The case of nearly 3,000 cattle from Uruguay, which have been held off the Turkish coast for almost three weeks, is causing a media stir. Thanks to a team on site, we are able to document the case and thus increase pressure on the authorities. 

For weeks, the cargo ship Spiridon II has been off the Turkish coast with several thousand cattle on…

On Monday (20 October), together with six partner organisations, we handed over more than 300,000 signatures to Icelandic Minister Hanna Katrín Friðriksson. Our message is clear: Iceland must finally put an end to cruel blood farms.

The licence of the pharmaceutical company Ísteka, which extracts blood from pregnant mares, expired in early…

The case of the 69 pregnant cattle that were stranded for weeks at the Turkish border in Kapikule in the fall of 2024 and died in agony now has political consequences in Germany. On September 26, 2025, the Federal Council (Bundesrat) approved a motion by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, on the recommendation of the Agricultural Committee, which…

The scandal surrounding detained transport ships carrying animals in Morocco continues to escalate. In addition to the 4,500 cattle originally from Brazil, a Spanish ship has now been affected too. We are taking immediate action and calling on the European Commission, as well as the Moroccan and Spanish authorities, to unload the animals into…

Yesterday, another terrible incident occurred at the border crossing to Turkey: 55 heifers from Poland were killed after being trapped between the borders for days. The reason: differing definitions of what constitutes a bluetongue-free area.

Turkey applies the guidelines of the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), which considers entire…

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…

From 11 to 13 August, we documented animal transports in eastern France together with our French colleagues from Welfarm. In doing so, we identified massive violations of animal welfare law. During this period, temperatures reached up to 40 degrees Celsius. Even these extreme temperatures did not deter some transporters from driving animals across…

The EU and Switzerland have not imported horse meat from Canada for over a year. This is shown by import statistics. It is a great success, and one in which we have played a significant role through our work.

When we started our project 13 years ago, Canada was still the largest supplier of horse meat in Europe. In collaboration with a partner…