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09. July 2026

Press Release: Romania Is Not a Reliable Partner for the Resumption of Live Animal Exports - Investigation from May Reveals Major Violation of Animal Identification Rules and Welfare Problems

Not enough room to lift their heads and no ear tags: Our investigation at the port of Midia has revealed serious shortcomings in traceability and animal welfare.

Following the long-standing ban on the transport of sheep and goats from Romania within Europe, the European Commission has now also prohibited exports from Romania to third countries. A new investigation at the Port of Midia underscores why these disease control measures were necessary. It reveals serious failures in animal traceability,…

05. July 2020

Live transports by sea | Monitoring of a sea journey from Romania to Israel

Due to extreme summer heat, Romania and Hungary have banned animal transport by truck to Turkey for a couple of weeks. Now the exporters are changing their strategy and switching to ships and are still transporting the animals by sea to Turkey, and even further to the Middle East in unspeakable heat.

Together with our partner organization Israel…

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Press Release: Romania Is Not a Reliable Partner for the Resumption of Live Animal Exports - Investigation from May Reveals Major Violation of Animal Identification Rules and Welfare Problems

Live transports by sea | Monitoring of a sea journey from Romania to Israel

Tierschutzbund Zürich

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