Diapositive 1

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• Founded in 1994 as a local group, it became
  national in 2001.
• Close work with international groups such as
  PETA, CIWF, WSPA, Dutch Anti-Bullfighting
  Committee, etc. proved to be effective way to
  forward work in Portugal.

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• Mission
• The defence and protection of the rights of all
  non-human sentient animals.
• Belief each animal has an intrinsic value as an
  individual.

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• Activities
• Public education campaigns (street stalls, talks
  at schools, organisation of conferences at
  Universities)

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Make your town an anti-bullfigting town
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Make your town an anti-bullfigting town
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• Activities
• Campaigns demos against tests on animals,
  circuses, bullfights, fur, etc.

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Ban museling of Australian sheep
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Stop animal suffering in circuses
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Dont wear fur
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The truth about Chinese fur
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Go to the beach, not to the bullfight!
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• Activities
• undercover investigations
• use of the internet as a strong educational and
  campaigning resource
• www.AnimaisExcepcionais.org,
  www.SejaVegetariano.org www.CidadeAntiTouradas.org
  

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• Successes
• Strong social change many people now think that
  visiting animal circuses and wearing fur are
  unacceptable acts, and many more condemn
  bullfights

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• Successes
• Ban on pigeon shooting events
• Ban on rodeos
• Managed to bring the bullfighting and animal
  circus industries to severe economic problems,

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• Successes
• Strong social change many people now think that
  visiting animal circuses and wearing fur are
  unacceptable acts, and many more condemn
  bullfights

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• Main problems faced
• Very difficult to raise funds even with excellent
  media coverage of campaigns
• No response from Portuguese authorities to
  requests of the Portuguese public and MPs