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National Focal PointsThe International Animation Contest is directed by Canada's Global Action Network (GAN) - please go to our International Animation Contest section for your submission details - unless you go to college in China - China students need to get their submission details from DAFChina.com. The following organizations are partnering with the Fur Free Alliance as National Focal Points in the Design Against Fur 2009 poster competition: AUSTRALIA & ASIA PACIFIC
Humane Society International Australia is a large, supporter-based national organisation that maintains an ongoing and high profile campaign to keep fur out of Australia. They do this via their annual Faux Fur Fashion Show, celebrating fashion without real fur, and by gaining pledges from Australia's fashion designers not to use fur. HSI also exposed the sale of fur fashion items that featured dog and cat fur imported from Asia. This resulted in Australia banning the import of dog and cat fur. HSI also concentrates on wildlife and habitat protection issues in Australia and regionally. And, it maintains a small grants program to help NGOs in the Asia/Pacific Region. Australia & Asia Pacific is part of the DAF European and International region. Please mail entries to: Contact Tel: +44 7710 148957 AUSTRIA
Four Paws/Vier Pfoten. The task of Four Paws/Vier Pfoten is to help mistreated animals— regardless of whether this is for economic, scientific or other purposes—to a life that corresponds to the requirements of the species. We set specific goals and attempt to achieve these with strategic public relations efforts and lobbying. Originally founded to fight fur farming in Austria—a goal we finally achieved in 1998 —Four Paws/Vier Pfoten nowadays has branches in several European countries; our campaign work focuses on long-term, legally binding improvements for farm animals, laboratory animals and wildlife. Please mail entries to: Contact BELGIUM
GAIA-Ethics in action for animal rights GAIA (Global Action in the Interest of Animals), founded in 1992, stands up for the rights of all animals through non-violent action against organized and structural forms of sentient animal abuse and gives advice on prevention and/or how to tackle individual animal abuse. GAIA strives for recognition of the rights of sentient animals, such as the right to well being, the right to live in harmony with their own nature, and the right to physical and mental integrity. It is wrong, in GAIA's view, to make vulnerable animals suffer and to kill them, particularly when this is not necessary for human survival. Since animals cannot defend themselves effectively against the abuse of their vulnerability or stand up for their own rights, GAIA is their advocate. The Belgian animal rights organisation GAIA has 20000 members. Please mail entries to: Contact Silvia Wolf, Design Against Fur coordinator (Dutch speaking) GAIA, Ravensteingalerij 27, 1000 Brussel CANADA
Global Action Network is a nationally incorporated, Canadian non-profit organization, dedicated to animal and environment protection. We believe that animals, the environment, and human welfare are inextricably linked. Simply put, animal abuse and the destruction of our environment has an ultimate consequence—the degradation of the human species. An official member of the World Society for the Protection of Animals and the Fur Free Alliance, Global Action Network campaigns against the fur trade through education, grassroots organizing, coalition building, and political networking. GAN is acting as a Design Against Fur National Focal Point for the Canada round of the 2009 contest. And, GAN is directing the International Animation contest. Please mail your posters to the The Humane Society of the United States. The HSUS will deliver your poster to the Europe and International Regional Contest to be judged. Please go to our International Animation Contest section for details on how to submit your animation entries.
