Press Reports 2025

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…

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…

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…

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…

Austrian media outlets, including the country's highest-circulation daily newspaper ‘Kronen Zeitung’, are reporting extensively on the latest investigation by ‘The Marker’ and ‘SOKO Tierschutz’. The two organisations have uncovered, in a complex investigation, how unweaned calves from Austria were transported to a fattening farm in Spain – in some…

Last week, our team uncovered another case of animal cruelty at the port of Cartagena. 120 young calves, which had come to Spain from countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic, Ireland and Slovakia as remnants of the dairy industry, were left standing in the scorching sun at the port of Cartagena for ten hours.

Germany's first foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in nearly 40 years has sparked fears of significant economic and agricultural consequences. The outbreak, detected near Berlin, led to the slaughter of infected water buffaloes and neighboring pigs, with authorities implementing strict animal transport bans in Brandenburg. Major trading partners…

For years, Tierschutzbund Zürich has been trying to stop the import of horse meat from South American factory farms to Switzerland. Even an industry association is calling for this. But one importer in particular continues to import horse meat from cruel feedlots.

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