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Animal Ethics is a nonprofit organization formed to promote discussion and debate around issues in animal ethics and to provide information and resources for animal advocates. They also do outreach work in several countries on the issue of speciesism. Their aim is to create a world where moral consideration is extended to all sentient beings. The organization's website covers topics such as speciesism,
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,
veganism Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products and the consumption of animal source foods, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. A person who practices veganism is known as a vega ...
and wild animal suffering and has content translated into several languages.


History

Animal Ethics was co-founded by Daniel Dorado,
Oscar Horta Oscar Horta (born Óscar Horta Álvarez; 7 May 1974) is a Spanish animal activist and moral philosopher. He is a professor in the Department of Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Santiago de Compostela and a co-founder of the non ...
and Leah Mckelvie in 2012. A stated aim for establishing the organization by Horta was the promotion of welfare biology as a field of research. Animal Charity Evaluators recommended Animal Ethics as one of its standout charities from December 2015 to November 2017.


Work

In 2015 and 2017, Animal Ethics awarded an essay prize for essays on the topic of animal suffering in the wild. In 2018, the organization started to work in Chinese. In 2020, Animal Ethics released an online course on wild animal suffering. In the same year, they extended their outreach work to
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
and started a website in
Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
. As of April 2022, Animal Ethics participated in the World Day for the End of Speciesism in 2020 and 2021 by broadcasting series of online talks about speciesism in English, Portuguese and Spanish.


See also

* List of animal rights groups * Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics * UPF-Centre for Animal Ethics * Wild Animal Initiative


References


External links

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Animal Charity Evaluators' Review
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