New investigation conducted by Eyes on Animals - in collaboration with Eurogroup for Animals' members Animals International, Animal Welfare Foundation and Welfarm - exposes the fate of Dutch cattle exported out of the country's territories.

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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.

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.

Welfarm launched its national campaign revealing how the investments made by some French banks are supporting intensive broiler chicken farming systems. In the case of Crédit Agricole, the bank invested nearly 2.5 billion euros in industries that do not pay attention to the welfare of these animals. Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case and other French banks are involved in this practice as reported by Welfarm.

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.

Twenty five French animal welfare and animal rights associations, including our member organisations Fondation Brigitte Bardot, L214, Code Animal, C'est Assez!, WELFARM and CiWF France have launched a referendum asking for better legislation for animals in France.

Last week WELFARM launched a mini-campaign to call the public to contribute in favor of animal welfare within the framework of the French public debate ImPACtons.

By inserting their postal code, French citizens can check if public canteens in their area are serving high welfare animal-based products.

A new video released by the Welfarm association showing castrated pigs without anesthesia reveals a shocking but banal reality, sometimes in contradiction with European standards.

On September 13, Welfarm signed a partnership with Cecab, a group of hen breeders from the Aucy group.

Today WELFARM re-launched their campaign against piglet castration without anesthesia. Due to lack of the EU Pig Directive enforcement, 10 million male piglets, 85% of them no older than 7 days old, are castrated without anesthesia in France every year.