Investigations by country:

21. October 2025

Documentation of calf transports – suffering after short journeys

The calves are transported from Germany to Belgium for fattening.

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.

21. October 2025

Sharing expertise: Seminar on animal transport for police and authorities in Hesse

[Translate to English:] Iris Baumgärtner erklärt den Fachkräften, worauf sie bei der Kontrolle von Tiertransporten achten müssen.

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.

08. September 2025

Lecture on animal transport to third countries at the German Judicial Academy

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…

27. July 2025

Heat stress and cramped conditions: our new investigation on the transport of laying hens

When the transporter carrying the spent laying hens finally stops, we can inspect it.

Last week, we teamed up with French animal welfare organization Welfarm to investigate the transport of domestic birds across Germany. After a difficult start, we were able to document how spent laying hens were loaded and transported. Our research shows once again that the EU Animal Transport Regulation largely fails poultry.

13. August 2024

Transports to the slaughterhouse at 36 degrees Celsius.

13 August 2024 | Germany | Transports to the Slaughterhouse at 36 Degrees Celsius

Together with Eyes on Animals, we monitored the largest pig slaughterhouse in Rhineland-Palatinate to check whether there were any measures in place to protect the animals from the intense heat. Apparently, there were none. A lorry loaded with pigs stood in the…

22. July 2024

Poultry transports from France violating provisions stopped

22-26 July 2024 | Germany | Poultry transports from France violating provisions stopped

Our team received information about trucks carrying laying hens from France to Poland in poor conditions and waited over 50 hours on the motorway. Three lorries, each carrying around 4,300 chickens (parent stock), were stopped and inspected by the Chemnitz…

18. April 2024

Workshop on Animal Transport in Oldenburg (Germany)

April 18-19, 2024 | Germany | Oldenburg | Animal Transport Workshop

Together with Dr. Alexander Rabitsch, we conducted a two-day animal transport workshop with the police in Oldenburg. Police and veterinary offices from neighbouring districts also participated. During the animal transport inspection on the motorway, over 20 transport vehicles…

18. April 2023

Germany: Police training in Winsen / Luhe

Together with the police we are inspecting a truck loaded with pigs.

We have been invited for the sixth year in a row to hold a police seminar in Winsen (Germany) to  train police officers on animal welfare issues related to long-distance transports. The seminar consists of a theoretical part and a practical part involving animal transport inspections on the German highways A1, A7, and A39 in Lower Saxony.

The 17…

13. October 2022

Seminar on live transports for police and official veterinarians in Giessen (Germany)

During a seminar for police and official veterinarians, our project manager Iris Baumgärtner gives a lecture on welfare problems during live transports. She is supported by Dr Claudia Eggert-Satzinger, an official veterinarian with many years of experience with inspections of live transports. The main topic are the requirements of the European…