Animal Justice Party Debuts in Tasmania

The Animal Justice Party (AJP) has candidates in Tasmania for the first time this upcoming election.

The AJP, which has an elected representative in the NSW Parliament, Mark Pearson, has 55 candidates across Australia in both the Lower House and the Senate.

The AJP came into being as a response to growing public concern about the neglect of animals and animal protection issues by political parties. The party aims to give a voice to those who can’t speak for themselves, and provides a focal point for voters frustrated by a lack of political action to assist the wellbeing of animals.

In Tasmania the party is fielding two Senate candidates. Karen Bevis is the lead candidate, and her running mate is Alison Baker.

Karen has been using her voice for animals since childhood and has been an animal activist for over twenty years. Tasmanian born, she has experience in both wildlife and domestic animal issues in Victoria and NSW, and more than a decade in Tasmania since returning home.

“A lot can be done to improve the treatment of animals in Tasmania” said Karen. “For example, wildlife are killed in their hundreds of thousands in Tasmania. This state is Australia’s wildlife slaughter capital, between road kill and the mass shooting of native animals in rural areas This is completely unnecessary and disrespects the right to life of other species.”

“Another example”, said Karen, “is that live export deaths of cattle don’t just kill Australian animals being sent overseas. Fifty nine cows suffered a horrible death on the notoriously rough Bass Strait crossing en route from Tasmania to Victoria in February 2016”.
Karen Bevis Lead Senate Candidate for Tasmania