What do the parties in Bavaria say 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 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 CSU wants to limit and reduce the number of wolves and other predators. To do so, it should be permanently possible to remove wolves and otters, meaning to capture or kill them. The party justifies this with the protection of grazing animals, alpine pastures and fish farming.

Wolves and otters sometimes kill grazing animals and fish. The CSU wants fewer of these predators. It should be allowed to remove them for good. Removing here means catching or killing.

The CSU wants to introduce a Wassercent (a levy on water extraction) to protect drinking water and deep groundwater. Water supply is to remain in municipal hands. The party rejects a water-sharing scheme between the states at Bavaria's expense.

The CSU wants to protect water in Bavaria. For this there should be a water levy. That is a charge for taking water. Private companies should not take over the water supply.

The CSU wants to restore 55,000 hectares of peatland as natural CO2 storage and convert forests into more climate-resilient mixed forests. Nature conservation is to be carried out in cooperation with land users. Existing programs for species protection and landscape care are to grow.

The CSU wants to bring peatlands back to their natural state. Peatlands store the climate gas CO2. Forests should get more different kinds of trees. Animals and plants should also get more protection.

The Free Voters reject privatizing the drinking water supply and want essential public services to stay in public hands as far as possible. The platform calls the privatization of energy supply a mistake to be corrected carefully. Water is also to be protected through better wastewater treatment and water retention.

The Free Voters do not want to sell drinking water to companies. The supply should stay with the state and the towns. Wastewater should also be cleaned better. Towns should get help to hold back water.

The Free Voters want to limit land consumption in Bavaria to five hectares per day and give priority to development within existing built-up areas over designating new land. The party continues to reject a third runway at Munich Airport. Cities are to get more greenery instead of strict densification.

The Free Voters want less land to be built on. It should be at most 5 hectares per day. Empty buildings and old business sites should be used again. Munich Airport should not get a third runway. Cities should have more green spaces.

The Free Voters want to avoid long animal transports and end transports to countries outside the EU, both in Germany and EU-wide. They also call for more money for animal shelters, a state animal welfare commissioner, and easier removal of problem wolves.

The Free Voters want to protect animals better. Animals should no longer be driven to countries outside the EU. Animal shelters should get more money. Bavaria should get an official for animal welfare. Wolves that cause problems should be easier to kill.

The Greens want to designate many new nature reserves and link biotopes across Bavaria. Habitats such as floodplains, moors and near-natural forests would be restored and preserved to slow species loss.

The Greens want more areas for nature protection. Animals and plants should be able to live there safely. The areas should be linked to each other. Moors, floodplains and forests should become more natural again.

The Greens want to set up an action plan to protect and restore habitats, waters and biodiversity, funded with at least one billion euros over five years. Peatlands are to be rewetted, and no new ski facilities are to be built in the Alps.

The Greens want to protect nature in Bavaria better. They want a plan with many measures. The plan gets at least one billion euros over five years. Peatlands should become wet again. No new ski lifts should be built in the Alps.

The Greens want stronger protection for drinking water and groundwater: more water protection areas, a "Wassercent" (a levy on water extraction) and a central groundwater register. Drinking water supply is to stay in public hands because the program regards water as a public good.

The Greens want to protect drinking water. There should be more water protection areas. Anyone who takes groundwater should pay a small fee. This is called the Wassercent. Drinking water supply should stay with the state and the towns.

The Greens want to keep rivers, streams and lakes clean and restore them to a natural state. Landscapes and municipalities are to be redesigned to store water like a sponge, which is meant to help against drought and protect against flooding at the same time.

The Greens want clean rivers and lakes. Cities and landscapes should be able to hold more water. This is called a sponge city. It helps in dry times and in floods. Rainwater should be collected.

The Greens want to quickly convert Bavaria's forests into mixed forests rich in species and structure so they can better withstand warming. The state forest is to become a "climate forest" geared to the common good rather than profit, while local timber is to be used more.

The Greens want to change the forests in Bavaria. Mixed forests with many kinds of trees should grow. Such forests cope better with heat. The state's forest should mainly serve the climate and the people. There should be more foresters.

The Greens want to establish a third Bavarian national park in the Steigerwald by the end of 2027 at the latest and designate further protected and wilderness areas based on scientific criteria. To ease coexistence with predators such as wolves, livestock protection is to be funded across Bavaria.

The Greens want a new national park in Bavaria. It should be in the Steigerwald forest. It should exist by the end of 2027. There should be more protected areas. Farmers should get help to protect their animals from wolves.

The Greens want a binding rule that halves daily land consumption in Bavaria to five hectares. The goal is to be reached in stages by 2028; the party says this preserves the landscape and revives town centers.

A lot of land is built on in Bavaria every day. The Greens want to cut that in half. No more than five hectares a day should be newly built on. This should be a fixed rule. The goal should be reached by 2028.

The Greens want to promote closed material cycles. Anyone who has an electrical appliance repaired would get half the cost back as a bonus, so that less electronic waste is produced.

The Greens want less waste. If you have an electrical device repaired, you get half the cost back. Repair cafés get support. The state should also think of the environment when it buys things.

The Greens want to appoint an independent animal welfare commissioner and have livestock farms and slaughterhouses inspected more often and without notice. Animal testing is to be gradually replaced under a phase-out plan, cruel breeding banned and animal shelters better funded.

The Greens want to protect animals better. An independent person should look after animal welfare in Bavaria. Farms and slaughterhouses should be checked more often, also without warning. Animal testing should become less and later stop. Animal shelters get more money.

The SPD wants to sharply limit land consumption in Bavaria and, in the long run, reach a circular approach to land use. Drinking water should stay clean, affordable, and publicly owned. Rivers, streams, and peatlands would be restored to a natural state.

The SPD wants Bavaria to build over less land. Towns should build inside their limits first, not at the edges. Drinking water should stay clean and affordable. It should belong to the public. Rivers and peatlands should become more natural again.

The SPD wants to protect the Bavarian Alps and shift tourism there toward a year-round, climate-friendly and sustainable model. Mountain and alpine pasture farming is to receive much more support because, in the platform's view, it helped create and maintains this landscape.

The SPD wants to protect the Alps in Bavaria. Tourism should run all year and harm the climate less. Mountain farmers should get more money. No tax money should go to snow cannons.

The SPD wants to stop species loss in Bavaria as quickly as possible because, in its view, it threatens people's livelihoods. Protected areas are to be better protected, enlarged and linked, and at least one more national park is to be created.

The SPD wants to stop animal and plant species from dying out. Protected areas should grow and be better connected. Bavaria should get at least one new national park. The SPD suggests the Steigerwald forest. Wolves may return, and the SPD wants to pay for damage quickly.

The SPD wants to secure the water supply across Bavaria and invest in pipes and wastewater systems. Drinking water supply should stay in municipal hands and take priority over other uses of water and land.

The SPD wants safe drinking water everywhere in Bavaria. The state should spend money on water pipes. Towns should stay in charge of drinking water. Private companies should not take it over.