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| type = Registered charity no. SC041299 |
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| founded_date = 1911 |
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| founder = Netta and Elizabeth Ivory |
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| founder = [[Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton]] |
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| location = Edinburgh, Scotland |
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| Non-profit_slogan = Ending cruelty to Scotland's animals |
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'''OneKind''' is a [[Advocacy group|campaigning]] [[animal welfare]] charity based in Edinburgh and operating in Scotland, UK and as part of the [[Eurogroup for Animals]]. |
'''OneKind''' is a [[Advocacy group|campaigning]] [[animal welfare]] charity based in Edinburgh and operating in Scotland, UK, and as part of the [[Eurogroup for Animals]]. OneKind exists to end cruelty to all animals and improve their lives. |
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==Background== |
== Background == |
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The organisation was founded as the '''Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection''', in 1911 by |
The organisation was founded as the '''Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection''', in 1911 by Netta and Elizabeth Ivory.<ref name="NewSci">{{Cite web |title=1911 – Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection founded |url=https://www.onekind.org/news/1911-scottish-society-for-the-prevention-of-vivisection-founded |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=OneKind |date=26 July 1911 |language=en}}</ref> It continues to work towards an end to animal experimentation but in the 1950s expanded to include protection of all types of animal. It was renamed '''Advocates for Animals''' in 1990, as part of a rebranding campaign that included a new logo, but officially became known as OneKind in 2010. The group is currently run by Director Bob Elliot. |
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==Current work== |
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In 2011, OneKind set up the SnareWatch website.<ref>{{Cite web |title=OneKind launches Snare Watch initiative to measure extent of animal snaring in the UK « Raptor Politics |url=http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/2011/10/04/onekind-launches-snare-watch-initiative-to-measure-extent-of-animal-snaring-in-the-uk/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=raptorpolitics.org.uk}}</ref> |
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Another issue OneKind works on is fox hunting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ban fox hunting |url=https://www.onekind.org/fox-hunting |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=OneKind |date=6 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> OneKind is a member of the REVIVE coalition for grouse moor reform. |
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OneKind works to expose the suffering of wild animals caused by weaknesses in or a lack of legislation, with an ongoing campaign to ban the use of [[Trapping#Snares|snares]] as a fox-trapping technique in Scotland. In 2011, OneKind set up the [http://www.snarewatch.org/ Snare Watch] website to see members of the UK public to report snare locations and incidents such as the accidental trapping of domestic pets or non-target species such as badgers.<ref name="OneKind launches Snare Watch initiative to measure extent of animal snaring in the UK">{{cite web|url=http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/2011/10/04/onekind-launches-snare-watch-initiative-to-measure-extent-of-animal-snaring-in-the-uk/|title=OneKind launches Snare Watch initiative to measure extent of animal snaring in the UK|website=Raptor Politics|accessdate=13 April 2016}}</ref> OneKind also provide a secretariat service to the [http://www.wawcommittee.org/ Wild Animal Welfare Committee], an independent group providing an evidence base for evaluating, monitoring, assessing and improving decisions affecting the welfare of free-living wild animals in the UK. OneKind advocates for better protection for seals, and for an end to culling of native species perceived as ‘pests’ including Scotland's [[mountain hare]]s, and [[beavers]]. |
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== Farmed animal welfare == |
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==Pets== |
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OneKind promotes compassionate dietary choices and works to improve the lives of farmed animals by campaigning to end practices such as live exports,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ban Live Exports |url=https://www.onekind.org/ban-live-exports |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=OneKind |date=4 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> the caging of farmed animals,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ban farmed animal cages |url=https://www.onekind.org/ban-farmed-animal-cages |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=OneKind |date=3 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> and intensive animal farming. |
