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  2. Animal welfare and rights in Austria - Wikipedia

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    Article 285 of the Austrian Civil Code states that "animals are not objects; they are protected by special laws". [9] However, they are not legal persons.In 2008, an Austrian court rejected a petition by the animal rights group Association Against Animal Factories to have a chimpanzee named Matthew Hiasl Pan declared a person.

  3. International Search and Rescue Dog Organisation - Wikipedia

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    The International Search and Rescue Dog Organisation is based in Salzburg, Austria and currently employs six people. The highest decision-making body of the IRO is the Meeting of Delegates. It is composed of the delegates from the respective national search and rescue dog organisations, the executive board and the executive committee.

  4. List of national animals - Wikipedia

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    Flamingo (national bird) Phoenicopterus ruber [7] Bangladesh: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [8] Magpie robin (national bird) Copsychus saularis: Ilish (national fish) Tenualosa ilisha Belize: Baird's tapir (national animal) Tapirus bairdii [9] Keel-billed toucan (national bird) Ramphastos sulfuratus [10] Botswana: Plains ...

  5. Zivildienst in Austria - Wikipedia

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    Badge of Zivildienst (Austria, 1982) The Zivildienst (German, translated verbatim to "Civilian Service", but "compulsory paid community service" is more contextually equivalent) is the most common mandatory alternative service for conscientious objectors of the national military service in the Austrian Armed Forces.

  6. Animal rights by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    The United States of America is the only country in the world that has banned killing horses for consumption, [citation needed] and India have banned killing cows for consumption in some of its states. [citation needed] Cow is the national animal of Nepal and cow slaughter is a punishable offense as per the prevailing law.

  7. Four Paws - Wikipedia

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    On 17 January 2018, Switzerland took a step against anonymous pet trafficking on the internet. From 1 March 2018, online traders have had to provide their full name and address as well as the country of origin and breeding of the dogs offered for sale. [11] On 5 January 2020, Four Paws founder and president, Helmut Dungler, died unexpectedly. [12]

  8. Autism assistance dog - Wikipedia

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    Autism assistance dogs are trained to perform specific tasks to help their owners live independently and navigate the world. Autism assistant dogs often perform tasks like DPT (Deep Pressure Therapy), back/front block, crowd control, alerting to sounds such as timers or a fire alarm, medication reminders, self-injury interruption, retrieving dropped items and other tasks to help calm anxiety ...

  9. List of mammals of Austria - Wikipedia

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    This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 81 mammal species occurring in Austria.One of them is endangered, five are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.The following tags are used to highlight each species' status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: