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The Egyptian Society for Mercy to Animals (ESMA) was founded in 2007 as a non-profit organization. [24] [25] They work for animal welfare across Egypt. ESMA operates two no-kill shelters and adoption centers in Egypt. They currently house over 2,000 animals, including dogs, cats, and working animals like donkeys and camels. [26]
Society for the Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt, or S.P.A.R.E., is a non-profit animal welfare organization in Egypt. It was founded by Amina Abaza and Dina Zulfikar in 2001. It is the first animal welfare organization in Egypt to address the situation of all animals, including dogs, cats, and donkeys .
Severing a limb from a live animal and eating it was forbidden (Genesis 9:4), cattle were to be rested on Biblical Sabbath (Exodus 20:10; 23:12), a cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Leviticus 22:28), a person had to feed his animals before himself (Deuteronomy 11:15), animal suffering had to be relieved (Deuteronomy 22:4 ...
Botswana — Botswana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BSPCA); Egypt — General/Cairo SPCA [citation needed]. Branches all over Egypt, Cairo SPCA is the oldest association in Africa and the Middle East, established in 1895.
The Egyptian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was established over a hundred years ago and was instrumental in promoting a 1997 ban on bullfighting in Egypt. [ 103 ] In ancient Egyptian law, the killers of cats or dogs were executed.
The Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) is a proposed global initiative designed to acknowledge animal sentience, prevent cruelty, minimize suffering, and establish welfare standards for animals. It applies to various categories, including farm animals, pets, animals used in scientific research, working animals, wildlife, and those ...
What follows is mainly the history of animal rights (or more broadly, animal protection) in the Western world. There is a rich history of animal protection in the ancient texts, lives, and stories of Eastern, African, and Indigenous peoples. Aristotle placed human beings at the top of nature's scale of being.
Britain passed its first Cruelty to Animal Act after lobbying from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, expanding existing legislation to protect bulls, dogs, bears, and sheep, and prohibit bear-baiting and cock-fighting. [citation needed] 1847 The term "vegetarian" was coined and the Vegetarian Society was founded in Britain ...