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In 2014 OneKind published the [http://www.onekind.org/uploads/publications/pet-origins-report-web.pdf Pet Origins report], a comprehensive review of the UK’s pet vending industry illustrating the current problems and setting arguments for industry reform. OneKind would like to see the Pet Animals Act 1951 updated to ensure it provides adequate protection for all animals being bred and sold commercially, and the practice of keeping primates as household pets to be banned in the UK. |
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== Companion animal welfare == |
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In 2010 Wales became the first country in the UK to ban electric shock collars and other electric animal training devices.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8584028.stm</ref> OneKind is currently campaigning for the same ban to occur in Scotland. Shock collars are sometimes used by animal owners for behaviour training by negative reinforcement. Those opposed to their use suggest that they cause unnecessary pain and suffering to dogs, through the application of an aversive stimulus. It is also suggested that the poorly timed use of such devices by the general dog owner can cause anxiety in dogs, since unpredictable application of shock influences stress responses. Dogs can also associate the application of the stimulus with events other than that intended, suggested to potentially result in the development of aggression.<ref>http://bmcvetres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1746-6148-8-93</ref> |
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In 2014 OneKind published the Pet Origins report.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pet Origins - 2014 |url=https://www.onekind.org/pet-origins-2014 |access-date=2023-01-09 |website=OneKind |date=16 October 2014 |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Previous work as Advocates for Animals== |
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Advocates for Animals was one of a few anti-vivisection groups to contribute to the formation of the [[Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986]]. Former director Les Ward described it as "one of the better laws" in comparison to other countries' legislation, while acknowledging that "most scientists in the UK, were they not to have the protection of the 1986 Act, would find themselves in a court of law for cruelty to animals." <ref name=Ward>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldanimal/999/2031206.htm Minutes of Evidence, Question 1384]. ''Select Committee on Animals In Scientific Procedures'', 12 March 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2006.</ref> Ward also served on the [[Animal Procedures Committee]], a statutory requirement of the act. |
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In 1992, after a television debate, Advocates for Animals' director Les Ward and [[Colin Blakemore]], a strong advocate of animal experimentation, formed the [[Boyd Group]], a bipartisan forum to discuss issues relating to animal experimentation.<ref name=Boyd>Kenneth Boyd. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=46381 Bringing both sides together.] ''Camb Q Healthc Ethics''. 1999; 8:43-5. {{PMID|9924617}}</ref> Advocates for Animals claims this approach led to a joint effort by the scientific and animal welfare communities to ban the testing of cosmetics on animals.<ref name="Ward"/> |
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Advocates for Animals was instrumental in getting the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002 passed, which aimed to ban hunting wild mammals with dogs, and their campaign for a ban on the use of snares led to the introduction of new welfare standards for their use. |
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==Pragmatic stance== |
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OneKind adopts a [[wikt:pragmatic|pragmatic]] stance on animal welfare issues, choosing to engage with legislators to further their cause. The organisation aims to improve animal welfare in Scotland through focused campaigns, rather than advocating for animal rights in general. The charity is vocal in its opposition to extreme forms of protest and publicly distances itself from acts of violence carried out by animal rights extremists. |
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The group's moderate stance has drawn criticism from within the animal rights community. The [[National Anti-Vivisection Society]] described the Boyd Group as a "public relations exercise" <ref name=Creamer>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldanimal/999/2031204.htm Minutes of Evidence, Question 1362]. ''Select Committee on Animals In Scientific Procedures'', 12 March 2002. Retrieved 12 December 2006.</ref> and the British Anti-Vivisection Association described then Advocates for Animals Director Ward's engagement with Blakemore as "trading the very premise by which the genuine [anti-vivisection] movement exists, in return for an end to cosmetic testing." <ref name=BAVA>[http://www.bava.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/enemypt2.html The Enemy Within]. ''The New Abolitionist'', Summer 1997, No. 11. Retrieved 12 December 2006.</ref> Ward justified his position, telling ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', "I want to see the total end of animal experimentation, but I am not stupid enough to think that it is going to happen overnight." <ref name=Nature>Emma Marris. [http://www.nature.com/news/2006/061211/full/444808a.html Animal research: Grey Matters]. ''Nature'', 13 December 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2006.</ref> Ward eventually withdrew from the Boyd Group, believing it had become "[[stalemate]]d", but in 2006 continued to defend its usefulness, calling it "one of the few places where moderate activists and moderate scientists sat down and talked things over." <ref name=Nature/> |
