Similar initiatives exist in Germany, France, Belgium, Spain, Canada and Australia and some of these parties contested in local or national elections. The German 'Partei Mensch Umwelt Tierschutz' (or 'Animal Protection') was already founded in 1993 as a political splinter party. In Australia a coalition of animal groups started the 'Ban Live Exports Party' in January 2004 to support the ongoing campaign against the export of sheep to the Middle East. They focused on marginal political seats, but did not expect to win any of these seats themselves. Instead they applied pressure to the dominant Labour Party to improve its position on live exports or risk losing key seats, using the Australian system of preferential voting.
www.dier-natuur-milieu.nl/animalscount/similar_initiatives_around_the_world.htm
www.animalscount.org
www.PartijvoordeDieren.nl
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