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Deutscher Tierschutzbund - German Animal Welfare Federation

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

As of 9 September 2026, Deutscher Tierschutzbund - German Animal Welfare Federation appears in 14 declared MEP meetings (9 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

14
declared meetings
with current MEPs
9
MEPs met
not declared
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.0
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“The German Animal Welfare Federation wants to encourage the German Representatives in the European Parliament, in the European Council, the European Commission (EC) and its DGs to consider animal welfare throughout all relevant policy areas. These include research and health policies, climate action, agriculture, nature and wildlife conservation and environmental protection. Our vision is a European society that respects and…”

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

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 14 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats643%
European People's Party429%
Greens/EFA214%
The Left214%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2023).

2020
2
2021
0
2022
0
2023
5
2024
3
2025
4

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

Maria Noichl
5 meetings · S&D
Sebastian Everding
2 meetings · The Left
Norbert Lins
1 meeting · EPP
Peter Liese
1 meeting · EPP
Tilly Metz
1 meeting · Greens/EFA

The 14 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
22 Oct 2025Maria NoichlAnimal Transport, fur
20 Oct 2025Tilly MetzAnimal transport
21 Jan 2025Sebastian EverdingTiertransporte / Katzen-und Hundeverordnung
17 Jan 2025Sebastian EverdingStehempfang Deutscher Tierschutzbund e.V. / Tierschutzlabel
1 Oct 2024Maria NoichlAnimal Welfare
1 Oct 2024Stefan KöhlerPolitischer Austausch
26 Sep 2024Manuela RipaWelfare of Cats and Dogs
5 Dec 2023Peter LieseAustausch
10 Oct 2023Maria NoichlAnimal Welfare law revision
8 Sep 2023Martin HäuslingAustausch zum Thema Gentechnik
24 May 2023Maria NoichlÜberarbeitung Tierschutzgesetzgebung
12 Apr 2023Norbert LinsÜberarbeitung der EU-Tierschutzgesetzgebung
24 Jan 2020Delara BurkhardtAustausch über Tierschutzlabel, Tierschutzpolitik und EU-Politik allgemein
17 Jan 2020Maria NoichlGAP Reform und Tierschutz

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