Animal EqualityAn International Organization for the Abolition of Animal Slavery

Mission Statement

• “Animal Equality is an international organization dedicated to raising awareness of the suffering and deaths of nonhuman animals as victims of speciesism and working towards the abolition of animal use.”

OUR VALUES: ABOLITION

• “We are an abolitionist group. Our goal is the abolition of animal use, but we do not support welfare reforms, or changes in the way animals are exploited, to achieve this. Reforms in animal treatment have shown to benefit exploiters by increasing efficiency and profit, as well as encouraging the public to feel more comfortable about consuming animal products. We do not promote the environmental or health benefits of veganism as we believe this weighs against our moral duties to nonhuman animals. Instead we keep the focus on animal rights. Animal Equality will only work with other organizations with these same values.Speciesism is a form of discrimination based on the species we belong to. Since all animals, human and nonhuman, are sentient with the capacity to feel emotions and sensations such as pleasure, pain, joy or fear, and as all possess the desire to continue living, this discrimination is both unscientific and unethical. Just like racism or sexism, speciesism discriminates for arbitrary and unfair reasons. Instead of gender or skin colour, speciesism discriminates against someone simply for not being human.Veganism is the refusal to contribute to the exploitation of animals by choosing a varied plant-based diet free of animal products, using vegan cosmetics, household products, shoes and clothing, and entertaining ourselves without the use of animals.”

Founders

• Sharon Nunez:Interview with Sharon Nunez

• Javier Moreno

• Jose Valle

Countries of Operation

• Spain

• UK

• Peru

• Venezuela

• Colombia

• Italy

Tactics

• Public demonstrations to promote respect for animals.

• Various investigations on slaughter houses in Spain.

• Open rescues of pigs.

Noteworthy Actions

• June 2008: At the bullring of La Monumental in Barcelona, Spain 6 activists entered the ring after a bull had been killed.

• July 2008: Several activists entered a farm of the Campofrio company and stole 16 corpses of pigs. They later delivered the corpses to the corporate office of the company.

Media Link

• Animal Equality Videos