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. Its Parliamentary leader is Marianne Thieme.
• The Animalist Party Against Mistreatment to Animals (Spanish: PACMA, founded in 2003 as Partido Antitaurino Contra el Maltrato Animal, in 2011 renamed to Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal).
• The Animal Welfare Party was launched in the UK in 2006.
• The Italian Animalist Party was founded in Italy in 2006.
• The Animal Protection Party was founded in England in 2008.
• 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 by André Silva, elected for the Lisbon electoral circle in the legislative elections of 2015.
• Fokus was founded in Denmark in 2010, 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.
• The Party EcoAnimalista (EcoAnimalista Facebook) was founded in Italy in 2012.
• The Animals' Party (Swedish: Djurens parti) was founded in Sweden in 2014.
• The Animal Party Cyprus (Greek: Κομμα για τα Ζωα Κυπρου) was founded in Cyprus in 2014.
• The Animal Justice Party of Finland was founded in Finland in 2015.
• The Animal Party 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 Justice for All party was founded in Israel in June 2016.
• DierAnimal was founded in Belgium in 2017.
• Veganerpartiet was founded in Denmark in 2018.
• "Rassemblement des écologistes pour le vivant" in France in 2018.

North America

• The Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada was formed in 2005 by two organizations, the Animal Alliance of Canada and Environment Voters. Both parent organizations have been vocal in opposition to the seal hunt in Newfoundland and Labrador, fur farming, trapping, and bear hunting. The party is led by Liz White, a Toronto-based animal rights advocate.
• The Humane Party was founded in the United States in 2009.
• The Animal Rights Party USA was founded in the United States in 2011. It is modeled after the Dutch Party for the Animals (PvdD). Like the PvdD, it is a political animal welfare organization that focuses on improving animal welfare, and solving related environmental problems.

South America

• Partido ANIMAIS was founded in Brazil.

Asia

• Trees Party was found in Taiwan in 2014.

Oceania

• The Animal Justice Party was founded in Australia in 2010. It is represented in the New South Wales Legislative Council by the Hon Mark Pearson MLC (elected in 2015) and the Hon Emma Hurst MLC (elected in 2019). The party also has one seat in the Victorian Legislative Council and is represented by Andy Meddick MLC (elected in 2018).

Groups

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

See also

• List of animal rights advocates
• List of animal rights groups

References

• Party for the Animals, "Animal parties worldwide"
• Dutch Party for the Animals, List of Animal Parties in the world (older list)