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2023

In 2023, 145 actions were organised by 100 organisations located in 28 countries. This is a record number of actions!

Events organized in 2023

África do Sul - Protest in Parkhurst, Johannesburg - Alemanha - Autocolantes contra o especismo in , programa de rádio in Dresden , Protest in Düsseldorf , Protest in Göttingen , Protest in Hamburg , Protest , Protest in Hannover , artigo , Banda desenhada , Visuais sobre o especismo para as redes sociais , Video in Internet , Protest in Leipzig , Save Square in Rottenburg am Neckar , Protest in Tübingen - Austrália - artigo e publicações FB in Hobart, Tasmania , Social Networks in Internet , artigo in Melbourne - Áustria - Protest in Bregenz, Vorarlberg , Protest in Innsbrück - Bélgica - artigo in Bruxelas - Brasil - vídeo poema - Internet in , Mobilização Virtual , Talk in Internet , artigo , March in Rio de Janeiro , Protest , performance "Dispa-se do seu Especismo" (Teatro) , Protest in São Paulo - Canadá - Protest in Brandon, Manitoba , Vigile , Info booth in Montréal, Québec , Protest in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan - Chile - Protest in Santiago - Colômbia - Talk , Talk , Talk , Concerto , Talk , March in Bogotá - Coréia do Sul - March in Busan , March in Daegu - Dinamarca - Talk , March in Copenhagen - Espanha - artigo e publicações FB in Madrid , Protest in Valencia - Estados Unidos da América - Protest in Atlanta, Georgia , Protest in Boston, Massachusetts , Leafletting in Chinatown, Washington District of Columbia , Protest in Hadley, Massachussetts , Talk in Internet , Protest in Orlando, Florida - França - Protest in Avignon , Cube of Truth in Bayonne , Happening in Besançon , in Internet , Protest in Marseille , March , Protest in Montpellier , happening, etc. in Nantes , Aldeia de associações, Cubo da Verdade, concerto in Rennes , happening, leafleting, etc. in Saint-Nazaire , Talk in Sémentron , Happening, leafleting, etc. in Strasbourg - Índia - Grandes painéis publicitários in Ahmedabad , in Bengaluru , Leafletting in Chandigarh , Leafletting in Goa , Grandes painéis publicitários in Guwahati , in Hyderabad , artigo , in Internet , Grandes painéis publicitários in Lucknow , Grandes painéis publicitários in Pune - Indonésia - Committed mural painting in Yogyakarta - Israel - Protest in ראשון לציון‎. Rishon LeZion , Vidéo in Internet - México - colagem de cartazes , programa de rádio , colagem de cartazes , Conversation among activists in México - Nova Zelândia - Carta ao governo , artigo e publicações FB , artigo in - Países Baixos - Protest in Maastricht - Peru - Info booth in Lima - Porto Rico - artigo in San Juan - Internet - Portugal - Protest in Aveiro , Save Square in Coimbra , Debate em vídeo sobre o especismo , Real (vidéo) in Internet , Protest in Lisboa , artigo in Porto - Internet - Reino Unido - artigo in Internet , Protest in Marble Arch, London - Suíça - artigo , March , March in Bern , Vidéo in Internet

Video about speciesism, by Coalition Animaliste (Switzerland)

Poem about speciesism victims, by Naçao Vegana Brasil

National Animal Rights March in London, by PETA UK

Talk about speciesism, by Fight against speciesism (Israel)

Direct action in São Paulo, by Vozes em luto (Brazil)

"Our plate changes the world”, by AVF (France)

Introduction to wild animals by Animal Ethics (global)

“New legal status" by MFT (Germany)

“Animals are not ressources" by MFT (Germany)

Save square in Rottenburg am Neckar (Germany)

2022

In 2022, 114 organizations organized 109 actions located in 27 countries. This year again, it is a new record of participation!

