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AWF project manager, Tea Dronjić, participated in the 19th EU Platform on Animal Welfare. At the event, which was organized and chaired by the European Commission, representatives from all EU member states, the European Commission, scientists, industry representatives, and experts from selected animal welfare organizations discussed the future of…

While bombs are falling in the Middle East, EU Member States continue to export live animals to the region, with the European Commission (EC) refusing to be held accountable. Public outcry is growing: With the support of the Eurogroup for Animals, the French animal welfare organisation Welfarm and the German NGO Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) have…

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.

At the invitation of the EU politician Thomas Waitz, our team makes its way to the EU Parliament in Brussels. There we will discuss the requirements for the new EU animal transport regulation at a round table with politicians from all parties and other animal welfare organisations. When we started with our investigations, we would never have dared…

Our team is investigating in Belgium to monitor the transport of unweaned calves. The term “unweaned” is used to describe calves up to the age of eight weeks since these young animals are still reliant on milk.

On our first investigation day, we covertly observe how livestock trucks from Germany are delivering calves to a Belgian assembly centre…

Our lawyer, Manuela Giacomini, gave a speech at the meeting of the Committee on Petitions (PETI) of the EU parliament regarding the violations during sea transports of live animals which are subject of our petitions No. 0629 /2016 and No. 1231/2017. The issue of live exports by road was already discussed in 2018, after our petition on the systemic…

We have handed over the results of our investigations to our partner organization in Belgium, GAIA, so they can support our efforts against the import of horsemeat from torturous production. Now GAIA has informed us about another success: The retailer Delhaize no longer sells horsemeat from overseas. After Lidl, Makro and Colruyt, Delhaize is now…

We have handed over the results of our investigations to our partner organization in Belgium, GAIA, so they can support our efforts against the import of horsemeat from torturous production. Now GAIA has informed us about another success: The retailer Delhaize no longer sells horsemeat from overseas. After Lidl, Makro and Colruyt, Delhaize is now…

We have handed over the results of our investigations to our partner organization in Belgium, GAIA, so they can support our efforts against the import of horsemeat from torturous production. Now GAIA has informed us about another success: The retailer Delhaize no longer sells horsemeat from overseas. After Lidl, Makro and Colruyt, Delhaize is now…