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In 1991 the group released a critique of primate experiments in the UK, leading to the laboratories mentioned in the report being [[Incendiary device|firebombed]] by extreme [[animal liberation movement|animal liberationists]]. In response the group restricted the release of a follow up report in 1992, urging editors to use "discretion by not identifying the laboratories or scientists concerned." <ref name=NewSci>[https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13318071.700-animal-campaigners-pinpoint-trivial-experiments-.html Animal campaigners pinpoint 'trivial experiments']. ''New Scientist'', Issue 1807, 8 February 1992. Retrieved 12 December 2006.</ref> |
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==Jane Goodall== |
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The primatologist [[Jane Goodall]] was the president of Advocates for Animals from 1998 until 2008.<ref name=Science>Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/320/5881/1269a Defending captivity.] ''Science'', Vol. 320. no. 5881, p. 1269, 6 June 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.</ref> In May of that year, she described [[Edinburgh Zoo]]'s new primate enclosure as a "wonderful facility" where monkeys "are probably better off [than] living in the wild in an area like [[Budongo]], where one in six gets caught in a wire snare, and countries like [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]], where chimpanzees, monkeys and gorillas are shot for food commercially." <ref name=Times>Mike Wade, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article3972868.ece Zoos are best hope, says Jane Goodall.] ''The Times'', 20 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.</ref> This is in conflict with Advocates for Animals' position on captive animals, who stated "She's entitled to her opinion, but our position isn't going to change. We oppose the keeping of animals in captivity for entertainment." <ref name= Telegraph>Tim Walker, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2011241/Is-Jane-Goodall-about-to-lose-her-post.html Is Jane Goodall about to lose her post?], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.</ref> In June 2008 Goodall confirmed that she had resigned the presidency of the organisation, citing her busy schedule. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*{{Official website|https://www.onekind.org}} |
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*[http://www.onekind.scot OneKind] - Website dedicated to OneKind work in Scotland |
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*[https://www.facebook.com/onekindfb OneKind Facebook] - Official Facebook page. |
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*[http://www.snarewatch.org/ Snare Watch] - A tool for the UK public to report snare locations and incidents |
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*[http://www.wawcommittee.org/ Wild Animal Welfare Committee] - Independent advice and evidence about the welfare of free-living wild animals in the UK. |
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Latest revision as of 15:13, 13 January 2024
| Founded | 1911 |
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| Founder | Netta and Elizabeth Ivory |
| Type | Registered charity no. SC041299 |
| Focus | Advancing animal welfare |
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| Employees | 6 |
| Volunteers | 80 |
| Website | www |
OneKind is a campaigning animal welfare charity based in Edinburgh and operating in Scotland, UK, and as part of the Eurogroup for Animals. OneKind exists to end cruelty to all animals and improve their lives.
Background
[edit]The organisation was founded as the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection, in 1911 by Netta and Elizabeth Ivory.[1] It continues to work towards an end to animal experimentation but in the 1950s expanded to include protection of all types of animal. It was renamed Advocates for Animals in 1990, as part of a rebranding campaign that included a new logo, but officially became known as OneKind in 2010. The group is currently run by Director Bob Elliot.
Wild animal welfare
[edit]In 2011, OneKind set up the SnareWatch website.[2]
Another issue OneKind works on is fox hunting.[3] OneKind is a member of the REVIVE coalition for grouse moor reform.
Farmed animal welfare
[edit]OneKind promotes compassionate dietary choices and works to improve the lives of farmed animals by campaigning to end practices such as live exports,[4] the caging of farmed animals,[5] and intensive animal farming.
Companion animal welfare
[edit]In 2014 OneKind published the Pet Origins report.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "1911 – Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection founded". OneKind. 26 July 1911. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "OneKind launches Snare Watch initiative to measure extent of animal snaring in the UK « Raptor Politics". raptorpolitics.org.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ban fox hunting". OneKind. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ban Live Exports". OneKind. 4 May 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ban farmed animal cages". OneKind. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Pet Origins - 2014". OneKind. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
