Marek Voršilka is a chairman of OBRAZ (Animal Defenders Czechia), which was founded in 2015 with a short-term goal of achieving a fur farm ban (succeeded in 2017) and a long-term goal of building a strong organization that will be able to effectively stand up for animal protection in Czechia. Within OBRAZ, Marek has been mainly responsible for strategic campaign planning and lobbying. Prior to founding OBRAZ, he had taken part in many activities to raise general awareness of animal exploitation and promote veganism and meat/milk/egg reduction. Marek has studied law, works part-time in the field of IT support and is fluent in English and German.
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How we achieved the fur farm ban in Czechia