List of animal advocacy parties

In recent years, several political parties were founded that have as their main goal the improvement of animal welfare and the recognition of animal rights:

Political parties

Europe
  • The Human Environment Animal Welfare Party (German: Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz, in short: Tierschutzpartei) was founded in Germany, in 1993.
  • The Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren) was founded in the Netherlands in 2002. It is represented in parliament with five seats from 2017.
  • The Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals (Spanish: PACMA, founded in Spain in 2003 as Partido Antitaurino Contra el Maltrato Animal, in 2011 renamed to Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal).
  • The Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren) was founded in Belgium in 2004. It was merged into Vlaams Belang in 2019.[1]
  • The Italian Animalist Party (Italian: Partito Animalista Italiano) was founded in Italy in 2006.
  • The Animal Welfare Party was launched in the UK in 2006.
  • The Animal Protection Party was founded in England in 2008 and dissolved 2016.
  • The People-Animals-Nature (PAN) formerly Party for Animals and Nature (Portuguese: Partido pelos Animais e pela Natureza) was founded in Portugal in 2009. It is represented in parliament with four seats from 2019.
  • Fokus was founded in Denmark in 2010 and dissolved in 2015, originally as a splinter group from the Danish People's Party.
  • The Party for the Animals Switzerland (German: Tierpartei Schweiz, French: Parti suisse pour les animaux, Italian: Partito svizzero per gli animali, Romansh: Partida svizra d'animals) was founded in Switzerland in 2010.[2]
  • EcoAnimalista was founded in Italy in 2012.[3]
  • The Animals' Party (Swedish: Djurens parti) was founded in Sweden in 2014.[4]
  • The Animal Party Cyprus (Greek: Κομμα για τα Ζωα Κυπρου) was founded in Cyprus in 2014.[5]
  • Animal Justice Party of Finland was founded in Finland in 2015.
  • The Animal Party (French: Parti animaliste) was founded in France in 2016.
  • V-Partei³ (German: V-Partei³ – Partei für Veränderung, Vegetarier und Veganer, Party for Change, Vegetarians and Vegans) was founded in Germany in 2016.
  • The Animalist Movement (Italian: Movimento Animalista) was founded in Italy in 2017.
  • DierAnimal was founded in Belgium in 2018.
  • Veganerpartiet was founded in Denmark in 2018.[6]
  • Ecological Revolution for the Living (French: Révolution écologique pour le vivant) was founded in France in 2018.[7]
  • Party for Animal Welfare (PAW) was founded in Ireland in 2018.[8]

North America

South America
  • Partido ANIMAIS was founded in Brazil in 2016.[10]
  • Green Animalist Party (Spanish: Partido Verde Animalista) was founded in Uruguay in 2018.

Asia

Oceania

Groups
  • The Euro Animal 7, European group founded in 2014. In 2019 renamed to Animal Politics EU.

See also

References
  1. "Partij voor de Dieren Vlaanderen". Partij voor de Dieren Vlaanderen. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  2. "Tierpartei Schweiz / homepage". Tierpartei Schweiz. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. "Facebook / PartitoEcoAnimalista". Facebook. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. "Djurens Parti / homepage". Djurens Parti. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  5. "The Animal Party Cyprus / homepage". The Animal Party Cyprus. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  6. "Veganerpartiet / homepage". Veganerpartiet. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  7. "Révolution écologique pour le vivant / homepage". Révolution écologique pour le vivant. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  8. "Party for Animal Welfare / homepage". Party for Animal Welfare. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  9. "Animal Rights Party USA / homepage". Animal Rights Party USA. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  10. "Partido ANIMAIS". Party for the Animals. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  11. "Justice for All party". Party for the Animals. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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