WThe Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international, leaderless, decentralized political and social resistance movement that engages in and promotes non-violent direct action in protest against incidents of animal cruelty. It originated in the 1970s from the Bands of Mercy. Participants state it is a modern-day Underground Railroad, removing animals from laboratories and farms, destroying facilities, arranging safe houses, veterinary care and operating sanctuaries where the animals subsequently live. Critics have labelled them as terrorists.
WAnimaNaturalis is an international non profit animal rights organization whose mission is to "Establish, promote and protect the rights of all animals in Spain and Latin America. These rights include the right to life, liberty, and not to be tortured stop being considered property." It was founded in March, 2003 by Leonora Esquivel Frías and Francisco Vásquez Neira.
WAn anti-bullfighting city is a city that formally adheres to a declaration of ethics and adopts municipal policies that do not support the practice of bullfighting within their borders and state that they are against the practice of bullfighting altogether.
WEquanimal is a Spanish non profit animal rights organization. Comes from the fusion in 2006 of "Alternativa para la Liberación Animal" and "Derechos para los Animales" (2002).
WThe European Green Party (EGP), sometimes referred to as European Greens, is the European political party that operates as a federation of political parties across Europe supporting green politics. The EGP cooperates with the European Free Alliance (EFA), European Pirate Party and Volt Europa to form the Greens–European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) parliamentary group in the European parliament.
WThe Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is an American nonprofit organization that focuses on animal welfare and opposes animal-related cruelties of national scope. It uses strategies that are beyond the abilities of local organizations. It works on issues including companion animals, wildlife, farm animals, horses and other equines, and animals used in research, testing and education. As of 2001, the group's major campaigns targeted factory farming, animal blood sports, the fur trade, puppy mills, and wildlife abuse.
WIn Defense of Animals (IDA) is an animal protection organization founded in 1983 in San Rafael, California, USA. The group's slogan is "working to protect the rights, welfare, and habitats of animals".
WThe International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is one of the largest animal welfare and conservation charities in the world. The organization works to rescue individual animals, safeguard populations, preserve habitat, and advocate for greater protections. Brian Davies founded IFAW. IFAW was instrumental in ending the commercial seal hunt in Canada. In 1983 Europe banned all whitecoat harp seals products. This ban helped save over 1 million seals. IFAW operates in over 40 countries.
WMuriel Marland-Militello was a French politician, member of the National Assembly of France. She represented Alpes-Maritimes's 2nd constituency from 2002 to 2012 as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. She was also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In this capacity she asked Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a question about the protection of minorities in Turkey during his appearance before the PACE in April 2011 and drew a dismissing response from him. Later, she disclosed towards media that she could have Armenian origin.
WClaire Starozinski is a French teacher, writer, and animal rights advocate focusing on opposition to bullfighting. She is president of the AllianceAnticorrida, which she founded in 1994, and author of several books and pamphlets on bullfighting, including On est toujours le taureau de quelqu'un (2003) and La Face cachée des corridas (2006).
WVitória Pais Freire de Andrade was an active Portuguese feminist who played an important role in the Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas in the 1920s. She is also known for her campaigning against bullfighting in Portugal.