Press Reports

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!

Iceland's state television follows up on our revelations about the trade in blood mares and uncovers further atrocities.

With our new film, we demonstrate compelling reasons to abstain from using the hormone PMSG - a ban on the production, import, and application of the hormone must now ensue.

19,000 animals are currently suffering on the transport route from Brazil to Iraq on an animal transport vessel.

Broken promises: Flimsy investigations serve as mere decoration for a broken promise - for now, no import ban on horse meat from Uruguay and Argentina after all.

The transport of living animals by sea is once again under scrutiny in the ORF feature.

From the outside, the Spanish port of Cartagena may look like any other port. Trucks, containers and ships rushing back and forth. But behind the facade hides a cruel business. Besides Tarragona, Cartagena is the only port in Spain involved in the export of live animals.

Spain is the largest exporter of live cattle in Europe and the second largest…

Together with our partner organisations, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), and Animals International (AI) our investigative teams have witnessed how an old, former cargo ship with nearly 8,000 animals on board needed to be replaced while at sea. Inadequate European legislation and its poor implementation regularly lead to prolonged suffering of…