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AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection

NGO or non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: Netherlands · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in the Register
2.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“AAP, Animal Advocacy and Protection, is a European animal welfare organization based in the Netherlands and Spain. For over 50 years, we have been dedicated to protecting the welfare of wild ("exotic") animals through rescues, providing solutions for law enforcement, and advocating for comprehensive regulations to address the inherent risks to the wildlife pet trade.”

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“Through close collaboration with governments and civil society, our ambitions include tackling the private ownership of wild animals, the illegal wild animal trade, and the use of wild animals for entertainment purposes fairly and sustainably.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 18 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats950%
Greens/EFA422%
European People's Party211%
Renew Europe211%
The Left16%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2025–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (10 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2025
10
2026
8

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Niels Fuglsang
4 meetings · S&D
Tilly Metz
4 meetings · Greens/EFA
Maria Noichl
3 meetings · S&D
César Luena
2 meetings · S&D
Petras Auštrevičius
1 meeting · Renew

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
21 Oct 2026Maria NoichlAnimal transport
20 Oct 2026Tilly MetzAnimal Transport
2 Jul 2026César LuenaEU positive list of animal species
8 Jun 2026Tilly MetzAnimal Transport and Positive Liste
5 Jun 2026Niels FuglsangAnimal welfare - positive list
20 Apr 2026Anja HazekampAnimal Welfare
19 Mar 2026Maria Noichlpositive list, animal transport
13 Jan 2026Niels FuglsangAnimal Welfare - positive list
29 Oct 2025Tilly MetzSite Visit on Animal Welfare and Positive List
16 Oct 2025Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch zu EU-Positivlisten für exotische Tiere
24 Sep 2025Tilly MetzPositive List
24 Sep 2025Petras AuštrevičiusRegulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability
18 Sep 2025Niels FuglsangAnimal Welfare
17 Jul 2025Pekka ToveriCurrent Topics in EU - The exotic animal trade in Europe
15 Jul 2025Maria NoichlEU positive list (animals)

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