ADDA - Asociación para la Defensa de los Derechos del Animal - Bonds with Argentine Argentina Colleagues Organizations

Bonds

Bonds with Argentine Argentina Colleagues Organizations

Since its foundation ADDA kept a close contact with colleagues organizations from the rest of the country, trying to give them information and to met foreign organizations. In the eighties ADDA was initiator of those meetings when gather protectionist organizations of our country to meet the Delegates of the World Society for Protection of Animal - WSPA.

In 1994 ADDA organized a similar meeting to interchange knowledges and experiences with diverse groups of provinces of our country and in some cases there is a relation with them of more than 10 years.

The 27 and 28 of January of 2006 ADDA organized a meeting to revise common subjects with colleagues entities, specially about the constant struggles to stop the killing of strays dogs and cats, early sterilization, difficulties of the shelters, etc. Dr. Ricardo Bruno Medical Veterinarian specialized in Animal Behaviour narrates about his experiences in shelters of Germany and Turki.

Bonds with international entities

ADDA was honored by the International Organization for the Protection of Animals (OIPA), Switzerland, in 1982 and by the Swiss Association for the Abolition of Vivisection (SAAV).

The International Association Against Painful Experiments on Animals (IAAPEA), England, distinguished ADDA with its medal in 1989. The last one was handed to the President of ADDA by the English entity in the United States of America, site of the American Antivivisectionist Society (AAVS).We were honored to be distingued in the same act as with Mrs.Eleanor Cave, founder of AAVS, the President of AAVS at that time and the kindest person I ever met.

Our entity is a distinguished member of the Association Against Cruelty in Shows (Spain) and of a dozen other foreign entities. ADDA keeps contact and does campaigns with more than 40 entities of the rest of the world and it is part of an international net that links about 6000 animal protectionist entities.

During June 2005, ADDA was designated for InterNICHE, Alternative Methods for a Humane Education, as a national contact for Argentina.

During March 2006, ADDA was designated for IAAPEA as its representative in Argentina.

During March 2007, Martha accepted the honorary position of Inspector of the NGO Animal Angels, an entity ADDA was working with during the last years, on cattle transport issues.