The Animalist Party with the Environment ( es, Partido Animalista Con el Medio Ambiente; PACMA), formerly called as Animalist Party Against Mistreatment of Animals ( es, Partido Antitaurino Contra el Maltrato Animal), is a Spanish
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...
founded in
Bilbao
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on 24 February 2003. It is focused on
animal rights
Animal rights is the philosophy according to which many or all Animal consciousness, sentient animals have moral worth that is independent of their Utilitarianism, utility for humans, and that their most basic interests—such as avoiding s ...
and
animal welfare, as a part of the requirement of respect for the right to life. Although its headquarters were initially in
Barcelona
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, it is now established in
Madrid
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.
During the Spanish elections in December 2015, PACMA received 1,034,617 votes for the Senate and 219,000 for the Congress, but did not have any representatives elected due to particularities of the Spanish Electoral Law. By number of votes, PACMA widely overcame other parties that did win seats in the Congress and Senate. In order to achieve a law in which every vote is worth the same, PACMA is now campaigning for electoral reform.
Electoral performance
Cortes Generales
European Parliament
See also
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Animal Politics EU
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Anti-bullfighting city
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List of animal advocacy parties
In the early 21st century, several political parties were founded that have as their main goal the improvement of animal welfare and the recognition of animal rights:
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References
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Euro Animal 7
2003 establishments in Spain
Animal advocacy parties
Animal welfare organisations based in Spain
Bullfighting in Spain
Criticisms of bullfighting
Political parties established in 2003
Political parties in Spain
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