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Animals Get A Voice In Swiss Politics

Founding party members

25 July 2010

Swiss animal lovers founded a political party to represent the interests of their four-legged friends, Swiss news agency ATS reported Sunday.

The Animal Party Switzerland was established Saturday with an economist, a lawyer and the head of the Swiss vegetarian union as founding members, said the agency, quoting Thomas Maerki, who heads the new party.

The party, which plans to contest elections next year, set up a Facebook page with the slogan "because animals need a voice" and pledged to "represent the interests of animals in politics and the economy."...



Source: Animals Get A Voice In Swiss Politics

Link: Party for the animals Switzerland (PAS)
Link: Swiss animals get political voice

Date: 2010-07-26

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