Who are we

Animal Equality is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to achieving equal consideration and respect for animals and promotes a vegan lifestyle. We are currently active in the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Venezuela and India.

OUR MISSION - Working for nonhuman animals
Animal Equality works to raise public awareness of the suffering and death of non-human animals in our society. We demonstrate that speciesism is the cause of their exploitation and call for the abolition of animal use whilst encouraging the public to adopt a vegan lifestyle.

 
We work to obtain respect for animals by:

• Educating the public about speciesism and veganism through leafletting, information stalls, talks, workshops, vegan food tastings, media work and online advocacy.
• Investigating places of animal exploitation such as farms, slaughterhouses, circuses and zoos to expose the reality to the public.
• Carrying out open rescues from places of animal exploitation and finding long-term safe homes and sanctuaries for the rescued animals.
• Engaging in peaceful demonstrations and non-violent direct action to bring attention to the plight of animals.

OUR VALUES: Abolition

We are an abolitionist group. Our goal is the abolition of animal use, but we do not support welfare reforms, or changes in the way animals are exploited, to achieve this. Reforms in animal treatment have shown to benefit exploiters by increasing efficiency and profit, as well as encouraging the public to feel more comfortable about consuming animal products. 

Speciesism is a form of discrimination against individuals of other species. Since all animals, human and non-human, are sentient with the capacity to feel emotions and sensations such as pleasure, pain, joy or fear, and as all possess the desire to continue living, this discrimination is both unscientific and unethical. Just like racism or sexism, speciesism discriminates for arbitrary and unfair reasons. Instead of gender or skin colour, speciesism discriminates against someone simply for not being human.

Veganism is the refusal to contribute to the exploitation of animals by choosing a varied plant-based diet free of animal products, using vegan cosmetics, household products, shoes and clothing, and entertaining ourselves without the use of animals.