This meeting was the result of months of collective work between Green congressmen and regional leaders, who, through regional meetings, built a common agenda to strengthen animal rights. This process resulted in a participatory and in-depth assessment of the state of animal welfare in the country, which gathered the voices, priorities, and proposals of Green animal rights activists.
This participatory process demonstrated a strong consensus: abandonment, abuse, wildlife trafficking, and the lack of effective public policies are problems that demand a response from the State and society. The women and men who daily support the animal rights cause expressed the urgency of moving from rhetoric to action: ensuring stable funding, strong institutional framework, and real recognition for those who defend life. The regional assessment also showed that the most serious problems are concentrated in the overpopulation of stray dogs and cats, the weak implementation of the Angel Law, and the need to strengthen free, ongoing sterilization programs with verifiable targets.
The meeting, held in Bogotá, was attended by Green Party senators such as Andrea Padilla and León Fredy Muñoz, as well as representatives, councilors, and animal rights leaders from across the country. They participated in the discussions, listened to representatives from the regions, and reaffirmed the Party’s commitment to animal protection as one of its political banners.
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During the event, delegations from across the country shared local experiences and shared visions to transform animal welfare into comprehensive public policy. The working groups highlighted concrete proposals such as the creation of mandatory censuses, the inclusion of the animal agenda in territorial development plans, the training of public officials, and the effective implementation of laws that currently exist but lack the political will to enforce them.
The Green Alliance Party thus reaffirms its conviction that the defense of animals is not a secondary issue but a central banner that reflects its commitment to all forms of life. As Senator Andrea Padilla stated, “Being Green also means being an animal rights activist, because there is no sustainable future without compassion or justice for the beings with whom we share the planet.” The results of this process paint a picture of a country that demands coherence: a State that protects, a citizenry that participates, and a policy that guarantees rights for all sentient beings.
The Green Alliance Party reaffirms its commitment to making animal protection and welfare a national priority, to strengthening current laws, such as the Angel Law, the Sterilization Law, and the creation of Regional Animal Welfare Centers, and to supporting the regions in the task of making the proposed changes a reality.
With this event, the Green Alliance Party demonstrates that politics can also be an act of empathy. That building a country means caring for life in all its forms. And that Colombia’s future will only be truly green if it is also deeply animal-friendly.
Learn about the main commitments and goals of the Green Alliance Party in their Political Declaration; read it here: https://www.alianzaverde.org.co/comunicados/declaracion-politica-encuentro-nal-animalstas
