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The Norwegian Vegan Society has registered as a Philosophical Society. – Expect to receive 1.5 million in support in two years, says leader Steffen Tretvoll Althand.
The debate has raged about state support for the Norwegian Vegan Society. SP politician Jenny Klinge has called the organization a “meat-hating gang of fanatics” and thinks it’s creepy that vegans receive state support on an equal footing with, say, the church.
But that hasn’t stopped vegans. On Wednesday, they sent out a press release stating that they have formally registered as a philosophical community. Therefore, the organization will request state support to gain “bigger muscles in the fight for animal rights.”
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Will enter school
– We want to use these funds to grow and become an even clearer and more visible actor in society, and strengthen our work to generate changes in society for the benefit of animals, says Steffen Tretvoll Althand, who was elected at the meeting of the Foundation. a new leader in NVS.
The organization will now work to bring veganism to school.
– The fact that we are now a philosophical society will also mean that we can work to participate in philosophical teaching at school, says in the press release.
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Expect 1.5 million support
When asked by Nettavisen, the new leader says the organization expects to receive NOK 500,000 in support during the first year from both the state and the municipality. They have the ambition to gain 1,500 members in the first year, which will provide approximately 1.5 million crowns of support in two years.
– Our ambition is to create a society in which we treat animals with empathy and think about their individual experience and destiny. When we do, it will be a great victory for us, and having founded a philosophical society, we are a great and important step towards that goal, says Tretvoll Althand.
SP policy Jenny Klinge believes it is creepy that Norwegian vegan society can receive state support.
– I know this annoys me, Klinge told Nettavisen by phone.
– Why the heck should we spend public money on a group of meat-hating fans to recruit more vegans?
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