Events organized in 2022

Argentina

Florida | 08.27 Street action by Nuevo Paradigma Liberación Animal

Belgium

online | 08.28 Online action by Bite Back België

Brazil

Bello Horizonte | 08.28 March by Nação Vegana Brasil
Rio de Janeiro | 08.28 Protest by DxE RJ
São Paulo | 08.28 Protest by Vozes em luto

Canada

Edmonton | 08.20 March by DxE Edmonton
Montréal | 08.27 Vigil by Résistance animale
Moose Jaw | 08.28 Vigil by Regina Pig Save
Saskatoon | 08.27 Info booth by Animal Save Saskatoon
Toronto | 08.27 Vigil by Animal Save Movement
Winnipeg | 08.27 Protest by Manitoba Animal Save

Chili

Santiago | 08.28 Street action by Santiago Animal Save

France

Besançon | 08.27 Tasting by Le CABle
Calais | 08.21 Leafletting by Calais Animal Save
Guérande | 08.27 Protest by 269 Life France
Marseille | 08.27 Protest by 269 Life France
Online | 08.27 Podcast episode by Nonbi Radio
online | 08.28 Online action by Projet Méduses
Paris | 08.27 Online action by Futur
Paris | 08.27 March by Collectif d'associations
Rennes | 08.27 Street action by Sentience Rennes
Saint-Raphaël | 08.27 Leafletting by L214

Germany

Berlin | 08.27 Protest by PETA Deutschland
Bremen | 08.23 Protest by PETA Deutschland
Frankfurt | 08.27 Protest by PETA Deutschland
Hamburg | 08.27 Protest by PETA Deutschland
Kleve | 08.27 Protest by PETA Deutschland
Köln | 08.27 Protest by PETA Deutschland
Leipzig | 08.27 Protest by PETA Deutschland
Tübingen | 08.27 Protest by PETA Deutschland

India

Amritsar | 08.27 Street action by PETA India
Bombay | 08.27 Street action by Animal Save Mumbai
Delhi, Bengaluru | 08.27 Street Action by Vegan India Movement
Gonda | 08.27 Talk by Nature Club Foundation
Lucknow | 08.27 Street action by Lucknow Animal Save

Netherlands

Den Helder | 08.27 Street action by Animal Save Nederland

Poland

Portugal

Lisboa | 08.27 Street action by Acção Directa

Spain

Madrid | 08.27 Info booth by AV Madrid

Switzerland

Lausanne | 08.27 Street action by PEA

United kingdom

Online | 08.28 Online Action by PETA UK
Online | 08.28 Online Action by Animal Equality UK

USA

Encinitas | 08.27 Rally by Living Vegan in San Diego
Oakland | 08.27 March by DxE SF Bay Area
Orlando | 08.27 Protest by Animal Rights Florida

"Speciesism is irrational" by Projet Méduses

Q&A by Animal Ethics

San Francisco (USA)

Jogja (Indonesia)

Video by Animal Save Movement

Podcast Episode by Comme un poisson dans l'eau

March in Lausanne

2021

In 2021, 91 organizations organized 83 actions located in 24 countries. This is a new record of participation!

Events organized in 2021

- Talk , Cyberaction , Cyberaction , Talk , Talk , Talk , Cyberaction , Podcast in Online - Alemanha - March in Frankfurt - Argentina - Protest in Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires - Brasil - Protest in Rio de Janeiro , Advertisements , March , Protest in São Paulo - Canadá - Protest in Montréal - Chipre - Protest in Limassol - Colômbia - March in Bogota - Estados Unidos da América - Protest in Adams , Protest in Berkeley , Artistic performances in New York - Finlândia - Vegan picnic and talks in Helsinki - França - Protest in Angers , Protest in Besançon , Leafletting in Calais , Protest in Marseille , Protest in Nancy , March in Paris , Protest in Saint-Nazaire , Protest in Strasbourg , Protest in Toulouse - Israel - Info booth in Haifa - Reino Unido - March in London - Suécia - Protest in Malmö - Suíça - Protest in Bern , Protest in Lausanne , Protest in Locarno , Info booth in Lugano

São Paulo, Brazil

Lausanne, Switzerland

Paris, France

 

2020

Despite the global health situation linked to COVID-19, the 6th World Day for the End of Specism has brought together many organizations around the world, and all very creative in the type of actions organized. In particular, there was a web action:

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Online conferences in English and French addressed the notion of speciesism, from a general public or more advanced axis.

