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  2. World Animal Protection - Wikipedia

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    World Animal Protection, formerly The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), is an international non-profit animal welfare organization that has been in operation since 1981. The charity's mission is to create a better world for animals by protecting them. The charity has regional hubs in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and ...

  3. Brian Davies (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Brian Davies (4 February 1935 – 27 December 2022) was a Welsh animal welfare activist who founded three major international animal welfare organizations, Network for Animals (NFA), Animal Survival International (ASI) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Davies retired from the IFAW in 2003, but remained active at the NFA and ...

  4. University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid

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    Property damage. $700,000, according to the university. In 1985, a raid took place at a laboratory belonging to the University of California, Riverside (UCR) that resulted in the removal of a monkey by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). This monkey, called Britches (born March 1985), was a stump-tailed macaque who was born into a breeding ...

  5. Animal rights by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    e. Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti- cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience. These are: Austria, Australia, Belgium ...

  6. Humane Society International - Wikipedia

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    Humane Society International (HSI) is the largest animal protection organisation in the world with over 12 million supporters globally. They have offices in the United States, Canada, Central America, United Kingdom and Europe, South Korea, Australia, South Africa and special conservation projects in many other countries.

  7. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - Wikipedia

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    Ingrid Newkirk [1] Senior VP, Campaigns. Dan Mathews [1] Revenue. US$66.3 million (2020) [2] Website. www.peta.org. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA; / ˈpiːtə /) is an American animal rights nonprofit organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president.

  8. Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty - Wikipedia

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    Scientists demand law against animal rights extremism, New Scientist, 22 April 2004. British Home Office. "Animal Welfare—Human Rights: protecting people from animal rights extremists", July 2004. Cox, Simon and Vadon, Richard. "How animal rights took on the world", BBC Radio 4, retrieved 18 June 2006. CrimethInc. Ex-Workers Collective (Fall ...

  9. Lizzy Lind af Hageby - Wikipedia

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    Lizzy Lind af Hageby. Lizzy Lind af Hageby, December 1913. Emilie Augusta Louise " Lizzy " Lind af Hageby (20 September 1878 – 26 December 1963) was a Swedish-British feminist and animal rights advocate who became a prominent anti-vivisection activist in England in the early 20th century. [1]