List of animal advocacy parties

Last updated October 23, 2024

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
Prohibition Party	1869–	United States	Opposes animal cruelty, specifically advocating against animal testing, cock- and dog-fighting and bear baiting.^[1]
Human Environment Animal Protection Party (German : Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz)	1993–^[2]	Germany EU	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	Represented in the Dutch Parliament with 6 seats from 2021. Represented in the European Parliament with 1 seat from 2019.
Animalist Party with the Environment (Spanish : PACMA)	2003–^[2]	Spain EU	Founded as Partido Antitaurino Contra el Maltrato Animal in 2003. Renamed to Partido Animalista Contra el Maltrato Animal in 2011 and to Partido Animalista Con el Medio Ambiente in 2022.
Party for the Animals (Dutch : Partij voor de Dieren)	2004–2019	Belgium EU	Merged into Vlaams Belang in 2019.^[3]
Animal Protection Party of Canada	2005–	Canada	Original name: Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada.
Italian Animalist Party (Italian : Partito Animalista Italiano)	2006–	Italy EU
Animal Welfare Party	2006–^[2]	United Kingdom EU (2006–20)
Animal Protection Party	2008–2016	United Kingdom EU
Humane Party	2009–	United States
People-Animals-Nature (PAN) (Portuguese : Pessoas-Animais-Natureza)	2009–^[2]	Portugal EU	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	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	Splinter group from the Danish People's Party.
Animal Party (Turkey)^[4] (Turkish : Hayvan Partisi)	2011–	Turkey
Animal Party^[2] (Greek : Κόμμα για τα Ζώα Κύπρου)	2014–^[2]	Cyprus EU
Animals' Party (Swedish : Djurens parti)^[5]	2014–^[2]	Sweden EU
Animal Politics EU ( European political party )	2014–	European Union	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
Animal Justice Party of Finland (Finnish : Eläinoikeuspuolue)	2015–	Finland EU
Animalist Party (French : Parti animaliste)	2016–	France EU
V-Partei³ ("Party for Change, Vegetarians and Vegans") (German : Partei für Veränderung, Vegetarier und Veganer)	2016–	Germany EU
Justice for All Party (Hebrew : מפלגת צדק לכל)^[7]	2016–	Israel
Animal Party of Chile (Spanish : Partido Animalista de Chile)^[8]	2012–	Chile
Animal Party of Brazil (Portuguese : Partido Animais)^[9]	2016–	Brazil
Green Animal Party of Uruguay (Spanish : Partido Verde Animalista)^[10]	2018–	Uruguay
Animalist Movement (Italian : Movimento Animalista)	2017–	Italy EU
Ecological Revolution for the Living	2018–	France EU	Represented in parliament with 1 seat from 2022.
DierAnimal	2018–	Belgium EU
Vegan Party (Danish : Veganerpartiet)^[11]	2018–2022	Denmark EU	Merged into The Alternative in 2022.^[12]
Party for Animal Welfare (PAW)^[13]	2018–	Ireland EU
Animal Party (Greece) (Greek : Κόμμα για τα Ζώα)^[14]	2020–	Greece EU
Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand ^[15]	2022–	New Zealand

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[1] "Who Are All These People Running For President? The Vermont Ballot 2020". iBrattleboro.com. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[Schmidt-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.

[3] "Partij voor de Dieren Vlaanderen". Partij voor de Dieren Vlaanderen. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[4] Genç, Kaya (2016). Under the Shadow: Rage and Revolution in Modern Turkey. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 9781786730695 . Retrieved 27 February 2021.

[5] "Djurens Parti / homepage". Djurens Parti. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[6] "Ministry drops delinquent political parties from list". Taipei Times. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2020.

[7] "Justice for All Party". partyfortheanimals.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[8] "Partido Animalista de Chile". fb.com. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[9] "Partido Animais". fb.com. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[10] "Partido Verde Animalista". twitter.com. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

[11] "Veganerpartiet / homepage". Veganerpartiet. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[12] "Grøn Alliance eksisterede i 18 dage - nu er de under Alternativets faner". DR (in Danish). 20 September 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[13] "Party for Animal Welfare / homepage". Party for Animal Welfare. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[14] "Greek Party for the Animals". partyfortheanimals.com. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[15] "Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand". animaljustice.org.nz. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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