Over the past few years those of us concerned for animal welfare have listened with confusion and exacerbation  to the scientific arguments put forward by the government to support their plan to eradicate hundreds of thousands of badgers from the British countryside. Underlying the arguments of those who wish to shoot the badgers is the simple arithmetic of profit and loss; an equation that claims to weigh the death of badgers against the prolonged life of cows destined for the slaughter house.

It has been with …

The Animal Welfare Party is pleased to announce the launch of our new ‘Pledge to Vote’ feature on the new AWP website.

Since we launched the feature at VegFest London on Sat 5th October, over 76 Londoners have pledged to vote AWP at the EU Parliament elections on May 22nd next year.

Our party is standing in the constituency of London, at the very least, and needs to win around 140,000 votes from the London electorate in order to win a seat – and, for the first …

Sat 5th and Sun 6th October, 2013 -VegFest London at London Olympia

Animal Welfare Party Election Campaign – Stall and Talk

Our talk ‘Help Make History – the AWP 2014 Election Campaign’ is at 4pm on Sat 5th, Campaigns Area, First Floor

If you’d like to know more about our policies, our campaign and how you can help make history, please come to this talk.

Our AWP campaign stall will be at Vegfest London on both days. Look out for the pink balloons! Please stop by to find …