DOSO

DOSO is a non-profit network based in Høsterkøb, Hørsholm, Denmark working on animal welfare, education.

DOSO (DyreværnsOrganisationernes SamarbejdsOrganisation) is a Danish umbrella organisation for animal welfare associations, formed in 2001 as DOSU and renamed DOSO in 2008. It represents its member associations, which it describes as over 100,000 members and supporting members, and works to improve animal welfare in Denmark. Its activities include lobbying and submitting consultation responses to Danish legislators on animal welfare, farm animal welfare, cats and dogs, and animal experimentation. It promotes replacement, reduction and refinement of animal experiments, including alternatives in education. It also runs campaigns, such as on the state animal welfare label for meat, and presents an annual animal welfare prize together with the Dyrenes Dags Komité. The organisation is politically independent and works with parties across the Danish Parliament.