#Act4 FarmAnimals The Elbeik vessel, after three months at sea, was requested by the Spanish authorities to go to Cartagena. The same authorities knew that the animals were going to be rejected already back in December. The Elbeik arrived in Cartagena (Spain): we urge the Spanish Authorities to relieve the 1,610 bovines still alive from their suffering. 18 March 2021 Press Release
#Act4 FarmAnimals Three months after its departure the vessel is still wandering around the Mediterranean with no clear destination. Live animal transport: Elbeik still at sea with 1700 animals 16 March 2021 AWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals The fate of 1,700 bovines is still uncertain: after three months at sea they keep being bounced around the Mediterranean. We join the European Parliament Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals in reaching out to the Spanish and Greek authorities. Live animal transport crisis: MEPs call on the Spanish and Greek authorities to stop a three months nightmare 10 March 2021 Press Release
#Act4 FarmAnimals The animals mistreatment has no end: 864 cows lost in a bureaucratic limbo due to the lack of contingency plans, in violation of the current Transport Regulation. After nearly three months the Karim Allah bovines are still onboard 2 March 2021
#Act4 FarmAnimals Spanish veterinarians, in a confidential report, recommend killing the Karim Allah cattle, as after two months at sea they’re no longer fit for transport Live transport: Karim Allah’s cattle about to be killed 27 February 2021
#Act4 FarmAnimals The Karim Allah vessel is now docked at Cartagena Live transport: Karim Allah now docked and ready to unload 26 February 2021
#Act4 FarmAnimals Can you imagine being stuck on a boat for two months with no possibility to walk? Live transport: further update on the Karim Allah 26 February 2021 AWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Bovines stuck at sea for 2 months have now reached Spain and Cyprus but they’re still onboard. Update on animal welfare crisis at sea 23 February 2021 AWF
#Act4 Wildlife Barcelona Zoo has announced that four lions have tested positive for COVID-19. Among them, three females and one male. Four lions test positive for coronavirus in Barcelona 10 December 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals It only takes three videos for Eurogroup for Animals’ members Welfarm, Animals International and Animal Welfare Foundation to show the French government the horrifying state of play of what exporters and livestock breeders do to animals they export to North Africa and the Middle East. From European ports to Lebanese slaughterhouses to Moroccan cattle markets - four NGOs captured the dreadful fate of the thousands of French cows shipped across the Mediterranean every week. These investigations will be released by Welfarm over the next three weeks. Welfarm to release three shocking videos to call for a long-overdue end to the export of live animals 12 November 2020 Welfarm Investigation
#Act4 FarmAnimals An investigation carried out by Animals International and Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) and broadcasted by SWR reveals that despite the current ban in place, German animals end up in Third Countries’ abattoirs. Eurogroup for Animals urges the EU to stop the export of animals to non-EU countries and to prepare a strategy to shift to meat/ carcasses only trade. New investigation reveals the systematic disguise of routes for live transport of German calves to the Middle East 28 October 2020 Animals International
#Act4 FarmAnimals The investigation carried out by Eurogroup for Animals’ members Animals International and Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) in collaboration with Igualdad Animal and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), reveals the suffering of Spanish animals exported to the Middle East. This is the umpteenth evidence showing the cruelty linked with this trade: Eurogroup for Animals urges the EU to bring an end to the needless suffering and to take a step toward meat/ carcasses only trade. How much is enough? New evidence shows the suffering of animals exported from Spain to Middle East for slaughter 20 October 2020 Animals International Investigation