Previously unpublished records have revealed evidence about the EU’s role in the controversial trade in live farm animals, with millions of livestock being transported across Europe and internationally on long distance journeys condemned by campaigners.
The documents, which are copies of official planning records known as animal journey logs, reveal for the first time granular details of the journeys of more than 180,000 consignments of EU cattle, pigs, sheep and other species over a 19-month period between 2021 and 2023.
