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Voluntarios en Defensa de los Animales (VEDA), which means ''Volunteers in Defense of Animals'', is a nonprofit organization that works for the welfare of domestic and wild animals〔(Jaguares en peligro - Biodiversity Reporting Award )〕 in Bolivia. It was founded on April 6, 1996. Its main objective is to establish and protect the rights of animals〔(Marcharon en rechazo al maltrato de los perros por los Poncho Rojos - El Mundo )〕 through formal and informal education.〔(Volunteer Opportunities in Santa Cruz Bolivia )〕 == Campaigns == In 1997, VEDA collaborated with the ''Asociación Ecológica del Oriente'' (Eastern Ecological Association) in a protest〔(VEDA. Voluntarios en Defensa de los Animales - Campañas )〕 against the use of Folidol, a pesticide widely used〔(Who Benefits, Who Suffers? The Global Politics of Pesticide Use in Brazil - Z Magazine )〕 that is believed to produce health problems and even death in humans and other species of animals.〔(“Folidol” (Parathion) Poisoning )〕〔(¿Un niño intoxicado por un perro que envenenó uno de sus vecinos? - Diario de Cuyo )〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Voluntarios en Defensa de los Animales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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