List of animal advocacy parties
In the early 21st century, several political parties were founded that have as their main goal the improvement of animal welfare and the recognition of animal rights:
| Name | Active | Region served | Notes |
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| Prohibition Party | 1869– |  United States
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Opposes animal cruelty, specifically advocating against animal testing, cock- and dog-fighting and bear baiting.[1] |
| Human Environment Animal Welfare Party (German: Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz) |
1993–[2] |  Germany EU
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In short: Tierschutzpartei. Represented in the European Parliament with 1 seat 2019–2020. |
| Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren) |
2002–[2] |  Netherlands EU
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Represented in the Dutch Parliament with 6 seats from 2021. Represented in the European Parliament with 1 seat from 2019. |
| Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals (Spanish: PACMA) |
2003–[2] |  Spain EU
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Founded as Partido Antitaurino Contra el Maltrato Animal in 2003. Renamed to Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal in 2011. |
| Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren) |
2004–2019 |  Belgium EU
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Merged into Vlaams Belang in 2019.[3] |
| Animal Protection Party of Canada | 2005– |  Canada
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Original name: Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada. |
| Italian Animalist Party (Italian: Partito Animalista Italiano) |
2006– |  Italy EU
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| Animal Welfare Party | 2006–[2] |  United Kingdom EU (2006–20)
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| Animal Protection Party | 2008–2016 | United Kingdom EU
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| Humane Party | 2009– | United States
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| People-Animals-Nature (PAN) (Portuguese: Pessoas-Animais-Natureza) |
2009–[2] |  Portugal EU
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Founded as Party for Animals and Nature. Represented in parliament with 4 seats from 2019. Represented in the European Parliament with 1 seat 2019–2020. |
| Animal Justice Party | 2010– |  Australia
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Represented in the NSW Legislative Council with 2 seats from 2019. Represented in the Victorian Legislative Council with 1 seat (2018). |
| Fokus | 2010–2015 |  Denmark EU
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Splinter group from the Danish People's Party. |
| Animal Party (Turkey)[4] (Template:Lang-tr) |
2011– |  Turkey
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| Animal Party[2] (Greek: Κόμμα για τα Ζώα Κύπρου) |
2014–[2] |  Cyprus EU
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| Animals' Party (Swedish: Djurens parti)[5] |
2014–[2] |  Sweden EU
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| Animal Politics EU (Europarty) | 2014– | European Union
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Named Euro Animal 7 from 2014 to 2019. Group of 11 parties. Represented in the European Parliament with 3 seats 2019–2020. |
| Trees Party | 2014–2020[6] |  Taiwan
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| Animal Justice Party of Finland (Finnish: Eläinoikeuspuolue) |
2015– |  Finland EU
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| Animalist Party (French: Parti animaliste) |
2016– |  France EU
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| V-Partei³ ("Party for Change, Vegetarians and Vegans") (German: Partei für Veränderung, Vegetarier und Veganer) |
2016– | Germany EU
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| Justice for All Party (Hebrew: מפלגת צדק לכל)[7] |
2016– |  Israel
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| Animalist Movement (Italian: Movimento Animalista) |
2017– | Italy EU
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| Ecological Revolution for the Living | 2018– | France EU
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Represented in parliament with 1 seat from 2022. |
| DierAnimal | 2018– | Belgium EU
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| Vegan Party (Template:Lang-da)[8] |
2018– | Denmark EU
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| Party for Animal Welfare (PAW)[9] | 2018– |  Ireland EU
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| Animal Party (Greece) (Greek: Κόμμα για τα Ζώα)[10] |
2020– |  Greece EU
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See also
References
- ^ "Who Are All These People Running For President? The Vermont Ballot 2020". iBrattleboro.com. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Schmidt, Carmen; Kleinfeld, Ralf (2019). The Crisis of Democracy? Chances, Risks and Challenges in Japan (Asia) and Germany (Europe). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 262–269. ISBN 9781527542419. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Partij voor de Dieren Vlaanderen". Partij voor de Dieren Vlaanderen. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ Genç, Kaya (2016). Under the Shadow: Rage and Revolution in Modern Turkey. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 9781786730695. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
- ^ "Djurens Parti / homepage". Djurens Parti. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Ministry drops delinquent political parties from list". Taipei Times. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Justice for All Party". partyfortheanimals.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Veganerpartiet / homepage". Veganerpartiet. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Party for Animal Welfare / homepage". Party for Animal Welfare. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Greek Party for the Animals". partyfortheanimals.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
External links
- Party for the Animals, "Animal parties worldwide"
- Dutch Party for the Animals, List of Animal Parties in the world (older list)
