For the second time in just four weeks, our team has documented calf transports at a collection point in Germany, near the Dutch border. Every week, two to three livestock trucks depart from there, loaded with up to 700 young calves. Most of the animals are taken to fattening farms in the Netherlands.

For the second time this year, we were guests at the Animal Transport Seminar held by the Hessian University of Applied Sciences for Public Management and Security (HÖMS). Our project manager Iris Baumgärtner provided insights into the legal basis and challenges involved in transporting farmed animals.

On Monday (20 October), together with partner organisations, we handed over 300,000 signatures to Icelandic Minister Hanna Katrín Friðriksson. Our message is clear: Iceland must finally put an end to cruel blood farms. The Minister listened to us and thanked us for our work, but did not make any official commitment.

A dispute over value added tax is currently causing major problems in Morocco. Thousands of animals are stranded at the port. Initially, the case involved 4,500 head of cattle from Brazil. However, we have since learned that almost 1,200 bulls from Spain are also being detained. According to our source, some animals have already died. We have…

At the invitation of the Hessian Ministry of Justice, we participated in a conference held by the German Judicial Academy last week. Together with our partner organisation Animals' Angels, we gave a presentation on third-country exports and the lack of emergency measures in cases of import refusals. This led to a constructive dialogue with the…

Long-distance animal transport causes immense suffering: heat, cramped conditions and long waiting times take their toll on the animals. Time and again, our investigations with our partner organisation Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) reveal that legally prescribed rest and feeding breaks are not being observed. Official Veterinarian Thomas…

During the heatwave with temperatures reaching 40 °C, we monitored animal transport in eastern France in collaboration with the French animal welfare organisation Welfarm. Despite the extreme temperatures, pigs and cattle were transported hundreds of kilometres across Europe. This is a clear violation of the EU Transport Regulation and a serious…

17,000 people have already signed our petition for a legal ban on PMSG in Switzerland. Last Wednesday, we handed over the signatures to the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA). The Federal Council will soon be considering the motion for a ban on PMSG. With these signatures, we want to make it clear to the Federal Council that thousands of…

The article ‘Why animal transports to Turkey are not eligible for approval’, published in the legal journal 'Tier- und Artenschutz in Recht und Praxis (TiRuP)', provides a well-founded legal analysis and a clear verdict: animal transports to Turkey are not compatible with current animal welfare law in Germany – and are therefore not eligible for…