Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 From GEVHA-Grupo Estudio Violencia hacia Humanos y Animales <gevha Date 09:54 Jul 16 Subject RV: SUPPORT AR IN SPAIN/INVITATION TO AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANIMAL PROTECTION IN SPAIN Sirs, Last november 15 dogs were brutally mutilated and blooded to death in the p remises of a Spanish shelter. Then, our organization started a campaign to modify legal protection of animals in our country, asking misdemeanours (th e only current punishment for those actions) to be changed into felonies. A long with that campaing, we collected near 600.000 signatures from Spanish citizens supporting our request, which were delivered to the Spanish Govern ement in february 12th. Nevertheless, Spanish government rejected to modify the Penal Code in that way, and considered those acts as " isolated " actions. Spain is a country wh ere animals strongly need to be protected, so we are deeply concerned about it, and have summoned an International Conference (detailed below) as an a dditional way to face animal defence. For your information, and asking for your support, we send you the further anouncement. Sincerely yours, N=FAria Querol International Relationships Office- CIPLAE - ciplae Fundaci=F3n Altarriba, Amigos de los Animales http://www.altarriba.org> Spanish Contact InterNICHE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANIMAL PROTECTION IN SPAIN " More fair and more effective laws for animals " Barcelona - November 7, 8, 9 - 2002 " The Charities " Fundaci=F3n Altarriba, Amigos de los Animales " a nd " Fundaci=F3n Trifolium " summon an International Conference, which will t ake place in the premises of the headquarters of the University of Barcelon a on the 6th, 7th and 8th day of November 2002. This event is meant to be a further contribution to the current debate expected to achieve better and fairer laws for animals in Spain. The Charities " Fundaci=F3n Altarriba, Amigos de los Animales " a nd " Fundaci=F3n Trifolium " , take this opportunity to elicit the support and the attendance of all those, persons and organizations, within and outside Spain, who feel and comprehend the need for a moral and ethical attitude o f our society towards our friends, the animals. Although the Charities " Fundaci=F3n Altarriba, Amigos de los An imales " and " Fundaci=F3n Trifolium " are the entities in charge of the summo ning and organization of this conference, the same should be regarded as a unitarian act of Spanish animal protection movement. The purpose of this ev ent is to be seen in the will to jointly take a further step towards animal welfare and protection in this country a.. General Information: http://www.altarriba.org/010/sesigue/c ipae/cipaeI.htm b.. c.. Supporting the Conference: http://www.altarriba.org/010/ses igue/cipae/2adhI.htm d.. e.. Current supporting list: http://www.altarriba.org/010/sesigu e/cipae/20adh.htm f.. g.. Registering: http://www.altarriba.org/010/sesigue/cipae/3fi ll.htm h.. i.. Submit a paper: http://www.altarriba.org/010/sesigue/cipae/ 4ponencias.htm AGENDA The Conference will address the three aspects outlined here bel ow: More fair and more effective laws a.. National Laws b.. The Insertion of Animal Cruelty legislation in the Spanis h Criminal Code c.. Protective Legislation for the Autonomous Regions d.. Municipal By-laws Violence against weaker subjects a.. Violence against animals; a constant feature in the backd rop of violent behaviour against people, particularly against women and chi ldren b.. Studies and statistics on the nexus between violent behav iour against animals and people c.. Prevention For a more ethical and concerned society a.. Didactic interventions b.. The involvement of the Administration in educational inte rventions on animal protection c.. Permanent awareness campaigns Further information: http://www.altarriba.org> -- Should you or your organization wish to support the objectives and spirit of this conference, please provide us with the requested text (detailing name, occu pation and city) by e-mail: ciplae " By means of these presents we would like to inform you of our decision to support the objectives pursued by the International Conference on Legal Protection of Animals in Spain to be held in November 7th, 8th and 9th, 2002, in the University of Barcelona, on the themes: More fair and ef fective laws, Violence against the weakest and An ethically and morally mor e concerned society. -- Your support is independent of your intention to take part or n ot in the conference itself. Fundaci=F3n Altarriba, Amigos de los Animales http://www.altarriba.org INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ANIMAL PROTECTION IN SPAIN " Fairer and more effective laws for animals " Barcelona - November 7, 8, 9 - 2002 Barcelona, an essential forthcoming meeting for animal protecti on in Spain From the last days of next October, and along the first week of November, Barcelona will focus the attention of the whole country concerni ng the problems of animal protection. The axis of this event will be the In ternational Conference on Animal Protection in Spain, to be held on the 7th , 8th and 9th day of November 2002, in the premises of the headquarters of the University of Barcelona. It is an opened action which, on the theme Fairer and more effe ctive laws, will also deal with Violence against the weakest (based on the fact that mistreatment and cruelty against animals are usually the cause of a later violence against people) and questions concerning education, on th e theme An ethically and morally more concerned society. We are arranging a large program of parallel acts around this I nternational Conference (lectures, press conferences, presentations, exhibi tions, etc.); on the other hand, animal protection entities, intellectuals, politicians, professionals, etc., have already announced their intention t o attend the Conference. On the whole, they will turn Barcelona into a meet ing point for those people who feel as essential the real protection of ani mals and want to move our society forward the respect of their lives. We shall welcome entities, involved or not in animal protection , interested to plan any particular activity in favour of the animals durin g the above mentioned dates. We just ask to let us know about it for a bett er coordination, and to avoid day and/or time overlaps. Fundaci=F3n Altarriba, Amigos de los Animales. -- Organization: -- Sponsorship: (There was more to this email but it was html garble so anyone interested please contact the organisation by email). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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