Events organized in 2020

- Talk , Web Action , P'tits Webinaires Antispécistes Conférences online , Street interviews , Talk in , Proyecciones y conferencias in Bogotá D.C. - Alemanha - March in Frankfurt am Main , Protest in Göttingen , Info booth in Münster , Protest in Stuttgart - Argentina - Leafletting in Buenos Aires - Bélgica - Web action in - Brasil - Protest in Rio de Janeiro , Protest , Protest in São Paulo - Canadá - March in Edmonton , Action in Montréal - Croácia - Info booth in Zagreb - Estados Unidos da América - Protest in Pittsfield Park Square, Massachusetts USA - França - Protest in Amiens , Protest in Angers , Protest in Besançon , Leafletting in Colmar , Protest , Antispeciesist party in Lille , Info booth village in PARIS , Talk , March in Paris , Protest in Saint Nazaire , Protest in Strasbourg , Protest in Toulon - Indonésia - Mural in Yogyakarta - Itália - March in Firenze - Libéria - Leafletting in Monrovia - Malásia - Media release & talks in Kuala Lumpur - México - Happening in CIUDAD DE MEXICO , Protest in Todo México - Serra Leoa - Talk in Bo City - Suíça - Giant action in Bern

Jogjakarta, Indonesia

São Paulo, Brazil

Edmonton, Canada

Collective work by Projet Méduses

Montréal, Canada

Frankfurt, Germany

Bern, Switzerland

2019

This year's edition of the World Day for the End of Speciesism was a huge success, with an ever growing mobilization on almost all continents, and an impressive variety of actions and demonstrations. It gives hope in the long task that will be the liberation of all animals, the end of their exploitation and the end of speciesism.

Events organized in 2019

Alemanha - Protest in Berlin , Protest in Kassel - Argentina - Demonstration in Buenos Aires - Brasil - Collective Art Creation in Brasilia , March in Rio de Janeiro , Action in Salvador, Bahia , Protest in São Paulo - Canadá - March in Calgary , March , Talks & Vegan BBQ in Montreal , March in Regina , March in Winnipeg - Chipre - Street Action in Nicosia - Colômbia - March in Bogota - Espanha - Protest in Multiple cities - Estados Unidos da América - Protest in Adams (MA) - Finlândia - Talk in Helsinki - França - Info booth in Albi , Protest in Besançon , Protest in Lille , March in Marseille , Vegan Village in Paris , Antispeciesist Festival in Saint-Cézaire - Índia - Protest in Bangalore , March in Chandigarh , Protest in Delhi , Info booth in Gonda , Protest in Mumbai , Protest in Pune - Israel - Info booth in Tel Aviv - Itália - March in Florence , Street Performance in Rome - Peru - Info booth in Lima - Polónia - March in Warsaw - Suíça - Protest in Lausanne

Selection of videos of the WoDES 2019 actions

Montréal, Canada

Salvador, Brazil

Besançon, France

Bogota, Colombia

Pune, India

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Edmonton, Canada

São Paulo, Brazil

Marseille, France

Lausanne, Switzerland

Brasilia, Brazil

Warsaw, Poland

Selection of pictures of the WoDES 2019 actions

2018

In 2018, the World Day for the End of Speciesism was a great success, with a growing mobilization on almost all continents, and an big variety of actions and demonstrations.

A video calling for demonstrations has been published for the demonstration in Rome. A video was made from the march in Geneva. You can also find the speech made during this march in this video.

This edition was the occasion to submit to the UN General Assembly a letter demanding the promotion of an agriculture without animal exploitation and awareness campaigns for animal welfare, as well as the inclusion of consideration for animals in all decision making.

In Geneva, conferences were organized: you can find online the one of Axelle Playoust-Braure and the one of Oscar Horta.

