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Animal Welfare Foundation e.V.

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

As of 7 November 2026, Animal Welfare Foundation e.V. appears in 24 declared MEP meetings (13 different MEPs), most often with Greens/EFA.

24
declared meetings
with current MEPs
13
MEPs met
–
lobbying spend
none reported in 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is carried out without previous validation and the review of the existing scientific and empirical evidence and we do not publish information without evidence.”

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“Our work is based on the following ethical principles: 1) Animals are sentient beings; 2) The rights and dignity of the animals are inviolable 3) There is no distinction between animal species 4) There is no moral justification for suffering. The goal of animal welfare is to raise the status of animals, not reduce the status of human vision.”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 24 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Greens/EFA1146%
The Left833%
European People's Party312%
Renew Europe28%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2021–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2021
4
2022
3
2023
0
2024
9
2025
6
2026
2

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
6 meetings · Greens/EFA
Anja Hazekamp
5 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
2 Oct 2026Thomas WaitzAnimal Welfare in Transport
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
19 Feb 2025Anja HazekampEvent animal transport
22 Jan 2025Thomas WaitzAnimal welfare during transport
21 Jan 2025Anja HazekampPreparation event animal transport
17 Dec 2024Anja HazekampPreparation event animal transport
11 Dec 2024Michal WiezikAnimal transports
25 Sep 2024Thomas WaitzTierschutz
25 Sep 2024Benedetta ScuderiAnimals welfare
25 Sep 2024Maria OhisaloAnimal welfare
24 Sep 2024Carolina MoraceIntroductory Meeting
24 Sep 2024Emma FourreauCondition animale

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