{"id":5817,"date":"2020-06-12T10:43:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T14:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T16:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:12:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5817\" class=\"elementor elementor-5817 elementor-996\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d69f78 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1d69f78\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"gradient\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed47d48 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ed47d48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"video_type\":\"hosted\",\"autoplay\":\"yes\",\"play_on_mobile\":\"yes\",\"mute\":\"yes\"}' data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/besa.quebec\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/BESA_LogoAnim_V1_cropped.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" muted=\"muted\" playsinline=\"\" controlslist=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7120cdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7120cdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b91ac64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b91ac64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e3eaa1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e3eaa1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec5d8a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ec5d8a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7132e2 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7132e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"none\",\"_animation_delay\":500}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is BESA?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-923e981 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"923e981\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">B.E.S.A. is a Non-Profit Organization registered with the provincial government of Quebec.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">Its purpose is to defend all animal beings in Quebec by sparking public discussion about the exploitation and mistreatment of domestic or wild animal beings in the food industry, in laboratories and education, in the clothing trade, and in the entertainment sector.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">It also provides educational and organizational tools dedicated to the public and to animal rights activists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">B.E.S.A. also promotes plant-based diets and works to coordinate various actions within the animal rights movement in Quebec.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c250e75 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c250e75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"none\",\"_animation_delay\":500}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ee42ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ee42ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">BESA was founded by people with very different backgrounds and personalities, but who all agree on one core value that is dear to them: protecting animals and their rights. For a long time, we all lived thinking that animals were treated well in our province, until the day we realized the reality was much darker than we thought.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">We therefore decided to found BESA after seeing that animal rights were struggling to make progress in Quebec. Yet the number of animals killed and exploited in our province amounts to hundreds of millions per year, and these animals are so similar to us and to the cats and dogs we know so well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">But these animals have no rights and no voices in our societies; someone must speak for them. Someone must reveal what lies behind the packaging, behind the colorful smiles, behind the pretty pictures in advertisements. And that is what we decided to do.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6ae10f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6ae10f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"none\",\"_animation_delay\":500}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our methods<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02446e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02446e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">Our first lever for action is to inform the public about what industries would prefer to keep hidden regarding animals. We believe that democratic discussions concerning animals and their rights cannot take place as long as their living conditions remain hidden or fantasized by marketing. Our approach is based on evidence: we follow the numbers, facts, and data wherever they lead, in order to identify the real problems animals face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">Our second lever is political: we act so that the Quebec government truly recognizes and protects the rights of <strong>all<\/strong> animals, not just pets. Currently, inconsistency reigns: in Quebec, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #333300; text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ef9d65; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=551758586258411\">the same rabbit<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span> can have radically different rights depending on whether they are considered a pet; an animal in the wild; or an animal on a farm or in a laboratory. We believe that animal rights should depend on their sentient and feeling nature, and not on where they are located (or where they are forced to be).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">Our third lever is economic. We want to change this system that constantly pushes to produce more and cheaper by denying our principles. This system has dramatic results for animals, but also for the humans who work in industries linked to their exploitation. We want to help ensure that our industries transition towards activities and products that reduce the suffering and death we cause to animals, while maximizing the dignity and well-being of humans.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8350738 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8350738\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a43ccb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9a43ccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"none\",\"_animation_delay\":500}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why &quot;BESA&quot; ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be28270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"be28270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">&ldquo;BESA&rdquo; is actually an acronym for the term Animal Well-Being and Safety. It refers to the name given to <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #4fb592;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca\/fr\/document\/lc\/b-3.1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Quebec&rsquo;s B-3.1 law<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, passed in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">The original spirit of the law is commendable; its first amendments recognize that animals are sentient beings, endowed with rights, and must be protected from all unnecessary mistreatment, pain, or death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">Unfortunately, the vast majority of animals in the province are excluded from this law: Article 7 states that these rights do not apply to animals exploited in agriculture, recreation, or experimentation, for whom only the &ldquo;generally recognized rules&rdquo; of the industries apply.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: roboto, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 1.5em;\">We want the B-31 law to be amended in the future to include all animals, so that the values it represents are truly recognized and integrated into Quebec society.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fb6888 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fb6888\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcb1d1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fcb1d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ed1921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ed1921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings='{\"_animation\":\"none\",\"_animation_delay\":500}' data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-819b0cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"819b0cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-970aae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"970aae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-size-default\">Kelly<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b3029 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"38b3029\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coordination<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-092d9ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"092d9ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e390109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e390109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6276fd1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6276fd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\"}'>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f63a0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f63a0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-860eadd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"860eadd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Isa<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e69c025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" 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