Lobby organisation
Deutscher Tierschutzbund - German Animal Welfare Federation
NGO or non-profit · Environment & climate · HQ: Germany · Transparency Register entry
As of 8 October 2026, Deutscher Tierschutzbund - German Animal Welfare Federation appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (8 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.
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.”
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“Our vision is a European society that respects and esteems animals as companions and sentient creatures with an intrinsic value that need to be protected from harm, suffering and fear; a European society that also acknowledges animals tliving in the wild as individuals and protects their livelihood.”
Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.
Who they meet, and when
Which groups they meet
Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.
Meetings by year
Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2023).
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
The 13 most recent declared meetings
| Date | MEP | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2025 | Maria Noichl | Animal Transport, fur |
| 20 Oct 2025 | Tilly Metz | Animal transport |
| 24 Apr 2025 | Manuela Ripa | Dogs and Cats |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Maria Noichl | Animal Welfare |
| 1 Oct 2024 | Stefan Köhler | Politischer Austausch |
| 26 Sep 2024 | Manuela Ripa | Welfare of Cats and Dogs |
| 5 Dec 2023 | Peter Liese | Austausch |
| 10 Oct 2023 | Maria Noichl | Animal Welfare law revision |
| 8 Sep 2023 | Martin Häusling | Austausch zum Thema Gentechnik |
| 24 May 2023 | Maria Noichl | Überarbeitung Tierschutzgesetzgebung |
| 12 Apr 2023 | Norbert Lins | Überarbeitung der EU-Tierschutzgesetzgebung |
| 24 Jan 2020 | Delara Burkhardt | Austausch über Tierschutzlabel, Tierschutzpolitik und EU-Politik allgemein |
| 17 Jan 2020 | Maria Noichl | GAP Reform und Tierschutz |
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