AfD on the environment and animal welfare

The AfD wants animals bound for slaughter to be taken to the nearest suitable slaughterhouse and wants to support regional slaughterhouses for that purpose. Abuses in animal transport are to be stopped, including across borders. The party rejects ritual slaughter without stunning as a matter of principle.

The AfD wants shorter trips for animals going to slaughter. The animals should go to the nearest suitable slaughterhouse. Local slaughterhouses should get public support. The AfD is against ritual slaughter. That means killing animals without stunning them, following religious rules.

The platform calls for transports to slaughter to use the nearest slaughterhouse that is practically usable. Regional slaughterhouses are to receive support if they meet animal welfare and animal disease rules. The AfD sees this as a way to end abuses in animal transport, including cross-border ones. Ritual slaughter without stunning (Schächten) is rejected in principle.

The AfD calls for effective wolf management and wants wolves to be removed, meaning killed or captured, quickly and with little red tape. People who suffer damage should be compensated without bureaucracy. Newly arrived species are to be pushed back, and the party opposes bringing bears back.

The AfD wants to limit the number of wolves. Authorities should allow shooting wolves quickly. People harmed by wolves should get money easily. New animal species should become fewer again. Bears should not live in Bavaria again.

The platform calls for what the AfD considers a realistic assessment of wolf populations. Hunting leaseholders, foresters and livestock keepers with suitable training are to be involved in monitoring, reducing and scaring off wolves. Those affected by damage should get adequate aid without much paperwork. Fish predators such as the otter should also be removable when their numbers are high. The party wants newly arrived species pushed back and no reintroduction of bears.