• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • EYES ON ANIMALS – Watching out for their Welfare
  • English
  • Nederlands
  • Deutsch

Eyes on Animals

Watching out for their Welfare

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
DONATE
  • About us
    • What we do
    • Our team
    • Key Figures
    • Our Vision
    • Contact
  • News
    • Latest news
    • Good news
    • Bad news
    • Featured news
    • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • Inspections
    • Farms
    • Markets
    • Transports
    • Slaughterhouses
    • Special projects
    • Other
  • Training
    • Police
    • Truck drivers
    • Poultry-catchers
    • Slaughter personnel
    • Training Material
    • Request a training
  • Industry Tips
    • Animal transport
      • Cattle
      • Pigs
      • Poultry
    • Slaughterhouses
      • Cattle
      • Pigs
      • Poultry
      • Ritual slaughter
    • Educational videos
  • Publications
    • In the media
      • Print
      • Television
      • Radio
      • Videos
    • Newsletters
    • Special reports
    • Training Material
    • Annual reviews
  • Help us
Home » Our inspections » transport » Meeting with Dutch officials and cattle industry to discuss increasing headspace for cattle during transport

Meeting with Dutch officials and cattle industry to discuss increasing headspace for cattle during transport

December 3, 2010

In 2009 and 2010, Eyes on Animals sent numerous reports of their observations in the field of cattle trucks where the cattle did not have adequate headroom. The ceilings were so low that animals on board had difficulty standing up in a natural position and risked injuring their backs.

meeting_with_the dutch officialsjpg

 

The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture requested Dr. Lambooij from Wageningen research centre to conduct a study on the value of headspace to cattle-welfare during transport. Today we were invited to the VWA office in Utrecht to hear Dr. Lambooij’s research results and to discuss with the cattle industry and the officials what steps were now necessary to take. According to the study, cattle need more than 20cm of space above their shoulders in order to stand in a natural position and have free movement of their heads. The policy advisors present are going to pass this info on to the secretary of state, so that hopefully in the future cattle will be given more headspace than the current practice of just 10cm.

  • share 
  • share 
  • share 
  • save 
  • email 

Filed Under: transport

Primary Sidebar

Search

Featured

Dutch transport company Van Os implicated in serious transport fraud involving Irish calves

Once again, serious violations have been uncovered in the transport of calves from Ireland. Last … [Read More...] about Dutch transport company Van Os implicated in serious transport fraud involving Irish calves

Featured

EonA talks at European Parliament in Brussels

February 19, 2025

Today we gave a talk at the European Parliament. We were invited by MEPs Anja Hazekamp and Sebastien … [Read More...] about EonA talks at European Parliament in Brussels

Our most recent newsletter

Dear friends,

It’s not every day that an animal-welfare organization takes on the challenge of redesigning a large pig slaughterhouse and their animal handling techniques, but that’s exactly what we did in 2020.

Read more…

Subscribe to our newsletter

Subscribe

* indicates required

Eyes on Animals op Twitter

vakbladvarkens Varkens @vakbladvarkens ·
19 May

🚛 De @Dierbescherming wil strengere regels voor het transport van biggen en kalveren. Ze pleit onder meer voor een hogere minimumleeftijd en een maximale reistijd van 8 uur. Daarvoor haalde ze bijna 70.000 handtekeningen op. #diertransport

Reply on Twitter 1924464912950009909 Retweet on Twitter 1924464912950009909 2 Like on Twitter 1924464912950009909 4 Twitter 1924464912950009909
eyes_on_animals Eyes on Animals @eyes_on_animals ·
19 May

De Dierenbescherming haalde samen met Eyes on Animals 68.304 handtekeningen op om een eind te maken aan het transport van jonge dieren. Dinsdag is de petitie 'Stop transport piepjonge dieren' aangeboden aan de vaste Kamercommissie voor LVVN. #veetransport

Reply on Twitter 1924472993478009101 Retweet on Twitter 1924472993478009101 7 Like on Twitter 1924472993478009101 26 Twitter 1924472993478009101
eyes_on_animals Eyes on Animals @eyes_on_animals ·
19 May

🔥🐖🐎 Ondertussen bij onze Zuiderburen:
- Stal met varkens en paarden vat vuur in Evergem: “Alle dieren zijn overleden” | Evergem | #stalbrand https://www.hln.be/evergem/stal-met-varkens-en-paarden-vat-vuur-in-evergem-alle-dieren-zijn-overleden~a3afaf10/

Reply on Twitter 1924441921897808055 Retweet on Twitter 1924441921897808055 15 Like on Twitter 1924441921897808055 26 Twitter 1924441921897808055
Load More...

ANBI

Footer

Donate with Paypal

Paypal Eyes on Animals
One-time donation:
Monthly donation:

Reading Material

  • In the Media
  • Newsletters
  • Special EonA reports
  • Legislative texts
  • ANBI

Our Amsterdam Office

Amsterdam House Hotel
Eyes on Animals main office is in downtown Amsterdam, at the Amsterdam House Hotel. The generous and warm-hearted hotel owner donated to Eyes on Animals, free of charge, a beautiful room where our inspectors can work, hold meetings and store their material.

Copyright © 2025 · Eyes on Animals | Website by Webkompaan