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:

Countries with existing animal welfare parties

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.
Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren)	2002–[2]	Netherlands EU	Represented in the Dutch Parliament with 3 seats from 2023. Represented in the European Parliament with 1 seat from 2024.
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.
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)
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).
Animal Party (Turkey)[3] (Turkish: Hayvan Partisi)	2011–	Turkey
Animal Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Animalista de Chile)[4]	2012–	Chile
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.
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)[6]	2016–	Israel
Animal Party of Brazil (Portuguese: Partido Animais)[7]	2016–	Brazil
Green Animal Party of Uruguay (Spanish: Partido Verde Animalista)[8]	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
Party for Animal Welfare (PAW)[9]	2018–	Ireland EU
Animalism Party (Japanese: アニマリズム党)[10]	2019-	Japan	Founded on November 1st, World Vegan Day.[11]
Animal Party (Greece) (Greek: Κόμμα για τα Ζώα)[12]	2020–	Greece EU
Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand[13]	2022–	New Zealand

Parties that are no longer active

Name	Active	Region served	Notes
Party for the Animals (Dutch: Partij voor de Dieren)	2004–2019	Belgium EU	Merged into Vlaams Belang in 2019.[14]
Animal Protection Party	2008–2016	United Kingdom EU
Fokus	2010–2015	Denmark EU	Splinter group from the Danish People's Party.
Trees Party	2014–2020[15]	Taiwan
Vegan Party (Danish: Veganerpartiet)[16]	2018–2022	Denmark EU	Merged into The Alternative in 2022.[17]

See also

• List of animal rights advocates
• List of animal rights groups
• American Vegetarian Party