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Lobby organisation

Animal Welfare Foundation e.V.

NGO / non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Animal Welfare Foundation e.V. appears in 18 declared MEP meetings (11 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

18
declared meetings
with current MEPs
11
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
3.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The Animal Welfare Foundation (AWF) is based in Germany and is an independent, non-profit, and international animal welfare organisation. In order to gain credibility, no project is carried out without previous validation and the review of the existing scientific and empirical evidence and we do not publish information without evidence. Our work is based on the following ethical principles: 1)…”

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.

Greens/EFA1056%
European People's Party317%
The Left317%
Renew Europe211%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (6 in 2024).

2021
4
2022
3
2023
0
2024
6
2025
4
2026
1

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

Thomas Waitz
5 meetings · Greens/EFA
Anja Hazekamp
2 meetings · The Left
Tilly Metz
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Manuela Ripa
2 meetings · EPP
Lynn Boylan
1 meeting · The Left

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
12 Jan 2026Thomas WaitzAnimal Welfare in Transport
16 Jul 2025Lynn BoylanBlood farms and PMSG production
10 Jul 2025Jutta PaulusSpeaker: Aligning the EU chemicals strategy with commitments on the shift away from animal testing
18 Jun 2025Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch
22 Jan 2025Thomas WaitzAnimal welfare during transport
11 Dec 2024Michal WiezikAnimal transports
25 Sep 2024Thomas WaitzTierschutz
25 Sep 2024Benedetta ScuderiAnimals welfare
25 Sep 2024Maria OhisaloAnimal welfare
24 Sep 2024Tilly MetzAnimal Welfare
18 Sep 2024Gerben-Jan GerbrandyAnimal Welfare Reception
6 Apr 2022Manuela RipaPMSG-Stop, Animal Welfare
1 Feb 2022Thomas WaitzAnimal Transport
5 Jan 2022Thomas WaitzAnimal Transport
12 Nov 2021Anja HazekampAnimal Tranport Calf

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