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United Animal Nations
United Animal Nations is an animal rights organization founded in 1979, in Geneva, by the Franz Weber Foundation, based in Switzerland. History United Animal Nations was founded by Franz Weber on 8 November 1979 in Geneva, Switzerland.united-animal-nations page at ffw.ch/en Accessed 13 January 2017 Purpose The purpose of the UAN is to obtain legal status for animal populations as well as to enhance the impact and political weight of the UAN member organizations. The forum was initiated by the environmentalist and animal activist Fra ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Rights
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. Broadly speaking, and particularly in popular discourse, the term "animal rights" is often used synonymously with "animal protection" or "animal liberation". More narrowly, "animal rights" refers to the idea that many animals have fundamental rights to be treated with respect as individuals—rights to life, liberty, and freedom from torture that may not be overridden by considerations of aggregate welfare. Many advocates for animal rights oppose the assignment of moral value and fundamental protections on the basis of species membership alone. This idea, known as speciesism, is considered by them to be a prejudice as irrational as any other. They maintain that animals should no long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the Urban agglomeration, urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Rights Organizations
This list of animal rights groups consists of groups in the animal rights movement. Such animal rights groups work towards their ideals, which include the viewpoint that animals should have equivalent rights to humans, such as not being "used" in research, food, clothing and entertainment industries, and seek to end the status of animals as property. (Cf. Animal welfare.) This list contains only groups, organizations and leaderless resistance networks that have articles within Wikipedia. Organizations General animal rights *American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) *Animal Aid (UK) *Animal Defenders International *Animal Defense League *Animal Ethics *Animal Legal Defense Fund *Animal Liberation Leagues *Animal Liberation Press Office *Animal Outlook (formerly Compassion Over Killing) *Animal Protection and Rescue League *Animal Welfare Network Nepal * AnimaNaturalis (Spain and Latin America) *Animals Now *Anonymous for the Voiceless *Best Friends Anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Protection Institute
The Animal Protection Institute (API) was a national, nonprofit animal advocacy organization based in Sacramento, California that in 2007, as part of its affiliation with the Born Free Foundation, was renamed Born Free USA. Founded in 1968, API's mission was to advocate for the protection of animals from cruelty and exploitation. API's slogan was "Saving Animals Is Our Reason for Being". API was founded by Belton P. Mouras and Kenneth E. Guerrero, both former employees of the Humane Society of the United States. API's primary campaign areas included animals used in entertainment, captive exotic animals, companion animals, compassionate consumerism, farmed animals, and wildlife protection. API achieved significant results in working with state and local legislatures to pass laws restricting the private possession of exotic animals such as lions, tigers, bears, and other dangerous animals. The organization attempted to get bills passed in North and South Carolina banning venomous s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belton P
Belton may refer to: People * Belton Richard (1939–2017), Cajun musician * Belton (surname), various people Places Canada * Belton, Ontario United Kingdom * Belton, North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire * Belton, South Kesteven, Lincolnshire ** Belton House, a National Trust property ** RAF Belton Park * Belton, Leicestershire * Belton, Norfolk * Belton-in-Rutland United States * Belton, Kentucky * Belton, Missouri * Belton, Montana, known today as West Glacier * Belton, South Carolina * Belton, Texas Other * '' Belton v. Gebhart'', one of the cases which were combined into ''Brown v. Board of Education'' * '' New York v. Belton'', a 1981 United States Supreme Court cases concerning search and seizure * HMS ''Belton'' (M1199) See also *Bellton, West Virginia Bellton is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharina Büttiker
Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine. It may refer to: In television and film: *Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter * Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director * Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director * Katherine Pierce, a character in '' The Vampire Diaries'' originally named Katharina Petrova. In artistry: * Katharina Fröhlich, lover of Franz Grillparzer * Katharina Rapp, German artist In other fields: * Katharina Baunach, German footballer * Katharina Dalton, British physician and pioneer in the research of premenstrual stress syndrome. * Katharina Klafsky, Hungarian operatic singer * Katharina von Bora, German Catholic nun who was an early convert to Protestantism. * Katharina von Zimmern (1478-1547), last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey See also *320 Katharina Katharina (minor planet designation: 320 Katharina) is a small Main belt asteroid orbiting in the Eos family of asteroids, including 513 Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Aga Khan
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning "pure", leading to the alternative spellings ''Katharine'' and ''Katherine''. The former spelling, with a middle ''a'', was more common in the past and is currently more popular in the United States than in Britain. ''Katherine'', with a middle ''e'', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations English In Britain and the U.S., ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. The most common variants are ''Katherine,'' ''Kathryn,'' and ''Katharine''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katheryn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The International Court Of Justice For Animal Rights
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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