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End Animal Suffering Worldwide - Sign the Petition for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare!

Target: Your Government Leader
Sponsored by: World Society for the Protection of Animals
Every day millions of animals are born into lives of unspeakable suffering. Every day millions more suffer terrible deaths. All animals should be able to live their lives free from misery. But they struggle in a world that is often indifferent.

The road toward better animal welfare is through cooperation, information and a strong international commitment. Urge the United Nations to adopt a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare! The declaration would have a real, long-term impact on the welfare of billions of animals worldwide.

Note: your signature will be one more toward the goal of 10 million signatures on the "Animals Matter to Me" petition, making it the most ambitious global initiative on animal welfare that has ever been attempted!

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 200,000
 

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Dear [Government Decision Maker],

I am writing to urge you to support the adoption of a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare by the United Nations.

Billions of animals around the world are affected by humans, and rely on people to treat them with compassion. But sadly, in many countries there is little national and no international protection for animals.

An international agreement on welfare standards should become a key goal for the animal welfare movement in the 21st century. The first step toward achieving this end would be to secure a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at the United Nations.

A Universal Declaration by the UN would:

- Recognize animals as sentient beings, capable of suffering and experiencing pain
- Recognize that animal welfare is an issue of importance as a part of the social development of nations
- Act as a catalyst for better animal welfare provisions worldwide

By supporting a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at the United Nations, you can help put a stop to the cruelty that billions of animals suffer every single day.

[Your comment here]

Sincerely,
[Your name here]
We signed the “End Animal Suffering Worldwide - Sign the Petition for a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare!” petition!
# 100:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Anju Mehta, New York
# 99:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Maria Liegener, Germany
All animals have right to live at our planet. God gave them us to save them!!!!
# 98:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Anna Shustrova, Russian Federation
# 97:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Lindaallen1@verizon.net Allen, California
# 96:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Marcellina Stolting, Netherlands
why be specisistic
# 95:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Maureen Beard, Alabama
You would think all the signing of petitions would make the know-it-alls see the light but no, we keep on signing, signing, and signing to try and make them see that animals deserve the same considerations people do.
# 94:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Diana Glass, Florida
I shouldn't have to - it should be automatic -
# 93:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, Malta
# 92:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Nicole Nagel, Germany
Wir leben zum Glück in einer Zeit, in der Tiere als Lebewesen angesehen sind. Nun liegt es an uns, sie als solche zu behandeln. Alles andere wäre unmenschlich!
# 91:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Hannelore Elker, Austria
# 90:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, Romania
Those that let animals get into this state, can not be called humman-beings. Those who do not do anything knowing animal's problem, are part of the problem
# 89:
10:51 am PDT, Sep 6, Jenny Bell, Canada
# 88:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, Netherlands
Dieren hebben net als mensen gevoelens. Ook zij voelen pijn als ze mishandeld worden. Niet alleen ik maar ook andere mensen die voor een betere dierenwelzijn zijn, vragen u om meer aan dierenrechten te doen. Dank u wel.
# 87:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, California
help!!!
# 86:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, Italy
# 85:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Julia Clarke, Virginia
# 84:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Michelle Graham, Massachusetts
# 83:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Adele Xd, Zambia
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# 82:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Laura T., Italy
# 81:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Iulia Macoviciuc, Romania
# 80:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Stefano Sgreccia, Italy
non-human animals are like us,no difference,they can feel sentiments that's all
# 79:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Tina Jacobsen, California
# 78:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Caitlin Dunlap, Colorado
We need to save the "children" of this world. We have created the suffering for these animals, it's time to bring back some quality of life for them and make this world a place worth living in.
# 77:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, A Hays, Indiana
# 76:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, New York
a government is judged by how it cares for the least powerful, the most vulnerable. our humanity needs to be demonstrated by caring for the poor and homeless people and animals.
# 75:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Deana Feldman, New York
# 74:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Jane Le, Virginia
# 73:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Natasha Drysdale, Canada
# 72:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Melanie Brakeville, Arkansas
This is a need worldwide, but we must also all act locally to make our own towns, cities, and states decent places for our wonderful animal friends to live!
# 71:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Pam Quarterly, Bermuda
# 70:
10:50 am PDT, Sep 6, Kasey Schnell, Louisiana
# 69:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, Florida
# 68:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Cari Meyers, Illinois
# 67:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Rob Braden, New York
# 66:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Janice Gilbert, Maryland
# 65:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Kelty Druet, Canada
Animals are always innocent, its humans who are not.
# 64:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Amanda Braun, Minnesota
# 63:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Alexis Kriel, South Africa
As Mahatma Gandhi said "a civilization can be judged by the way they treat their animals".
# 62:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Betsy Rogers, Alabama
# 61:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Blanca Glez, Mexico
# 60:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 59:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, California
# 58:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Omar Durán, Mexico
# 57:
10:49 am PDT, Sep 6, Santiago Diaz, Puerto Rico
Concern without action is meaningless. Promote birth control, both animals and humans, and we will see a better world
# 56:
10:48 am PDT, Sep 6, Vida Roa, Spain
# 55:
10:48 am PDT, Sep 6, Johnnie Forquer, Arizona
# 54:
10:48 am PDT, Sep 6, Marianne DeRitis, California
# 53:
10:48 am PDT, Sep 6, Meg Stevens, Canada
It is time for us to start taking care of the animals and the planet
# 52:
10:48 am PDT, Sep 6, Jody Orr, California
Animals are living beings that feel pain, hunger and the like. They are weak and are entitled to our protection.
# 51:
10:48 am PDT, Sep 6, Tammie Caruso, Pennsylvania
No animals should suffer from pain or hunger. Just look into the eyes of hungry animals and only a cruel person wouldn't be affected by the pain in the poor animal's eyes. My heart breaks thinking of how animals suffer needlessly.