Animal welfare activist to enter the Limerick mayoral race
Gerben Uunk is the co-founder and secretary of the Party for Animal Welfare
AN ANIMAL welfare activist has become the latest candidate to put their name forward in the upcoming election race for Limerick’s directly elected mayor.
Gerben Uunk, the co-founder and secretary of the Party for Animal Welfare will contest the June 7 election.
“Animal cruelty is at an all-time high in Limerick. I challenge whoever is elected to the highest office in Limerick to prioritise measures to tackle ever increasing anti-social behaviour towards animals and all sentient beings, which includes humans,” said
Mr Uunk, a Dutch national living in Newcastle West.
If elected as mayor, he said he will seek to have coursing tracks converted to housing.
“Housing is far more important than facilitating State-sponsored blood-sports,” he argued.
On top of this, he will also order plant-based foods to be served in all public facilities.
Mr Uunk was elected as a councillor before - in the 1990s for the Dutch Green Party.