Over the last few days, we have been traveling between Slovenia and Italy to inspect lamb transports. We checked a total of 9 trucks transportig lambs and two trucks transporting bopvines. Apart from minor violations—such as insufficient ceiling height or drinking troughs that are unsuitable for lambs—we did not find any serious abuses. This is a…

Together with 35 other animal welfare organizations, we are calling on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to finally introduce binding international regulations for animal transport ships. The reason for this is the increasing number of incidents and an aging fleet of animal transport ships. This endangers animals, people, the…

Such a tragedy must never be repeated! We have submitted the signatures to WOAH and are calling for an investigation into the case and a ban on the transport of live animals on the high seas!

The animals' suffering continues: after being stuck off the Turkish coast for weeks and not receiving permission to unload, the "Spiridon II" has now set course for Uruguay again. For the nearly 3,000 cattle on board – half of which are pregnant – this means another month crammed onto the ship. Food and water are scarce. Most, if not all, of the…

In their Issue No. 46/2025, the magazines “Sonntag” and “Doppelpunkt” provide an in-depth look at the abuses we uncovered at so-called blood farms in Iceland and South America. There, blood is drawn from thousands of pregnant mares to extract the hormone PMSG. This hormone is used in pig breeding to synchronize “production.” Our investigation…

The case of nearly 3,000 cattle from Uruguay, which have been held off the Turkish coast for almost three weeks, is making waves in the media. Thanks to a partner team on site, we were able to document the case, thereby increasing pressure on the authorities and informing the public. The vessel has eventually unloaded the surviving animals in Libya…

For over two weeks, the vessel “Spiridon II” with 2,901 cattle from Uruguay on board has been stuck off the Turkish coast. The authorities are refusing to allow the animals to be unloaded because there are discrepancies in their ear tags. The cattle have now been on the ship for a total of more than 50 days. According to a letter from the ship's…

The international news agency AFP (Agence France-Presse) has published a detailed article on the stalled negotiations on the new EU animal transport regulation, quoting our project manager Tea Dronjic. The law is intended to introduce stricter rules for animal transport—such as shorter transport times, more space for animals, and temperature…

Our team traveled to the Turkish-Bulgarian border to check whether there are still problems with animal transports there. Fortunately, the number of transports to Turkey has now dropped significantly, thanks to our work. However, our observations also show that despite small steps forward, the suffering of animals remains a reality—and real…