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.

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.

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.

Eurogroup for Animals’ member organisations, Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) and Animals International, gathered footage this summer, which for the first time confirmed that UK calves exported to Spain, are often shipped to the Middle East for slaughter.

Despite the European Union (EU) being proud of its high welfare standards, no regard is paid to EU animals exported outside its borders. The new Manfred Karremann documentary, broadcasted yesterday by ARTE, shows the urgency of banning live export under the revised Transport Regulation, and to support a shift to a trade in meat, carcasses and genetic material only.

Animal welfare's matters worry more and more French people, while NGOs denounce the conditions of breeding, slaughter or transport of animals, through shocking investigations.

A live export ship carrying 5,867 dairy cows from New Zealand has capsized in the East China sea. Tragically, all of the animals and 41 crew members are presumed to have drowned.

Yesterday the Romanian Parliament voted on a bill aimed at ensuring better animal welfare during transport. In reality, the law will legitimize a practice in Romania that is illegal under Council Regulation no. 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport (Transport Regulation).

After a COVID-19 outbreak delayed shipping, new laws have been 'waived' in order to export thousands of live Australian sheep this summer.

Today the European Commission published the final audit report on the export of live animals from the port of Midia, Romania.

The Romanian authorities officially approved the livestock vessel Queen Hind for export of live animals.

Discovery by salvage divers off Romania raises new questions over EU exports of live animals