Image Credit: British Hedgehog Preservation Society In March, Animal Welfare Party deputy leader and elected town councillor Jane Smith successfully tabled a motion that for every new planning application coming before Alsager Town Council in Cheshire, native hedging should be stipulated for all new boundaries, and that if native hedging isn’t possible, any solid walls or fences must incorporate ‘wildlife tunnels’ to allow hedgehogs and other animals through access. It’s estimated that the UK has lost a third of its hedgehog population in the past decade alone, … Alsager, Cheshire: Animal Welfare Party has today gained its first representative in the UK when Alsager town councillor, Jane Smith switched parties from the Green Party to AWP. At midday today, Smith, a serving councillor on Alsager Town Council in Cheshire made history when she announced her decision to switch from the Green Party to Animal Welfare Party, effectively becoming AWP’s first representative in the UK. Smith, who has served on the council since 2015 and who runs Compassion in World Farming’s Cheshire group said in a …Animal Welfare Party Councillor’s Hedgehogs Success Sparks National Interest
Animal Welfare Party Gains First Representative in UK
