15 zemalja na Animal Politics Meeting


24 studenoga 2015

Od 19. do 21. studenog 2015. okupili su se predstavnici petnaest zemalja u Tirani, Albaniji, za godišnji skup Animal Politics Meeting. Oni su dio rastućeg internacionalnog pokreta grupacija i stranka koje se zalažu za potrebe životinja, prirode i okoliša u politici.

Tirana 2015

Pored nizozemske Stranke za životinje, imaju njemački Tierschutzpartei, australijski Animal Justice Party, te portugalski PAN također svoje predstavnike u politici. Osim njih prisutne su bile i druge stranke za životinje sa Cipra, iz Italije, Španjolske, Švedske, Turske, Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva i Sjedinjenih država, te stranke u nastanku iz Finske i Izraela. Sudjelovali su i zaštitinici životinje iz Albanije i Srbije.

Inspiracija, prijenos znanja i komunikacija bili su bitni sastojci. Tako su predstavnici portugalskog PAN-a iznijeli svoju strategiju društvenih medija. PAN je bila najaktivnija stranka na Facebooku prilikom državnih izbora 4. kolovoza ove godine. U izborima je odabran PAN-ov predstavnik André Silva za parlament.

Lokalni albanski političar koji se zalaže za pse lutalice ispričao je zajedno s lokalnim aktivistom za životinje stanje pasa lutalica u njihovoj zemlji. Iako albanski zakoni zabranjuju ubijanje pasa lutalica, ovog se zakona mnogi ne pridržavaju. Stranke su također govorile o borbi protiv graničnih problema prilikom prijevoza životinja kao i o trgovini klokanskim mesom.

Skup je organizirao Animal Politics Foundation, organizacija za internacionalne aktivnosti Stranke za životinje.

Više informacija o zemljama koje sudjeluju i drugim strankama za životinje diljem svijeta pronađite ovdje.
Pročitaj ovdje Worldlog Marianne Thiema o skupu u Tirani.

From 19 to 21 November 2015, participants from fifteen countries gathered in Tirana, Albania for the annual Animal Politics Meeting. They are part of a growing international movement of groups and parties dedicated to the interests of animal, nature and environment in politics.

In addition to the Dutch Party for the Animals, the German Tierschutzpartei, the Australian Animal Justice Party and the Portuguese PAN now all have their representatives. There were animal welfare parties from Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States, and parties in formation from Finland and Israel. Albanian and Serbian animal protectionists also participated in the meeting.

Tirana 2015

Gaining inspiration and the transfer and exchange of knowledge have been key ingredients. Representatives of the Portuguese PAN, for example, shared their social media strategy. PAN was the largest political party in Portugal on Facebook in the national election campaign on 4 October this year. As a result of these elections, André Silva of PAN was elected Member of Parliament.

A local Albanian politician committed to the fate of stray dogs joined a local animal protectionist in a speech about how the issue of stray animals is addressed in their country. In Albania, killing stray animals may be prohibited by law, but the execution of this law still leaves much to be desired. The parties also discussed the fight against cross-border injustices such as international animal transport and the trade of kangaroo meat.

The conference was organised by the Animal Politics Foundation, the foundation responsible for the Party for the Animals’ international activities.