Equanimal was a Spanish non-profit
animal rights
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organization, formed as a merger, in 2006, of the organisations Alternativa para la Liberación Animal ("Alternative for Animal Liberation"; founded in 1986) and Derechos para los Animales ("Rights for Animals"; founded in 2002). In 2012, it merged with the International animal rights organization Animal Equality.
History
Equanimal focuses on ending animal exploitation, such as
animal testing
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, fur farms and the use of fur as clothing, the abandonment of animals, circuses that use animals and zoos, hunting and fishing, and
bullfighting
Bullfighting is a physical contest that involves a bullfighter attempting to subdue, immobilize, or kill a bull, usually according to a set of rules, guidelines, or cultural expectations.
There are several variations, including some forms wh ...
.
The methods they use are mainly awareness through media campaigns, protest acts in public places, such as embassies, demonstrations and sometimes
open rescue
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s.
Since 2007, they are involved in the sabotage of the Copa Nacional de Caza del Zorro ("National Fox Hunt Cup"), held every year in
Galicia, in which they pursue the hunters making noise with megaphones to scare foxes and thereby prevent them from being killed. They also pursue actions that have had the most impact such as entering the ring at the end of a bullfight, and protesting with banners in the Cibeles catwalk during a parade.
[Protestan desnudos contra la masacre de focas en Canadá](_blank)
15/03/2007 20 minutos
''20 minutos'' is a Spanish free newspaper, with local editions in several Spanish cities, published by Multiprensa & Mas S.L.
History
Multiprensa & Mas S.L. was founded in Madrid in 1999. The founder of 20 minutos is José Antonio Martínez ...
Occasionally they have worked with similar organizations in situations such as protests against
seal hunting
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in Canada.
Equanimal became a part of the International farmed animal organization Animal Equality in 2012.
See also
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List of animal rights groups
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References
External links
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Animal rights organizations
Animal welfare organisations based in Spain
Anti-hunting organizations
Criticisms of bullfighting
Organizations established in 2006