Oikeutta eläimille

Oikeutta eläimille ("Justice for Animals") is a Finnish animal rights organisation.[1] Founded in 1995, the group engages in lecturing, demonstrations, distributing flyers and other grassroots activism, as well as civil disobedience.[2] In recent years, the organisation has published photographs and videos from undercover investigations of Finnish pig, poultry and fur farms.[1][3] The images have been widely circulated in the Finnish media, sparking public outrage and calls for the resignation of the Minister of Agriculture, Sirkka-Liisa Anttila.[4][5] Oikeutta eläimille has also reported several fur farms to the police,[6] and urged Finland to follow the example of fellow Nordic countries Denmark and Sweden and ban fur farming.[7]

One of several photographs Oikeutta eläimille published in February 2011
Oikeutta eläimille logo

References
  1. "Shocking Pictures Emerge from Finnish Fur Farms". YLE. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  2. "Mikä on Oikeutta Eläimille?". Oikeutta eläimille (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  3. "Police to investigate reports of serious animal cruelty at Finnish farms". Helsingin Sanomat. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  4. "Finnish government funded pig farmers' marketing campaign". Helsinki Times. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  5. "Animal rights groups to stage anti-fur demos at nine Finnish embassies". Helsinki Times. 26 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  6. "Finnish animal rights group reports seven fur farms to police". Helsinki Times. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  7. "Oikeutta Eläimille -yhdistys jättää rikosilmoituksia turkistarhoista". MTV3 (in Finnish). 19 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
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