Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Indonesia's animal welfare organizations include the Bali Street Dog Foundation, which works to address the stray dog problem in Bali by providing sterilization, treating street dogs for disease, training veterinarians, and teaching "Kindness Clubs" in grade schools; [9] Jakarta Animal Aid Network, which engages in pet adoption, sterilization ...
Animal rights vary greatly among countries and territories. Such laws range from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws, with no regard for animal welfare. As of November 2019, 32 countries have formally recognized non-human animal sentience.
The main objective of the act is to ensure adequate care of animals. The animals protected by this act are those normally raised as pets, raised for work, raised as beasts of burden, raised as friends, raised as livestock, raised for performance, or raised for any other purpose, with or without owners, and including wild animals as designated by the minister in charge of the act (agricultural ...
Animal welfare and rights in Indonesia This page was last edited on 5 December 2021, at 20:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare (UDAW) is a proposed inter-governmental agreement to recognise that animals are sentient, to prevent cruelty and reduce suffering, and to promote standards on the welfare of animals such as farm animals, companion animals, animals in scientific research, draught animals, wildlife and animals in recreation. [1]
The Ministry of Human Rights is an Indonesian ministry that administers and develops human rights in Indonesia. The ministry has been led by Natalius Pigai since 21 October 2024. [1] The ministry is distinct from the National Commission on Human Rights. While the commission worked in the supervision, protection, and promotion of human rights in ...
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all sentient animals have moral worth independent of their utility to humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding suffering—should be afforded the same consideration as similar interests of human beings. [2]
Animal rights theorists criticize these positions, arguing that the words "unnecessary" and "humane" are subject to widely differing interpretations and that animals have basic rights. They say that most animal use itself is unnecessary and a cause of suffering, so the only way to ensure protection for animals is to end their status as property ...