Voluntarios en Defensa de los Animales

Campaigns

In 1997, VEDA collaborated with the Asociación Ecológica del Oriente (Eastern Ecological Association) in a protest against the use of Folidol, a pesticide widely used that is believed to produce health problems and even death in humans and other species of animals.

In June 2005, VEDA, collaborated with the campaign of two other Animal Rights Organizations; Soprama- Santa Cruz and Animales SOS -La Paz, to rescue animals affected by the flood in San Julián, Santa Cruz.

On August 16, 2006, VEDA, organized the first "Walk for Animals Rights in Bolivia" .

Other activities include, protests against the abuse by the Municipal animal shelters, the killings of dogs in the towns of Warnes and Achacachi, where the group Ponchos Rojos (Red Ponchos) decapitated two dogs, the International Day for Animal’s Rights, and against vivisection at the State Veterinary University.

Some other activities included, a Children's drawing and painting contest, an interschool Research Contest, and a Charity Bingo, and the sale of second hand items as a way to collect funds to build a shelter for the animals.

Objectives

Among its objectives, VEDA, offers education campaigns on responsible pet ownership, promotes the sterilization of dogs and cats, reports and ensures compliance of the Municipal Ordinance 030/2006, disseminates information on adoptions, promotes vegetarianism and is against the use of animals for scientific, entertainment, exhibition and trade purposes.

References

References

1. "Jaguares en peligro - Biodiversity Reporting Award".
2. "Marcharon en rechazo al maltrato de los perros por los Poncho Rojos - El Mundo".
3. [http://volunteer.backpackingsantacruz.com/2007/06/16/veda--volunteers-in-defense-of-animals.aspx Volunteer Opportunities in Santa Cruz Bolivia]
4. [http://www.veda-bolivia.org/paginas/campanas.htm VEDA. Voluntarios en Defensa de los Animales - Campañas]
5. [https://archive.today/20120629042410/http://www.zmag.org/zmag/viewArticle/13027 Who Benefits, Who Suffers? The Global Politics of Pesticide Use in Brazil - Z Magazine]
6. [https://archive.today/20130801120504/http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1926409&pageindex=1 “Folidol” (Parathion) Poisoning]
7. [http://www.diariodecuyo.com.ar/home/new_noticia.php?noticia_id=142193 ¿Un niño intoxicado por un perro que envenenó uno de sus vecinos? - Diario de Cuyo]
8. "El domingo se vivió un día de perros - El Deber.com.bo".
9. [http://www.veda-bolivia.org/paginas/vegetarianismo.htm VEDA. Voluntarios en Defensa de los Animales - Vegetarianismo, salud y nutrición]
10. "Ahora Bolivia » Blog Archive » Animales en adopción: Bolivia".