Iceland blood mares — PMSG/eCG production
Overview
Status: active legal and animal-welfare dispute.
Pregnant mares in Iceland are used for blood collection to produce the fertility hormone PMSG/eCG. In 2026 Icelandic authorities granted Ísteka a new two-year license, while animal-protection organizations challenged the authorization. In September 2026 the EFTA Court ruled that blood extraction from pregnant mares for PMSG production is to be classified as a scientific procedure, bringing it within applicable experimental-animal welfare rules.
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- Fund the legal challenge to licensing and enforcement.
- Support retirement or sanctuary placement for individual mares where owners voluntarily transfer them.
- Do not buy animals without safeguards against immediate replacement; an acquisition program should require retirement/no-replacement terms where legally feasible.
- Support alternatives to PMSG/eCG so demand falls rather than merely shifting production elsewhere.
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