About us

ANIMAL RIGHTS LITHUANIA is an informal organization „Gerbk gyvūnų teises!“ (translated from Lithuanian as "Respect animal rights!") with activists from all around Lithuania; it is the only organization of this kind in the country. ANIMAL RIGHTS LITHUANIA is not yet legally registered, but intends to have a non-profit status (NGO) in the near future.

The goals of the organization include introducing the concept of animal rights to the people of Lithuania and providing detailed information on vegetarian diets, veganism and healthy plant-based nutrition while at the same time focusing on the environmental impact of meat consumption. This has been achieved through published literature, this website, information stalls, various actions and lectures. ANIMAL RIGHTS LITHUANIA believes that creative, nonviolent vegan education is the best way to reduce animal suffering and death in both the short and long term.

All activists engaged in organizational activities are volunteers.However, this very often limits the organization's work since many of the volunteers can not spare enough time for the activities or for effective planning. Since the organization's funds are very limited, there are no full-time employees yet.

ANIMAL RIGHTS LITHUANIA was formed gradually. A pre-cursor was a mailing list created in 2001 for Lithuanian animal rights activists. The first meetings were held in 2002 and random actions and information street stalls have existed since then with the turning point in 2006, when this website and an interactive forum were launched, helping to attract many new people and mobilize activists to work together so that the areas of activities have greatly expanded.

ANIMAL RIGHTS LITHUANIA collaborates with Lithuanian Green Movement, Finnish ANIMALIA, Swedish Food and Environment Information and other organizations.

If you represent an organization or a business that is interested in assisting ANIMAL RIGHTS LITHUANIA in a financial or any other way, then we would be very glad to hear from you.