The Animal Welfare Party would redirect farming subsidies away from livestock and fisheries farming and into plant-based agriculture and phase out farming practices and systems.
JANE DALTON: ‘This general election is the first at which all political parties have actively courted the animal-welfare vote, in an era when social media has allowed them to see the breadth of support for such issues. The Conservatives’ manifesto is the first since hunting with dogs was banned in 2005 that has not held out the prospect of reviving fox-hunting. In the 2017 election, Theresa May’s support for hunting was blamed for her losing much support.
Since then, rising tensions over the badger cull and the ecological effects of farming have increased pressure on politicians, while growing awareness of discarded plastic has fuelled concern for wildlife and marine life. Labour has even drawn up a separate 50-point animal welfare manifesto separate from its main policy one. The key party policies on animal welfare outlined in their manifestos are described’. SOURCE…
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