Libera!
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Libera! is a Spanish
non profit animal rights
organization
. To create sensitivity, they especially make education campaigns and of public awareness, complaints and other protest actions. Libera! was founded in 2004 in Barcelona
. In their origins they usually made actions at Catalonia until it converts into a national organisation.
One of their campaigns that have achieved a major international media is the campaign Libera a Susi (Spanish: "Free Susi"), which aims at the Barcelona Zoo let the only elephant is still alive there, the African elephant named Susi, which according Libera! and the British organisation Born Free Foundation
suffered severe psychological problems resulting from loneliness, is moved to an elephant sanctuary
, where she could live in better conditions on a near to freedom state and in company of other elephants.
This campaign has received support from the world of culture, as the Nobel Prize for Literature José Saramago
, the Queen Sofía
and personalities in the Barcelona municipal politics, as Imma Mayol, among others. Libera! Libera! conducted this campaign with the support of the Fundación Faada and the Born Free Foundation.
Libera! formed also together with Fundación FAADA, Plataforma Rambles Ètiques, which campaigns to ensure that, in compliance with the Animal Protection Act 22/2003 and the Ordinance on the Protection of Animals of the Barcelona City Council will stop selling animals in the traditional bird shops of La Rambla. In various media campaigns, the Plataforma Rambles Ètiques denounced the conditions in which animals live and that are thrown away to garbage the bodies of many animals that die, although the practice is not legally allowed to threaten public health. Otherwise, the shopkeepers has also thrown in the trash even living animals.
Libera! is also, along with the Platform SOS Stop Our Shame and CAS International
, coordinator of the Plataforma Galicia Mellor Sen Touradas which aims to abolish bull fighting in Galicia. This campaign has the support of environmental galician organizations as ADEGA or Matar por matar non.
In March 2009, Libera! brought a lawsuit against the former Minister Mariano Fernández Bermejo for the crime of poaching during the respective hunting without license that was made in February of that year with the judge of the Audiencia Nacional
, Baltasar Garzón
, when Bermejo still was Minister of Justice.
Spain
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non profit animal rights
Animal rights
Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...
organization
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
. To create sensitivity, they especially make education campaigns and of public awareness, complaints and other protest actions. Libera! was founded in 2004 in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. In their origins they usually made actions at Catalonia until it converts into a national organisation.
One of their campaigns that have achieved a major international media is the campaign Libera a Susi (Spanish: "Free Susi"), which aims at the Barcelona Zoo let the only elephant is still alive there, the African elephant named Susi, which according Libera! and the British organisation Born Free Foundation
Born Free Foundation
The Born Free Foundation is a conservation and animal rescue organization in the United Kingdom. It originated in 1984 as the "Zoo Check Campaign" by actors Virginia McKenna and her husband Bill Travers along with their son Will Travers and four associates....
suffered severe psychological problems resulting from loneliness, is moved to an elephant sanctuary
Animal sanctuary
An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives. Unlike animal shelters, sanctuaries do not seek to place animals with individuals or groups, instead maintaining each animal until his or her natural death...
, where she could live in better conditions on a near to freedom state and in company of other elephants.
This campaign has received support from the world of culture, as the Nobel Prize for Literature José Saramago
José Saramago
José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese novelist, poet, playwright and journalist. His works, some of which can be seen as allegories, commonly present subversive perspectives on historic events, emphasizing the human factor. Harold Bloom has described Saramago as "a...
, the Queen Sofía
Queen Sofía of Spain
Queen Sofía of Spain is the wife of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.-Early life and family:Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark was born in Psychiko, Athens, Greece on 2 November 1938, the eldest child of the King Paul of Greece and his wife, Queen Frederika , a former princess of Hanover...
and personalities in the Barcelona municipal politics, as Imma Mayol, among others. Libera! Libera! conducted this campaign with the support of the Fundación Faada and the Born Free Foundation.
Libera! formed also together with Fundación FAADA, Plataforma Rambles Ètiques, which campaigns to ensure that, in compliance with the Animal Protection Act 22/2003 and the Ordinance on the Protection of Animals of the Barcelona City Council will stop selling animals in the traditional bird shops of La Rambla. In various media campaigns, the Plataforma Rambles Ètiques denounced the conditions in which animals live and that are thrown away to garbage the bodies of many animals that die, although the practice is not legally allowed to threaten public health. Otherwise, the shopkeepers has also thrown in the trash even living animals.
Libera! is also, along with the Platform SOS Stop Our Shame and CAS International
CAS International
CAS International is an international non-profit advocacy group which aims to end bullfighting. CAS International was founded in 1993 as Comité Anti Stierenvechten following a request from Spain, with the help of ADDA from Barcelona, Spain, De Dierenbescherming and the international animal welfare...
, coordinator of the Plataforma Galicia Mellor Sen Touradas which aims to abolish bull fighting in Galicia. This campaign has the support of environmental galician organizations as ADEGA or Matar por matar non.
In March 2009, Libera! brought a lawsuit against the former Minister Mariano Fernández Bermejo for the crime of poaching during the respective hunting without license that was made in February of that year with the judge of the Audiencia Nacional
Audiencia Nacional of Spain
The Audiencia Nacional is a a special and exceptional high court in Spain. It has its seat in Madrid and jurisdiction over all of Spain and international crimes which come under the competence of Spanish courts....
, Baltasar Garzón
Baltasar Garzón
Baltasar Garzón Real is a Spanish jurist who served on Spain's central criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional. He was the examining magistrate of the Juzgado Central de Instrucción No...
, when Bermejo still was Minister of Justice.