As anyone with a pet knows, animals can suffer and have feelings. They are intelligent in their own way, and need the right environment to have a happy and healthy life. The same applies to animals in farms and in the wild.

The Green Party is the only party that is truly committed to stopping cruelty to animals, even if it involves challenging big business. The Labour Party has broken its promises - animals are still being hunted and experimented on. Millions were slaughtered instead of vaccinated in the foot-and–mouth disaster.

A staggering 750 thousand million animals are killed for food every year in the UK.

In Sheffield

Animals are suffering and dying in experiments at Sheffield University. Green Party members have helped expose these practices. We campaign to preserve and improve our green spaces, which can be a haven for wildlife even in the inner city. We also campaign on food and farming issues.. BSE and food poisoning show that factory farming is unhealthy as well as intensely cruel to animals.

Sheffield University, home of animal experiments.

As Green City Councillors we will: