European Animal and Nature Protection

Europäischer Tier- und Naturschutz e.V. (ETN) is a German non-profit animal and nature protection organisation founded in 1989 and headquartered in the municipality of Much in North Rhine-Westphalia. Its stated motto is "Einsatz für Tiere in Not" — commitment to animals in need — and it describes itself as working pragmatically and directly on the ground, going where others do not help and looking where many look away. The organisation is registered as a gemeinnütziger eingetragener Verein (a charitable registered association), and its work is financed through donations, animal sponsorships and memberships. ETN concentrates its activity on four pillars: exotic animals, street animals, animals in disaster zones, and endangered species. For exotic animals it campaigns for stricter laws on the trade in and keeping of wild animals, raises awareness that wild and exotic animals do not belong in private households, and supports rescue stations and reintroduction projects for animals freed from poor keeping conditions. For street animals it funds veterinary care, systematic sterilisation campaigns, public education and agreements with political decision-makers, particularly in Eastern and Southern Europe; it finances mobile veterinary units in Serbia and on the Canary Islands, and in Germany supports mobile veterinary practices caring for the animals of homeless young people. For animals in disaster zones ETN provides rapid support to local animal welfare workers to rescue, treat and shelter abandoned animals, and helps rebuild animal welfare associations in affected regions. For endangered species it works to protect valuable habitats and to encourage a rethink in politics and among consumers, arguing that biodiversity is the basis of life on earth. Beyond direct rescue work, ETN seeks sustainable improvements through stricter laws and maintains contact with political decision-makers. The organisation coordinates its aid projects, plans campaigns and arranges animal placements from Hof Huppenhardt, its office in the Bergisches Land region. The site also provides a home for horses, ponies, goats, sheep and chickens until they are successfully rehomed, and serves as a place where visitors can learn about the personalities and histories of animals previously classified by society as livestock. ETN states three priorities: helping quickly and efficiently, working sustainably, and spending as much as possible on animal and nature protection with as little administration as possible.

Europäischer Tier- und Naturschutz e.V. (ETN) was founded in 1989 as a charitable animal and nature protection organisation and is based in the North Rhine-Westphalian municipality of Much. From its office at Hof Huppenhardt in the Bergisches Land region, the association coordinates aid projects, plans campaigns and arranges animal placements at regional, national and international level. The site also houses horses, ponies, goats, sheep and chickens until they are successfully rehomed, and is used to teach visitors about the personalities and histories of animals that society has traditionally classified as livestock. According to its own statutes, ETN's purpose is the worldwide promotion of animal and nature protection in the spirit of German federal animal welfare and nature conservation law, the animal welfare and nature conservation laws of the German states, and environmental protection. This purpose is pursued in particular by supporting and carrying out measures that help animals on site to live in a manner appropriate to their species and that contribute to respectful behaviour between humans and animals. The organisation works across four main areas: exotic animals, street animals, animals in disaster zones, and endangered species. In its work on exotic animals, ETN advocates stricter laws on the trade in and keeping of wild animals, educates the public about why wild and exotic animals do not belong in private households, and campaigns against the abuse of exotic animals for tourist entertainment or social media videos. It supports rescue stations and reintroduction projects for exotic animals freed from poor keeping conditions. For street animals, ETN provides veterinary care for sick and neglected cats and dogs living on the streets of Eastern and Southern Europe, and pursues systematic sterilisation campaigns, public education and agreements with political decision-makers to reduce the suffering of strays and limit their populations. In Serbia and on the Canary Islands it finances mobile animal welfare units in which strays are sterilised and medically treated; in Serbia private pet owners can also use this service. In Germany, ETN enables mobile veterinary practices to care for the animals of homeless young people free of charge. In disaster zones, where hunger, disease and fear shape the lives of animals left behind, ETN provides rapid help by supporting local animal welfare workers to rescue, treat and shelter animals, and it supports the rebuilding of animal welfare associations in affected areas. For endangered species, ETN argues that biodiversity is the basis of life on earth and that protecting it means more than saving individual species, since every species has an important function in the ecosystem; it therefore works to protect valuable habitats and to encourage a rethink in politics and among consumers. Alongside direct rescue work, ETN seeks sustainable improvements through stricter laws and regulations and maintains contact with political decision-makers. Among its projects, ETN works with its partner association Arycan on Gran Canaria; since 2013, around 1,500 animals a year have been sterilised on the island with the help of a permanently employed veterinarian, and the number of strays caught and handed in at the animal shelter has fallen by 20 percent. Arycan also cooperated with the University of Veterinary Medicine in Las Palmas, where students learned to conduct sterilisation campaigns and then took part in them, allowing significantly more animals to be sterilised. In Serbia, ETN agreed with the mayor of the city of Bor on a project to limit the stray population that was unique in the country at the time: private dog owners must have their animals sterilised, chipped and registered, and ETN finances a rescue vehicle converted into a mobile animal welfare unit in which animals in Bor are sterilised and medically treated free of charge, while the number of dogs kept can be recorded directly and educational work carried out. With the Tierarztmobil Bonn, a converted ambulance, ETN created a mobile veterinary practice that treats the pets of impoverished seniors who would otherwise not be able to afford their next veterinary visit; the vehicle can drive directly into neighbourhoods and, by arrangement, make home visits, and can carry out sterilisation, simple operations and wound care, vaccinations and preventive examinations.

• 2013

  Start of the sterilisation project on Gran Canaria with partner association Arycan; around 1,500 animals are sterilised annually thereafter.

• 1989

  Europäischer Tier- und Naturschutz e.V. is founded as a charitable animal and nature protection organisation based in Much, North Rhine-Westphalia.

A pragmatic, hands-on animal and nature protection charity that emphasises direct local help, sustainability and low administrative overhead.

Product categories. Animal rescue and placement · Sterilisation campaigns for street animals · Mobile veterinary units · Habitat and species protection projects · Public education and awareness campaigns

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