Good news! The native sea otters are back in Canada. For thousands of years, the indigenous Haida people lived in harmony with the native sea otters. In the early 19th century, European traders slaughtered sea otters for their fur. Their global population dropped from 300,000 to just 1,000, and they disappeared completely from Canada's Haida Gwaii archipelago. But recently, some sea otter families...
A majority of the European Parliament blocked the approval of a European pesticide reduction law. The bill had been watered down considerably during the lengthy process leading up to the vote. The section in which pesticide use would be reduced by at least 50% by 2030 was scrapped, as was the section demanding a reduction of at least 65% in the use of hazardous agricultural toxins by the same date...
Former officials of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations were censored, sabotaged and undermined after releasing several reports on the share of agribusiness in global greenhouse gas emissions, The Guardian reports. In 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published the report Livestock's Long Shadow which states that the agricultural sector was responsible for ...
Parliamentary elections will be held in the Netherlands in just one week’s time. On 22 November, the citizens of the Netherlands will cast their votes for the parties that will represent them in the Dutch House of Representatives. The Party for the Animals currently holds six of the one hundred and fifty seats, and we are hoping for steady growth, just as in all previous years. What better time to...
A new Eurobarometer survey conducted by the European Commission in all 27 EU member states recently revealed that 84% of citizens in Europe are concerned about animal suffering in the livestock industry, and want animals in their countries to be given better protection. “This survey confirms once again that the vast majority of citizens consider the abuses suffered by animals in the livestock indu...
It is important to first consider the horrific situation in Israel and Palestine. Our hearts are breaking. Everyone is beyond shocked by the atrocities carried out by Hamas. We can only condemn this unequivocally. We sympathize with the people whose relatives and friends have been murdered and kidnapped. And we sympathize with the civilians in Palestine, where people are killed by bombs and innoce...
The European Commission intends to scrap or postpone large parts of the European Green Deal. The Green Deal was intended to make the European Union greener and more animal friendly. The animals in particular are at risk of being victimised if the European Commission waters down its plans. Previously announced improved legislation, such as a ban on the confinement of farm animals in cages, stricter...
A group of “lawyers for the environment and animal rights” initiated a lawsuit to declare intensive livestock farming unconstitutional in Italy. It is the first lawsuit of its kind in to be filed in Europe.
On Tuesday 19 September it was Prinsjesdag (Prince’s Day) in the Netherlands: an annual ceremonial day when the government presents its budget, and the king presents the government’s future plans. There is always a lot of press present, and the MPs of the Party for the Animals use that opportunity to share an important message via their clothing. The message this year: stop fighting a losing battl...
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...
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. AJPNAZ was incorporated in November 2022 and is now an officially registered p...