Contact CHINADetails for the Chinese round of the 2009 contest are showcased on a separate website: China students to register directly with their Regional Focal Point. China animation entries need to be submitted nationally prior to judging internationally. Contact CROATIA
Animal Friends Croatia is a non-profit non governmental organization, established six years ago with the goal to promote animal rights and vegetarianism. We have organized over 200 campaigns and demos focusing on animal suffering in the food industry, laboratories, fur farms, hunting and fishing, the entertainment industry and which have promoted the ethical way of living. Apart from educating through public demos, information stalls, lectures and movie projections, protests, performances and more, the organization has worked on changing relevant bills and legislation. Animal Friends Croatia is a member organization of EVU (European Vegetarian Union), WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals), ECEAE (European Coalition to End Animal Experiments) and FFA (Fur Free Alliance). Please mail entries to: Contact CZECH REPUBLIC
FFA affiliate Svoboda Zvirat—Freedom for Animals—is a national, non-political, non-profit, non-religious, ecological organization that protects animals and all forms of life on Earth. Its activities are rooted in the belief that every form of life has its own unique value, independent of human self-interest and material evaluation. Consequently, Freedom for Animals protects not only domestic animals, but also wildlife and the environment. The main aim of the organization is to protect animals from pain, suffering and distress. In order to reach its goals, Freedom for Animals arranges cultural and educational activities, implements animal rescues, and takes part in lobbying. The activities of Freedom for Animals are based exclusively on non-violence and non-infringement of individual personal liberty. Since August 2001, the organization also runs an informational centre for the protection of animals. Please mail entries to: Contact DENMARK
Anima, a national organization based in Copenhagen, works to end the cruel fur trade through peaceful consumer-driven campaigns and political lobbying. From its establishment in 2000, Anima has helped a number of the biggest Danish fashion chains go fur-free and secured a national ban against cat and dog fur.
Please mail entries to: Contact FINLAND
Animalia—Federation for the Protection of Animals. The Federation opposes any treatment of animals that essentially inhibits their natural behaviour or causes them pain and distress. Animalia concentrates primarily on solving animal protection problems related to animal experimentation, the conditions of farm animals, and fur farming. The welfare of animals must be taken into account in morals, legislation, as well as in practice. Animalia campaigns and lobbies for better legislation in collaboration with various organisations and authorities and also communicates actively to increase the general public's and decision-makers' awareness of animal protection issues and problems. Contact IRELAND
Respect for Animals is a non-governmental organization dedicated solely to campaigning against the cruel and unnecessary international fur trade. Respect for Animals (and Lynx before it) believes fur farming and trapping to be morally indefensible. Please mail entries to: Contact ITALY
LAV (Lega Anti Vivisezione) is the largest Italian non-profit organization campaigning against cruelty to animals and for animal rights and animal welfare. LAV is a member of EAR-Europe for Animal Rights, ECEAE-European Coalition to End Animal Experiments and ECFA-European Coalition for Farm Animals. For 26 years, LAV has been working according to these principles: recognition and respect of animal rights; fighting any form of exploitation and violence towards animals; promoting legal actions and laws on behalf of the animal world; leading information campaigns to make people aware of cruelty towards animals; and implementing educational teaching projects aimed at future generations. Please mail entries to: Contact THE NETHERLANDS
Bont voor Dieren (Fur for Animals) is dedicated to the protection of fur animals, believing that no one should kill an animal to make a coat out of its fur. Fur is a luxury product, and there are many beautiful and warm animal-friendly alternatives. Bont voor Dieren acts upon this cruelty towards animals through education, legal actions and media campaigns, and by political lobbying. These means have had success: the selling of fur has drastically declined over the past years in the Netherlands; the breeding of foxes and chinchillas is no longer allowed and there is a national ban on seal products. But still each year over 4 million mink in The Netherlands, that have been bred specifically for their fur, live and die under cruel circumstances. Bont voor Dieren is now campaigning en lobbying for a complete ban on mink farming in The Netherlands. Please mail entries to: Contact NORWAY
