World Day for the End of Speciesism
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| The World Day for the End of Speciesism | |
|---|---|
 World Day for the End of Speciesism 2015, Montreal, Canada | |
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Animal rights |
| Date | Last weekend of August |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | Various locations worldwide |
| Country | Global |
| Years active | Since 2015 |
| Inaugurated | August 29, 2015 |
| Activity | Advocacy against speciesism |
| Leader | Various animal rights organizations |
The World Day for the End of Speciesism (WoDES) is an international event aimed at denouncing speciesism,[1] which is discrimination against non-human animals on the basis of their species.[2] WoDES has been held annually at the end of August since 2015.[3]
The observance was initiated in 2015 by members of the Swiss association Pour l'Egalité Animale (PEA),[4] which coordinates the international day annually, providing support aids.
This is not to be confused with the "World Day Against Speciesism", which is observed annually on the 5th of June.[5]
The core demand of the activists at this event is to overcome speciesist ideology, an ideology they claim is comparable to racism and sexism, which uses species as the criterion by which individuals are discriminated against. According to Yves Bonnardel, similar suffering should be considered similarly, regardless of the species of the individual suffering.[6][7]
More specifically, the World Day for the End of Speciesism calls for the abolition of property status for animals, the introduction of animal welfare education in schools, the closure of slaughterhouses, a permanent end to fishing, the removal of animals as subjects of scientific experimentation, and for humans to stop considering animals as exploitable natural resources.
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References
- ↑ Pendyala, Sweta (27 August 2018). "Hyderabadi vegans join hands to end speciesism". ETimes. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ↑ "World Day for the End of Speciesism". Animal Ethics. 14 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ↑ "Previous editions". World day for the end of speciesism. 4 April 2018. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ↑ "Une journée pour en finir avec le spécisme [A day to end speciesism]". lematin.ch (in French). 27 August 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ↑ Rao, Siddharth (5 June 2021). "Call to shun 'speciesism', love all animals". Telangana Today. Hyderabad: Telangana Publications. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ↑ Yves Bonnardel (2018). "La révolution antispéciste". PUF. Companion in the 1990s of the magazine Les Cahiers antispécistes.
- ↑ Alice Develey (25 August 2018). "«L'antispécisme veut abolir la discrimination envers les animaux»". Le Figaro. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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