gerda Matias |
| Cashier | Maria Schmidt |
| Secretary | Ingrid Hettinger |
| Address: | International Federation of Anti-Animal Experiments 1030 Vienna , Radetzkystraße 21 |
| Website: | www.tierversuchsgegner.at |
The International Federation of Anti-Animal Experiments (IBT) is an Austrian animal rights organization that has existed since 1968 and is based in Vienna . From a legal point of view, it is an association .
aims
The association advocates the abolition of all animal experiments . To this end, the organization informs the public about animal experiments and other animal welfare issues .
The work of the IBT is divided into four main areas of responsibility:
- Political lobbying
- Preparation of studies to support lobbying work
- Research into alternative methods
- Abolition of fur farming and fishing
Selected parliamentary initiatives
Prohibition of animal experiments on great apes
On 4 February 2004, the IBT has a parliamentary citizens' initiative to ban on animal testing on large anthropoids introduced in the Petitions Committee of the Austrian National Council has been treated. As a result, the four parties represented in the Austrian parliament demanded a general ban on animal experiments on great apes by means of a joint motion for a resolution in December 2004 . Accordingly, the amendment to the Animal Experiments Act stipulates in Section 3 that animal experiments on all species and subspecies of chimpanzees , bonobos and gorillas as well as on all species and subspecies of the families of orangutans and gibbons are prohibited.
Import and trade ban on dog and cat fur
On June 30, 2005, the association introduced a parliamentary citizens' initiative to ban the import and trade of dog and cat fur and dog and cat leather and products made from them. Thereupon, in autumn 2006 , the responsible federal minister declared its intention to implement the import and trade ban on dog fur and cat fur and dog and cat leather as well as products made from them.
Animal welfare in the constitution
In spring 2009 the organization initiated a parliamentary citizens' initiative to anchor animal welfare in the constitution and forwarded it to parliament for consideration. The implementation of this open demand of the animal protection referendum is intended to ensure the protection of the life and well-being of animals in all those cases in which the balance of interests with constitutionally protected values (e.g. freedom of worship, freedom of science or freedom of art) is required.
public relation
- Life and research without cruelty ( club magazine )
- transparent (information from the Federal Center for Anti-Animal Experiments)
- "Prize for animal-free research," the March 25, 2009 to the vet Bianca Patan for the development of an ex vivo - model for studying the horse disease laminitis was awarded
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Parliamentary citizens' initiative regarding the ban on animal experiments on great apes
- ↑ Federal Act of September 27, 1989 on Experiments on Live Animals (Animal Experiments Act - TVG), last amended by Federal Law Gazette I No. 162/2005; aphar.at (PDF)
- ^ Government bill on federal law amending the Animal Experiments Act
- ↑ Citizens' initiative regarding the import and trade ban of dog and cat fur and dog and cat leather as well as products made from them
- ^ Parliamentary citizens' initiative: Animal protection in the constitution