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• September

Sep 20
Dutch Party for the Animals forces minister to vote against glyphosate in EU Agri­cul­tural Council
The Dutch Parliament has adopted a proposal put forward by Party for the Animals MP Leonie Vestering appealing to the Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality to vote against the new authorisation of glyphosate in the EU Agriculture Council. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the world’s most widely used agricultural toxin: Round-up. Although numerous scientific studies have linked gl...
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Sep 13
New Zealand welcomes a new political party for animal rights: the Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand!
A more compassionate New Zealand (or Aotearoa as the Māori call the country) for all just got closer. Animal Justice Party Aotearoa New Zealand (AJPANZ) is officially a registered political party. This milestone marks a significant step in advocating for animal rights and promoting a plant-based economy in New Zealand. AJPANZ was incorporated in November 2022 and is now an officially registered p...
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Sep 6
Party for the Animals: “A stricter European Nature Restoration Law is of vital impor­tance”
The majority of the European Parliament supports the European Nature Restoration Law, the first continent-wide nature restoration law in the world. However, this law – which is of direly needed – has been watered down considerably. MEP for the Party for the Animals Anja Hazekamp: “Whether the law will be sufficiently effective to truly restore Europe’s seriously damaged nature depends on the tenac...
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• August

Aug 14
Ecocide law proposed in the Nether­lands
Short before the summer break, Dutch Party for the Animals MP, Lammert van Raan, launched a law proposal to criminalise ecocide in the Netherlands. If this bill passes, the concept of ecocide, the massive destruction of ecosystems, will be included in the Dutch criminal law code. Van Raan: ‘With this proposal, we’re introducing a new standard to criminal law’.
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• July

Jul 12
Canada bans cruel animal testing for cosmetics!
Last month Canada passed a ban on animal testing for cosmetics, concluding that the testing is cruel and unnecessary. Canada joins a growing number of countries who have passed laws to limit or ban animal testing for cosmetics. Banning animal testing worldwide can save billions of animals. Already in 2018 the European Parliament, with the support of the Dutch Party for the Animals, has called for ...
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Jul 5
Esther’s Blog: When govern­ments fail, peaceful civil diso­be­dience is of crucial impor­tance for a healthy democracy
Last Friday, on 1 July, the Netherlands commemorated and celebrated Keti Koti, the abolition of slavery. The Netherlands had been guilty of slavery for decades, and therefore a crime against humanity. Slavery was formally abolished in Suriname and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 1 July 1863. However, this was not so in practice: enslaved people were still forced to continue...
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• June

Jun 28
Iceland puts an end to whaling!
This summer, the whale hunt will not commence in Iceland. This has been announced by the Icelandic Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir of Food, Agriculture & Fisheries. The hunt was supposed to open on 21 June, but the minister put a stop to this at the last minute. In all likelihood, she will no longer issue hunting licenses after this either because of the serious suffering that whales are inflicted ...
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• 21 JUN Greece, vote for compassion, vote for Green & Purple!
• 15 JUN More and more hospitals are switching to plant-based food
• 7 JUN Party for the Animals pleads for an end to government-funded school milk
• 2 JUN Animal welfare successes in Australia thanks to Animal Justice Party

• May

• 31 MAY Help end the killing of kangaroos
• 24 MAY Party for the Animals achieves major breakthroughs against animal cruelty
• 18 MAY Esther's blog: Multiple successes and solidarity with animal protectionists in Morocco and Greece
• 10 MAY Help Moroccan animal welfare organisation stop the killing of dogs
• 3 MAY More and more countries ban the export of live animals! Party for the Animals continues to increase pressure

• April

• 26 APR Urgent call by Party for the Animals in Europe: Take glyphosate off the market!
• 19 APR Rights for nature constitutionalized! Party for the Animals launches initiative
• 13 APR Esther’s Blog: Solving the climate and nature crisis starts with being honest
• 10 APR Party for the Animals Greece welcomes first elected representative!
• 5 APR Say no to octopus farming in Europe!

• March

• 29 MAR Party for the Animals demands end to abuse of calves and appointment of EU Animal Welfare Commissioner
• 22 MAR Gains for Party for the Animals in historic regional elections in the Netherlands
• 14 MAR Esther’s Blog: Standing together, we can make the dark green difference
• 1 MAR Expat or student in the Netherlands? Make your vote count on March 15!

• February

• 22 FEB Help save animals caught in devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
• 15 FEB Historic breakthrough: EU wants to exit from climate-destroying energy treaty
• 8 FEB Esther’s Blog: Ready for a dark green election campaign!
• 1 FEB World first: Capital of Scotland opts for plant-based diet to tackle the climate crisis

• January

• 25 JAN Party for the Animals wants a sustainable -and- cruelty free clothing industry
• 18 JAN Protect hunting dogs, bulls and laboratory animals! Spanish animal rights party PACMA leads opposition to ‘shameful’ law

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