#Act4 Equines The latest investigations by the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF), Animals’ Angels USA and Tierschutzbund Zürich (TSB) reveal the mistreatment of horses slaughtered in Canada and Uruguay for European consumption. Thanks to these investigations, and in collaboration with a coalition of animal protection organisations, we are calling for an end to the import and production of horsemeat derived from cruel treatment. Import and production of horsemeat under cruel conditions must stop 6 July 2023 AWF Investigation
#Act4 Equines A large criminal network involved in the illegal sale of horse meat improper for human consumption has been dismantled in an operation led by Europol and the Spanish authorities. Beyond the public health risk, investigations reveal that the horses were kept in terrible conditions. This fraud builds on regulatory loopholes that have not been addressed since the 2013 horse meat scandal. New Europol investigations reveal horse meat fraud, raising public health and animal welfare concerns 9 December 2022
#Act4 Equines On 26 October 2022, Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski visited the animal rescue centre Animaux en Péril to discuss the issues surrounding horse meat imported and consumed in the EU. Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski visits a horse shelter to discuss the protection of equines in the horse meat trade 27 October 2022
#Act4 Equines Despite the 2013 horse meat scandal, it is still not mandatory for operators and authorities to provide and control information on the origin of horse meat. As a result, to put it simply, there is no certainty on where your meat is coming from. Three reasons for mandatory horse meat labelling 23 February 2022
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU imports horse meat from Canada and this trade is problematic as NGO investigations and EU audits revealed massive problems with animal welfare and food safety. Eurogroup For Animals and the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition recommend using the tools offered by the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) to address and improve horse welfare in Canada. Eurogroup For Animals and the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition call for EU and Canada to address horse welfare under CETA 12 January 2022 Press Release
#Act4 Equines On 7 July, Eurogroup for Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund Zürich (AWF/TSB) met with the European Commission to discuss the systematic violations of EU animal welfare and traceability requirements in the production of horsemeat imported into the EU. NGOs call to stop the imports of cruelly produced horsemeat 16 July 2021 AWF
#Act4 AnimalsEU The EU is a net importer of horse meat and these imports are problematic as NGOs investigations and EU audits revealed massive problems with animal welfare and food safety. Eurogroup For Animals recommends using the tools offered by the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) to address and improve horse welfare in Canada. Eurogroup For Animals calls for EU and Canada to address horse welfare under CETA 7 May 2021
#Act4 AnimalsEU Today, the Animal Welfare Foundation, supported by other NGOs, released a new documentary underlining animal welfare abuses in the production of Argentinian horsemeat. Unfortunately, as demonstrated by our report, this is not an isolated case Horsemeat imports in regular breach of EU rules 25 November 2020
#Act4 Equines The film that seeks to put pressure on the Argentinian government to immediately ban equine slaughter and the export of horse meat, shows the work of the NGOs Fondation Franz Weber in Argentina, Tierschutzbund Zürich (TSB) in Switzerland and our member Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) in Germany. Shocking documentary reveals the cruel reality behind the export of horse meat from Argentina 29 September 2020 AWF
#Act4 Equines Together with several European and Australian animal welfare organisations and supported by Eurogroup for Animals, the Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) calls for a suspension of horse meat imports from Australia. EU Commission needs to stop horse meat imports from Australia 2 July 2020 AWF
#Act4 Equines Spanish authorities have busted a suspected organized crime group selling horse meat that could have been unfit for human consumption. Alleged criminal group sold potentially unfit to eat horse meat 29 January 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Please share this video provided by our partners Tierschutzbund and The Animal Welfare Foundation, which depicts the cruelty inflicted on approximately 400 emaciated, dying, and dead horses observed on a pasture near Buenos Aires. 400 emaciated, dying, and dead horses in Argentina prompts call for suspension of horsemeat trade 22 September 2019 AWF