Participating towns in 2018

SWITZERLANDMarchLectures in Geneva - GREECE Action in Athens, Action in Chalkida, Action in Lefkada, Action in Kozani, Demonstration in Thessaloniki - CROATIA Protest in Zagreb - GERMANY Action in Göttingen- USA March in San Diego, Demonstration in Albuquerque, Action in Waco - ITALY Demonstration in Rome - CANADA Panel discussionDemonstrationRock showDiscussion in Montreal, March in Edmonton, OARM March in Toronto, Vigil in Moose Jaw - COLOMBIA March in Bogota, Cube of Truth in Cartagena de Indias - PORTUGAL Demonstration in Lisbon - SPAIN March in Barcelona, Outreach Action in Valencia, Vigil in Sevilla - POLAND OARM March in Warsaw - ISRAEL Happening in Tel Aviv - ARGENTINA Action in Buenos Aires - BRASIL Action in Sao Paulo - FRANCE Antispeciesist Festival in Paris, Demonstration in Saint-Raphaël, Screening in Marseille, Info booth & action in La Roche-sur-Yon, Info booth in Argenteuil, Info booth & action in Toulouse - INDIA March in Pune, Lecture in Jammu, Demonstration in Hyderabad - AUSTRALIA Demonstration in Brisbane - PERU Info action in Lima - CHILE Congress in Santiago

Selection of videos of 2018 actions

Hong Kong, China

Sao Paulo, Brasil

Brisbane, Australia

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lima, Peru

Edmonton, Canada

San Diego, USA

Speech in San Diego, USA

Pune, India

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Barcelona, Spain

Marseille, France

Rome, Italy

Selection of pictures of the WoDES 2018 actions

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2017

A multitude of actions were organized around the world and a video spot calling for demonstrations was broadcast in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

In Lausanne (Switzerland), a big happening was organized (video). In Geneva (Switzerland), a series of conferences was organized and most of them were put online: conferences by François Jacquet, Angela Martin, Markus Wild, Paola Cavalieri, David Olivier, Yves Bonnardel, Massimo Filippi, Thomas Lepeltier and David Chauvet are available on the PEA YouTube channel. These events in Switzerland were announced in a press kit sent to the media.

In Melbourne (Australia), a march for the end of speciesism was filmed by drone.

Participating towns in 2017

France (Paris, Montpellier, Nantes, Perpignan), Switzerland (BernLausanneGeneva), Australia (Sydney, MelbourneBurleigh Beach - Queensland, Hobart - Tasmania), New Zealand (AucklandChristchurch), Canada (Toronto, Montréal - Québec), Bulgaria (Sofia), Slovenia (Ljubljana), Italia (Rome, Parma), Germany (Bielefeld, Düsseldorf, Hannover, Berlin), Poland (Warsaw), UK (Belfast, London), Canada (EdmontonHalifax, London, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver), USA (Ashville, Austin, Bimarck, Boston, Boulder, Charlotte, Chicago, Connecticut, Dallas, Fresno, Los Angeles, Madison, Orlando, Phoenix, Pinellas, Raleigh, San Luis Obispo, SF Bay Area, Twin Cities).

 

2016

The second edition of the JMFS took place on August 27, 2016. Once again, the organizing association animated a march in Geneva, an associative village and conferences over three days (from August 26 to 28 – see the announcement). A press kit was sent to the media before and a press release after. You can find online the conference of Martin Gibert, the one of David Olivier as well as the speeches of ymeric Caron, Élisa Keller, Malena Azzam, Norman Lipari, Pablo Labhardt, Res Turner and Tiphaine Lagarde.

Elsewhere in the world, various actions were organized in Montréal and Toronto (Canada), Nice and Paris (France), Quito (Ecuador), Dublin (Ireland), Istanbul (Turkey) and four other countries.

 

2015

The first World Day for the End of Speciesism took place on August 22, 2015. It brought together nearly 1000 people during a march organized in Geneva (page available in German and French) by the initiating association, PEA - For Animal Equality, which also organized a conference to explain the concept of speciesism (August 21), a speech, an associative village and a conference on the fight against speciesism right after the march, and finally a day of reflection and debate on the theme "How to fight against speciesism and for animal equality?". This extensive program was announced by a press release, which also provided a press kit and announced a press conference on August 12. There was also a video spot announcing the march (also in French and in an alternative form). The association also launched an online petition asking the Swiss cantonal parliaments and competent institutions to integrate respect for animals and the prevention of speciesism into the school curriculum. The petition collected 1600 signatures in three weeks.

The world day gave rise to actions in other countries: in Canada in Toronto (a "mega demo") and Montreal (where conferences, a march and a projection took place), in Los Angeles (United States), in Zagreb (Croatia), in Szczecin (Poland), in Bordeaux (France), in Tbilissi (Georgia, on the initiative of Vegan Georgia), in Russia, in Belgium, and probably in other countries as well.