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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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

In Poland, we won a legal battle that lasted more than five years. It concerned a calf transport on its way from Lithuania to Israel, which we stopped in Poland in 2019 – and in which we found catastrophic conditions. The unweaned calves had hardly any space, were hungry and thirsty, and some had already died. The first-instance ruling was…