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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!
# 150:
10:54 am PDT, Sep 6, Susan Sobkoviak, Colorado
# 149:
10:54 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, Texas
Be a voice for the animals. They can not defend themselves. Won't you please help.
# 148:
10:54 am PDT, Sep 6, Adrienne-TygerLily Ernst, Iowa
# 147:
10:54 am PDT, Sep 6, Cynthia Alenius, Canada
# 146:
10:54 am PDT, Sep 6, Jodi Lasseter, North Carolina
# 145:
10:54 am PDT, Sep 6, Emily Denny, New Jersey
# 144:
10:54 am PDT, Sep 6, Dianne Miller, Virginia
# 143:
10:54 am PDT, Sep 6, Richard K Olcott, New Mexico
# 142:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Diana Guzman, Mexico
The animals need help because they donīt have voice to tell us they need protection and respect, they feel pain like us and itīs not possible that theres not a valid law can protect them.
# 141:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Andrea Fullmoon, Florida
# 140:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, Canada
Support Bill C-373!
# 139:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Claudia Paz, Arizona
# 138:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Oggioni Alessia, Italy
# 137:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Chanah Rosenbaum, Netherlands
Animal suffering due to abuse, mistreatment and neglect bij people is unexcusable. It is also unexcusable to leave animals in circumstances tha cause them suffering and distress without helping them.
# 136:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Stephanie Hench, Virginia
This should have been done very long ago. There is a very obvious need for this in face of the horrors that animals are forced to endure at the hands of humans.
# 135:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Francesca Mastrolorenzo, Chile
# 134:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Craig Skelly, Colorado
animals need our protection, please do everything you can
# 133:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Songeon Colette, France
# 132:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Carly S, Italy
no, io nn posso sopportare queste cose....vi pregoooooooooo
# 131:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Rebecca Lawstuen, Minnesota
# 130:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Lorene Bryant, California
# 129:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Barbara Reagor, Texas
Gandhi said it best - a nation can be best judged by the way it treats its animals.
# 128:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Miriam Anderson, Ireland
Animals give so much and demand so little. Protection is the least we can afford them.
# 127:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Sarah Hunt, California
# 126:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Tony Diaz, Mexico
# 125:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Jaime Couch, Pennsylvania
# 124:
10:53 am PDT, Sep 6, Brent Arbuckle, Canada
# 123:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, C. Thomas, Pennsylvania
it is terrible that people kill or trade these beautiful animals it shouldn't be allowed anywhere.
# 122:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Anna Roberta Smith, United Kingdom
A country's civilization is shown by the way they treat animals.
# 121:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Silvia Huwyler, Switzerland
# 120:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Johanne Kommer, France
# 119:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Joaquin Perez, Mexico
Human Responsability.
# 118:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Clive Nancarrow, United Kingdom
By closing our eyes to or condoning animal abuse we exercise indefensible speciesism and this abuse will generalise to human animals.
# 117:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Patti Olson, New York
We, humans, are the caretakers of those less fortunate and dependent upon us. We need to care for the animals.
# 116:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Anne Stapleton, Connecticut
Animals feel pain and have emotions. They were here on the planet before humans were. They do not ask to be in the cruel positions they seem to find themselves in, and they do not have a voice to ask for help. We need to provide them with help.
# 115:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Monika Petroczy, California
# 114:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Laurie Cestnick, Massachusetts
Please help ..do all we can.
# 113:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Tierhilfe A.l.f.a., Austria
# 112:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Elin Widmark, Sweden
cuz if animals cant speak for themselves then who will? its all up to us!
# 111:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, J. David Scott, Canada
"Until he extends his circle of compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace." Albert Schweitzer
# 110:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Eduardo Paz, Colombia
LOS ANIMALES TIENEN DERECHO AL PLANETA COMO LOS HUMANOS !!!
# 109:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Sophie Tousignant, Canada
# 108:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Orna Locker, Washington
# 107:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Cassandra Reeder, Ohio
Animals are not objects to use as "we" see fit. They deserve better in this world of disposability.
# 106:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Melissa Tidwell, North Carolina
Let us take the lead and show that animals should be cherished and should not suffer.
# 105:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Name not displayed, Italy
Salvate questi poveri animali !
# 104:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Andrew Davis, Canada
# 103:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Violeta Mincu, Romania
Animals are many times better than people... sand but true.
# 102:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Ann Blackburn, United Kingdom
Animals feel pain and humans should not be allowing them to suffer.
# 101:
10:52 am PDT, Sep 6, Frank Newman, Florida