Animal Equality

Animal Equality (the original name, and in Spanish, Igualdad Animal).
==Biography==
Igualdad Animal is an international non-profit animal rights organization whose purpose is "to achieve equal consideration and respect for animals, and the abolition of animal slavery". This approach challenges the concept of speciesism, which considers animals as merely property and thereby of lesser value than humans.Javier Moreno: "No somos los propietarios de los animales" 28 October 2008 El Periódico de Aragón Currently the organization is present in Spain, UK, Peru, Venezuela and Colombia. Their activities are concentrated in the cities of Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Caracas and Bogotá.
==Objectives==
The objective of Animal Equality is "to raise awareness of the suffering and deaths of nonhuman animals as victims of speciesism and work towards the abolition of animal use through the promotion of veganism."
Animal Equality does not support welfare reforms, or changes in the way animals are exploited, as the group believes that "reforms in animal treatment benefit exploiters by increasing efficiency and profit, and encourage the public to feel more comfortable about consuming 
animal products."
==Activities==
Animal Equality organizes street demonstrations to promote respect for animals.Actividades Igualdad Animal They have also carried out several other direct actions amidst some media coverage, such as human chain-link in from a slaughter house,La Policía obliga a unos vegetarianos a desencadenarse del matadero de Móstoles 19/04/09 20 minutos an open rescue of six pigsOcho activistas se enjaulan en la Puerta del Sol para protestar por el maltrato a los animales El Mundo and an investigation into the slaughter houses in Spain.Igualdad Animal denuncia torturas en los mataderos 27 February 2008 Público Members of the organization slipped down the Toro de Osborne building Protesta antitaurina ante un toro de Osborne 27 April 2008 Madrid Diario and the bullring in Las Ventas.Activistas de Igualdad Animal intentan boicotear la Feria de San Isidro descolgándose por la fachada de Las Ventas 16 May 2008 Europa Press In June 2008 they carried out two joint operations in the La Monumental bullring in Barcelona: while two activists slipped down from the façade, four more jumped into the ring after one of the bulls died.Se descuelgan del tejado de la Monumental para boicotear una corrida de toros 15 June 2008 20 minutos Una protesta antitaurina irrumpe durante una corrida de toros en Barcelona 15 June 2008 soitu.es According to the organization, the activists who jumped into the ring were attacked by the public and workers with the bullring. In July 2008 Animal Equality conducted an investigation in which several activists entered a farm belonging to the Campofrío company and recovered sixteen pigs' corpses which had previously been taken to the company's office.Llevan quince cerdos muertos a Campofrío contra el maltrato en sus granjas 15 July 2008 20 minutos 
On 21 January 2009, on a program called "Diario de", Telecinco broadcast images of the assault on the Saragossa bullring carried out by Animal Equality and their raid on a warehouse with 40,000 hens, intended to expose the exploitation of these birds.Desobediencia civil 18/01/09 Diario de - Telecinco 
==References==
==External links==
* Animal Equality
Category:Animal rights movement
Category:Criticisms of bullfighting
Category:Organisations based in Spain
Category:Organizations established in 2006
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Category:Animal rights movement
Category:Criticisms of bullfighting
Category:Organisations based in Spain
Category:Organizations established in 2006
Category:Animal rights movement
Category:Criticisms of bullfighting
Category:Organisations based in Spain
Category:Organizations established in 2006
Category:Animal rights movement
Category:Criticisms of bullfighting
Category:Organisations based in Spain
Category:Organizations established in 2006