Chinese Animal Protection Network Totally Explained

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Chinese Animal Protection Network (CAPN) is a non-profit animal protection organization, it's the first Chinese network for animal protection. As a organization founded by native Chinese people, at its core, there are some of most dedicated Chinese activists. CAPN is well known for its pioneer's role in the rapid development of animal rights movement in China in recent years. It has leaded some important trend of the movement: unity of groups, growing movement against cats-dogs-eating, converting from emotion-based to science-based animal protection among the animal protection communities. Since the launching of its first project 'Chinese Companion Animals Protection Network', its network keeps expending and have reached almost every part of China, by April 2008, it has 48 member groups, 2 branches and over ten thousand individual supporters who recognize their values, that's using technology, research, education, artistry, and creativity make the world a better place for all sentience beings.
CAPN is an animal rights group,they have a science-based philosophy of animal rights. They oppose violence in animal rights movement and see animal rights is dynamic concept, they believe rights of different animals are different. But it has been over generalized and simplified by many people.
Five keys of their philosophy.

unity: animal rights philosophy is a part of universal law
complexity: everyone has his/her own animal rights view
evolution: human's understanding of animal rights is evolving
continuity: continuity exists between everything, from human to animals, from high animal to low animals, difference isn't discret but gradually
non-violence: people can not fight unethical behavior by unethical behavior, love and justice can make the difference
originality: animal rights isn't a western concept, three pillars of Chinese tradition, Buddism, Taoism and Confucianism, all have teaching regarding respection towards the lives of animals, it's the essence of animal rights.

Projects

Chinese Companion Animals Protection Network

Chinese Companion Animals Protection Network (CCAPN) was launched in 2004, it's a cooperation network of groups, individuals working for companion animal protection from Chinese communities. CCAPN supervises and supports the animal protection work of our member groups, it also faciliate the exchange resources and information between groups and individuals. Campaign against cats-dogs-eating is major function of CCAPN. According to their 2007 campaign report, by 2004 there are already some isolated companion animals groups emerged in China, the founding member were shocked by the cruelty associated with cats-dogs-eating, so they decided to launch CCAPN to end the practise.

Animal Rights in China

Animal Rights in China website started since 22 July 2006, its the major portal for animal rights issues in China. Academic research on animal ethics and networking of animal rights people are important functions of this project. It is developing a Chinese online encyclopedia of animal protection.

Changchun Animal Protection Network

CAPA is well know for using high profile performance arts show in its publicity.

Notable Contribution

CAPN working closely with domestic,International,oversea organizations who are working in China, provide advice and support for their work.

Campaign against cats-dogs-eating(the practise eat cat meat or dog meat). They are the first group use the slogan 'Stop eating cats and dogs' in their campaign. They also coordinated many groups in more than ten cities in China to join this campaign. this slogan has been adopted by animal groups around the country, they launched the online-signning event against consumption of cats dogs meat 2007 which received over 40,000 signatures. Their campaign leads to large amount of publicity and discuss of this issue among public.

Campaign against animal hoarding. They lead a large scale online debate on the topic 2006, later published two research documents regarding animal hoarding, those are first documents of animal hoarding in Chinese. They are the major contributor in the changing of pro-hoarding climate in China.

Networking animal protection groups. They are the first organization devoted in the unity of Chinese animal protection communities

April 2008, it introduced World Lab Animal Day into China for the first time

Awards

Jan 2008, CCAPN won 'great contribution to animal protection in 2007' award in 'Animals in China' ShangHai conference.

Mar 2008, ARC won funding for its online encyclopedia from Cultural and Animal Fundation, which is established and chaired by animal rights philosopher Tom ReganFurther Information

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