Celebrating 15 Years of Activism for Animals!
Our organization celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. I’m excited to share with you a video that collects the stories–some never before published–of those who built these 15 years of work one step at a time.
I’m proud to have had such brave and determined people at my side who have dedicated their lives to defending animals.
Over the years, they’ve inspired me and the entire animal protection movement. They’ve made Animal Equality what it is today: an international organization capable of influencing institutions and companies, opening the eyes of millions of people, and above all, making a positive impact on billions of animals.
It all stemmed from an issue that was seemingly simple but difficult to put into practice: we wanted to help farmed animals, those who suffer in the greatest numbers and who are the most overlooked.
The first step was to show the world how these animals suffer every day.
The second was not only to dream of a better world where animals weren’t treated as commodities but to plan how to create it.
The third was to fight on every front to make our goals a reality.
This ambitious vision has translated into 15 years of relentless work to radically transform society and fight animal abuse.
We've brought together some of the people who have made a difference over the past 15 years because each of them has defined Animal Equality. Together we’ve experienced triumphs and disappointments, overcome obstacles, and made it our life’s work to change this cruel system.
This video captures our pivotal moments and untold stories.
These 15 years have flown by. Our co-founders Jose Valle, Javier Moreno, and I never imagined we’d get to where we are today.
In the early days, we were very young, enthusiastic, and full of energy. Today, I can say that the flame that ignited our passion has never faded: we are the same determined activists, only now we have eight international teams and hundreds of thousands of supporters around the world to help us.
Most of all, Animal Equality’s story is made up of all the people like you who have joined forces with us–with each individual’s action pushing our progress forward.
Thank you for being here with us as an ally for the animals.
In gratitude,
Sharon
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Transcript (English — en)
i started animal equality alongside jose
valle and javier moreno because we
wanted to help animals
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like humans animals feel pain they feel
joy and they feel a desire to live and
that's why animal equality's mission is
to help to create a world in which they
are truly respected and protected
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our beginnings at animal equality were
incredibly humble
we had no money so one of us would work
so the other two would have more time to
be able to dedicate to animals and we
would use cardboards we found in the
streets to create our banners but our
passion fueled a movement and activists
around spain and around the world joined
animal equality and that is how we
became a global organization one of
those
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the biggest obstacle we have faced at
animal equality and the biggest obstacle
that i have faced personally is when the
industry tried to put an end to our work
myself and other colleagues were victims
of a case to stop undercover
investigations but rather than deterring
us from doing our work this gave us more
energy and years later we are still here
doing investigations and speaking for
animals brazil
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the first farm that i ever went into was
actually an egg farm and what i was most
shocked by was the sheer scale of the
farm i stepped in there and there were
tens of thousands of hens entrapped in
cages many people are not aware that in
britain 40 of hens are trapped in cages
every single year our first campaign was
to ban bull performances and it turned
out to be our very first victory the
supreme court not only banned bull
performances but made five freedoms
mandatory and also recognized the
sentience of animals
i think it's also difficult to see that
the industry has a huge amount of money
and resources at their fingertips
al congress
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i am so proud of everything we have
achieved in the last 15 years and i
can't wait to see what we can achieve in
the next 15.
you