- Wakker Dier
Wakker Dier is a Dutch
animal welfare organisation. "Wakker Dier" is Dutch for "Awake animal". Its main purpose is putting an end tofactory farming . Wakker Dier was founded in 1998 and fused with the organisation "Lekker Dier" in 2001, but the name didn't change.Marianne Thieme was the foundation's president from 2004 to 2006. Wakker Dier has had several successful campaigns, most notably the one againstbattery cage s (since 2003 super markets stopped selling eggs from chickens raised there) and the one against the castrating of conscious pigs (Hema and Unox have said they will stop selling meat from unanaesthetised pigs by 2009). [cite web|url=http://www.groenportaal.nl/nieuws/200609/marianne_thieme_weg_bij_wakker_dier_wegens_verkiezingen_984.shtml|publisher=GroenPortaal|title=Marianne Thieme weg bij Wakker Dier wegens verkiezingen|date=2006-09-18|accessdate=2008-06-04|language=Dutch] [cite web|url=http://www.wakkerdier.nl/persbericht/26/Wakker_dier_en_lekker_dier_fuseren/|publisher=Wakker Dier |title=Wakker dier en lekker dier fuseren |date=2000-12-17|accessdate=2008-06-04|language=Dutch]References
External links
* [http://www.wakkerdier.nl Website Wakker Dier] nl icon
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