Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF), Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) and Animals International (AI) 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 animals exported outside the EU.

New investigation from Animal Welfare Foundation on blood farms in Iceland uncovers a business involving around 100 establishments and 5,000 Icelandic horses. The investigators discovered a sequence of animal welfare violations, contrary to all statements made by the pharmaceutical companies, blood farmers and veterinary authority involved. Eurogroup for Animals reiterates its call to ban the import of eCG, the hormone derived from the mares’ blood, into the EU.

Live animal transport from Portugal to Israel: livestock vessel stuck off the Italian coast for two days, 14 animals died during the trip.
NGOs call on the ANIT Committee to ask for a ban of live animal transport at sea.

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.

New study from Animal Welfare Foundation and Robin des Bois on EU- certified livestock carriers reveals the risks of live export by sea, reaching a devastating verdict with regards to safety, animal and environmental protection.

Eurogroup for Animals and its member Animal Welfare Foundation presented a legal analysis on the live animal export crisis at sea to the Chair of the ANIT Committee and to the EU Commissioner for Agriculture. Spanish, Turkish and Libyan authorities, along with exporters and carriers, are responsible for several breaches.

The transport of lambs for Easter continues this year, three trucks from Poland and Romania identified in illegal conditions, stopped by the police and sanctioned

The Elbeik 1,600 bovines will be euthanised because of their detrimental health and welfare status

Three months after its departure the vessel is still wandering around the Mediterranean with no clear destination.

The latest NGOs investigations and EU audits in Australia and North and South America have, again, revealed massive problems with animal welfare and food safety. Today, the Intergroup on the Welfare and Conservation of Animals of the EU Parliament hosted a meeting on the import of horsemeat from overseas to analyse the problem.

No longer headed to Cartagena, the vessel carrying nearly 2,000 bovines is now directed to Piraeus. The animals’ conditions and destiny are still unclear.

Can you imagine being stuck on a boat for two months with no possibility to walk?