Libera

Libera may refer to:

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Libera!

Libera! is a Spanish non profit animal rights organization. To create sensitivity, they especially make education campaigns and of public awareness, complaints and other protest actions. Libera! was founded in 2004 in Barcelona. In their origins they usually made actions at Catalonia until it converts into a national organisation.

One of their campaigns that have achieved a major international media is the campaign Libera a Susi (Spanish: "Free Susi"), which aims at the Barcelona Zoo let the only elephant is still alive there, the African elephant named Susi, which according Libera! and the British organisation Born Free Foundation suffered severe psychological problems resulting from loneliness, is moved to an elephant sanctuary, where she could live in better conditions on a near to freedom state and in company of other elephants.

This campaign has received support from the world of culture, as the Nobel Prize for Literature José Saramago, the Queen Sofía and personalities in the Barcelona municipal politics, as Imma Mayol, among others. Libera! Libera! conducted this campaign with the support of the Fundación Faada and the Born Free Foundation.

Libera (choir)

Libera is an all-boy English vocal group directed by Robert Prizeman. Most members come from the parish choir of St. Philip's, Norbury, in South London. According to a 2009 Songs of Praise TV special, the group usually consists of approximately 40 members between the ages of seven and sixteen, including new members who are not yet ready to fully participate in albums or tours. The group recruits from a variety of backgrounds in the London area, and does not require its members to belong to any specific denomination.

In addition to recording albums, touring and making regular TV appearances as Libera, the group sings on a weekly basis as part of the full choir of men and boys at parish choral services. Libera is run as a not-for-profit registered UK charity, "providing the opportunity for suitable boys to train as vocalists from any background". Members do not get paid for their work within Libera, but their expenses are covered when touring.

The group's name comes from its signature song. "Libera," which is based on the Libera Me portion of the Requiem Mass. "Libera" is the Latin singular imperative of "liberare," meaning "to free."