NOAH—for animal rights is Norway’s largest animal rights organisation. NOAH is working for the rights of animals in a society where they are by law defined as things—as human property. The organisation opposes animal mistreatment in any form, especially when it is protected by law. NOAH is working against the commercial exploitation of animals, and thereby against the tradition of viewing animals as goods and products. NOAH engages itself both for captive animals and wild animals, being victims of human exploitation. NOAH’s work for animals rights is based on a deep ecological principle, where the respect for humans’ and animals’ intrinsic worth is an obvious part of the respect for nature’s worth in itself. NOAH headquarters is located in Oslo. At present, the fur issue is one of NOAH’s no. 1 priorities. Contact ROMANIA
The task of Four Paws/Vier Pfoten is to help mistreated animals— regardless of whether this is for economic, scientific or other purposes—to a life that corresponds to the requirements of the species. We set specific goals and attempt to achieve these with strategic public relations efforts and lobbying. Originally founded to fight fur farming in Austria—a goal we finally achieved in 1998 —Four Paws/Vier Pfoten nowadays has branches in several European countries; our campaign work focuses on long-term, legally binding improvements for farm animals, laboratory animals and wildlife. Contact RUSSIAVITA (Latin for "life") was founded in spring 2003, and tackles such problems as fur wearing and production, intensive farming, vivisection, animals abused in entertainment and overpopulation of strays. By using only peaceful and legal means, VITA lobbies governmental institutions, organises demonstrations and school talks, and educates the public through extensive work with the media. VITA is acting as a Design Against Fur Regional Focal Point for the Russia round of the 2009 contest. Contact SPAIN
The Fundación Altarriba is a non profit organization created in 1998 to protect animals, through actions and programs on their behalf, and developing educational programs to improve the attitude towards animals and the nature they represent. Our programs include: seven no-kill shelters; Spay-neuter programs for feral cats and strays; publications (magazines and books); animal protection university courses and humane education talks; international conferences and conventions; collected over 600,000 signatures to define cruelty to animals as a crime (felony) through the Spain Penal Code. Fundación Altarriba has local offices in Brazil, Honduras, Sweden and Democratic Republic of Congo. Please mail entries to: Contact SWEDEN
Djurens Rätt (Animal Rights Sweden), is the largest animal rights organisation in Scandinavia, with a membership of about 36 000. Animal Rights Sweden was formed in 1882 with the mission to end painful animal experiments. Since the 1970’s, the organisation is also dealing with other issues than animal experiments, especially concerning farm animals and fur production. Animal Rights Sweden is an animal rights organisation opposed to all experiments, procedures, production methods and other uses of animals that cause them pain, suffering and distress. Please mail entries to: Contact SWITZERLAND
Swiss Animal Protection SAP (Schweizer Tierschutz STS) is the oldest and largest national animal protection organization in Switzerland representing 63 regional SPAs. The staff comprises 35 professionals with scientific background in the field of companion animals, genetic engineering, animal experimentation, farm animal husbandry, wild animals, legal aspects and investigative research. SAP documented fur farms and initiated the worldwide campaign against farm animals in the early 80s and has been active on this issue ever since. Please mail entries to: Contact UKRAINE
Centre for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ("Life"), named after Leo Tolstoy, is a non-governmental non-profit organization. The CETA is actively carrying out numerous public and scientific projects and working closely with educational institutions striving for animal welfare all over the world. The CETA appeals to humans not to wear fur, thus supporting the cruel fur industry which kills millions of innocent animals worldwide, and to join our anti-fur actions, campaigns, conferences, demonstrations, lectures, etc. Please mail entries to: Contact UNITED KINGDOM
Respect for Animals is a non-governmental organization dedicated solely to campaigning against the cruel and unnecessary international fur trade. Respect for Animals (and Lynx before it) believes fur farming and trapping to be morally indefensible. Please mail entries to: Contact UNITED STATES
The Humane Society of the United States is the largest animal protection organization in the USA, launching major programs to foster respect and compassion towards domestic and wild animals and their environments, through investigation, rehabilitation, public education, political and consumer advocacy, and litigation. Fur-Free Century is The HSUS’s consumer-driven, activist-oriented campaign to end the use of animal fur in the new century. New: The HSUS is acting as the Design Against Fur National Focal Point for North American poster submissions. Please submit your posters to The HSUS by March 24th, 2009 - they will then deliver them to the Europe & International Regional Contest to be judged. Please mail entries to: Contact ALL OTHER COUNTRIES
If your country is not listed here, you can still enter the competition. Please mail entries to: Contact 2009 sponsors
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