List of animal rights groups

2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection. Related subjects: Animal & Human Rights

Animal rights

Notable activists
Greg Avery · David Barbarash
Rod Coronado · Barry Horne
Ronnie Lee · Keith Mann
Ingrid Newkirk · Alex Pacheco
Jill Phipps · Henry Spira
Andrew Tyler · Jerry Vlasak
Paul Watson · Robin Webb

Notable groups
Animal Aid · ALF · BUAV · GAP
Hunt Saboteurs · PETA
Physicians Committee
Political parties · Primate Freedom
Sea Shepherd · SPEAK · SHAC

Issues
Animal liberation movement
Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
Animal testing · Bile bear · Blood sport
Covance · Draize test
Factory farming · Fur trade
Great Ape research ban · HLS
Lab animal sources · LD50
Nafovanny · Open rescue
Operation Backfire · Primate trade
Seal hunting · Speciesism

Cases
Britches · Brown Dog affair
Cambridge · Pit of despair
Silver Spring monkeys
Unnecessary Fuss

Notable writers
Steven Best · Stephen Clark
Gary Francione
Gill Langley · Tom Regan
Bernard Rollin · Richard Ryder
Peter Singer · Steven Wise

Films, magazines, books
Behind the Mask · Earthlings
Arkangel · Bite Back
No Compromise
Animal Liberation

Related categories
ALF · Animal testing
Animal rights · AR movement
Livestock · Meat

Related templates
Agriculture · Animal testing
Fishing


Organizations

Broadly-focused national and international groups

  • Animal Aid (UK)
  • Animal Defenders International (ADI)
  • Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
  • Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
  • Animal Liberation Press Office
  • Animal Rights Militia (ARM)
  • Animal liberty
  • Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade (CAFT)
  • Born Free Foundation
  • Centre on Animal Liberation Affairs (CALA)
  • Compassion Over Killing (COK)
  • In Defense of Animals (IDA)
  • Friends of Animals (FoA)
  • Justice Department
  • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
  • Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
  • Uncaged Campaigns
  • Vegan Society
  • Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals (Viva!)

Groups focused on Bloodsports

  • Hunt Retribution Squad (HRS)
  • Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA)
  • League Against Cruel Sports (LACS)

Groups focused on vivisection

  • Americans For Medical Advancement
  • British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV)
  • Centre for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
  • Dr Hadwen Trust
  • Great Ape Project
  • National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS)
  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
  • Primate Freedom Project
  • SPEAK
  • Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC)
  • Uncaged Campaigns

Vegan/vegetarian-oriented groups

  • Movement for Compassionate Living (MCL)
  • Vegan Outreach
  • Vegan Society
  • Vegetarian Society
  • Veggies Catering Campaign
  • Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals (Viva!)

Groups focused on farm animals

  • Compassion In World Farming (CIWF)
  • Vegetarians' International Voice for Animals (Viva!)

Prisoner support groups

  • Arkangel
  • Animal Liberation Front Supporters Group (ALFSG UK)
  • Bite Back
  • Earth Liberation Prisoner Support Network (ELPSN)
  • No Compromise
  • Vegan Prisoners Support Group (VPSG)

Leaderless resistance movements/campaigns

  • Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
  • Animal Rights Militia (ARM)
  • Hunt Retribution Squad (HRS)
  • Hunt Saboteurs Association (HSA)
  • Justice Department
  • Lobster Liberation Front (LLF)
  • SPEAK
  • Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC)

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