{"id":1697,"date":"2026-04-13T17:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/lnpa\/a-propos\/histoire\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:32:13","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/lnpa\/about-us\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<ul>\n<li>The first Luxembourg Association for the Protection of Animals was founded on May 20, 1908, on the initiative of Mr. Aloyse KUBORN LASSNER. This organization later gave rise to the National League for the Protection of Animals. On June 15 of the same year, the association&#8217;s first bylaws were filed under the High Patronage of HRH Grand Duchess Marie-Anne.<\/li>\n<li>In 1911, following a visit to Nancy for the dedication of an animal shelter, the committee decided to establish a shelter for dogs and cats.<\/li>\n<li>On December 16, 1924, Representative Ren\u00e9 BLUM introduced the first bill for the protection of animals. It was not until February 26, 1965, that the first animal protection law was passed.<\/li>\n<li>In 1956 a temporary shelter was set up in an annex of the municipal slaughterhouse in Hollerich.<\/li>\n<li>In October 1957, the committee decided to build a national asylum. After extensive negotiations with the municipality, a plot of land was made available. The asylum was inaugurated on October 10, 1964.<\/li>\n<li>Since October 27, 1959, the Animal Protection Association has had the great honor of being under the High Patronage of HRH Princess Marie-Astrid.<\/li>\n<li>In 1968 the Association for the Protection of Animals celebrated its 60th anniversary. During the Extraordinary General Assembly that followed the anniversary ceremony, the board decided to change the name from &#8220;Association&#8221; to &#8220;LIGUE NATIONALE POUR LA PROTECTION DES ANIMAUX &#8221; thereby making it possible to establish additional local chapters or branches.<\/li>\n<li>March 15, 1983, was a big day for animal protection, as the new animal protection law came into effect.<\/li>\n<li>In September 2012, the L\u00ebtzebuerger D\u00e9iereschutzliga opened its new animal shelter at 6 Boulevard de Kockelscheuer in Gasperich and, at the same time, moved its offices to that address!<\/li>\n<li>In April 2025, the shelter was expanded, and a new cat house for mothers and kittens was opened.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Luxembourg Association for the Protection of Animals was founded on May 20, 1908, on the initiative of Mr. Aloyse KUBORN LASSNER. This organization later gave rise to the National League for the Protection of Animals. On June 15 of the same year, the association&#8217;s first bylaws were filed under the High Patronage of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1689,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-lnpa.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1697","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1878,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1697\/revisions\/1878"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev26.deierenasyl.lu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}