May 30 and 31, 2024

While part of the team restocks supplies for the "Walrus"* to continue the investigation at sea, others take the opportunity to observe the activities around the port of Cartagena. The area is bustling with activity. Not far from the port entrance, we find trucks loaded with cattle parked under the blazing sun. The fans are…

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…

The NZZ reports extensively on the problem of so-called "surplus calves" – calves that are "overproduced" in agriculture and find no use. This inherently immoral treatment of life must finally come to an end!

On May 23rd, the "Walrus" set sail with a dedicated team from Sea Shepherd France and the Animal Welfare Foundation on board. This marked a new collaboration with a shared goal: to expose the animal suffering that usually remains hidden far from Europe's shores and the eyes of society on the high seas of the Mediterranean.

Every day, thousands of…

From December 2023 to May 2024, our field teams regularly monitored the Biomega blood farm in Melo, Uruguay. At this facility, the fertility hormone PMSG is extracted from the blood of pregnant mares and used to enhance efficiency in industrial animal breeding.

The treatment of the mares at Biomega is both unprofessional and brutal. The terrified…

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…

The Belgian "The Brussels Times" thoroughly examines how it can happen that defective and problematic ships are repeatedly allowed for the transport of living animals.

The Austrian portal OE24.at picks up our film and report. A clear sentiment is shared: No living animals belong on a ship!

Our project manager Magda Romanska participated in the BTSF training organized by the EU Commission. The so-called "Better Training for Safer Food" aims to implement EU regulations related to food safety, as well as plant, animal, and One Health (the interconnection of human, animal, and environmental health).

During her presentation, Magda was…