Australian animal protection organisations – a sample
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Welfare services
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Welfare services
(Now part of the Animal Welfare League federation)
Type: Abeyance structure
Ideological focus: Abolition (anti-vivisectionist)
Core activity: Community education
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Welfare services
Type: Abeyance structure
Ideological focus: Abolition
Core activity: Community education
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Welfare services
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Welfare services
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Welfare services
(Now the Dogs’ Homes of Tasmania)
Type: SMO (first ‘second wave’ organisation)
Ideological focus: Liberationist
Core activity: Protest
(First ‘second wave’ organisation)
Type: SMO
Ideological focus: Liberationist/abolition
Core activity: Direct action, protest
Type: SMO
Ideological focus: Abolition
Core activity: Direct action
Type: Hybrid
Ideological focus: Mixed rights
Core activity: Lobbying (outsider)
Type: Interest group
Ideological focus: Abolition
Core activity: Community/consumer education
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Welfare services
Type: Interest group (federal structure)
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Lobbying (insider)
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Welfare services, with crossover into conservation movement
Type: Hybrid, political party
Ideological focus: Liberation/strong rights
Core activity: Electoral
Type: Interest group (‘capstone’ peak organisation)
Ideological focus: Welfarism/weak rights
Core activity: Lobbying (insider)
Type: Charity
Ideological focus: Abolition
Core activity: Welfare services
Type: SMO
Ideological focus: Abolition
Core activity: Protest
Type: SMO (local branches of US-based organisation)
Ideological focus: Environmentalism
Core activity: Direct action
Type: Interest group
Ideological focus: Strong rights
Core activity: Legal, capacity building
Type: SMO
Ideological focus: Abolition
Core activity: Dietary advocacy