• 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 » No end in sight for the cattle blocked at the BG/TR border since 6 days

No end in sight for the cattle blocked at the BG/TR border since 6 days

November 29, 2012

PB290043Today we are again with the Latvian cattle, blocked since 6 days inside the border on board the ANIMEX truck, and on the road since November 20th. Our team on the ground and our team in their home offices are doing all they can to pressure authorities and the involved industry players to unload these animals and get them care. The EU Commission says it is not in their mandate to tell Member States what to do during individual incidences such as this one. And the Bulgarian and Turkish authorities are not prepared to accept these animals and take responsibility for them either. Thus the bulls remain parked in so-called „No Man’s Land“. The main culprit is the trader and organizer of this transport, who sent these poor animals on a trip doomed to fail. These bulls were loaded already 10 days ago, and remain in very cramped conditions on board, with limited access to water and feed.
After Bulgarian media reacted to our appeals yesterday and broadcasted a TV newspiece about this, today a camera team from the Turkish media respond to our press release. Our team is interviewed and explains how this drama happened and that we are calling for a humane solution to this problem as soon as possible, if not the animals will be left to slowly die on the truck.
No one, not even the drivers or Bulgarian veterinarians, feel responsible for taking proper care of the animals. As a result, it is up to our team to again organize the delivery of hay and water and motivate the drivers to get up and start feeding and watering these hungry and thirsty bulls.
Again, animals fall victim to human greed and bureaucracy. This incident shows clearly that animal welfare can never be adequately protected when animals go on long distance journeys over important border, as there are too many cheaters and too great a risk that problems like this occur. It is not the first time animals have been blocked for days at this border due to missing and incorrect documents!

PB290087  PB290073   PB290103  

  • 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

eyes_on_animals Eyes on Animals @eyes_on_animals ·
14 Feb

🤔 Dit blijft toch een hele rare zin….
- NVWA schorst erkenning slachthuis na dood 22 geitenbokjes - Nieuwe Oogst

Reply on Twitter 1890485234031898798 Retweet on Twitter 1890485234031898798 5 Like on Twitter 1890485234031898798 9 Twitter 1890485234031898798
nieuweoogstnl Nieuwe Oogst @nieuweoogstnl ·
14 Feb

Vanaf volgende week verkoopt @JumboSupermarkt drie variaties plantaardige yoghurt die zijn gemaakt op basis van in Nederland geteelde sojabonen. De yoghurtvariaties zijn ontwikkeld door De Nieuwe Melkboer. #sojabonen

Reply on Twitter 1890391293144023408 Retweet on Twitter 1890391293144023408 2 Like on Twitter 1890391293144023408 2 Twitter 1890391293144023408
eyes_on_animals Eyes on Animals @eyes_on_animals ·
14 Feb

🐐🐏 Geen verrassing, dit slachthuis heeft ons ook nooit binnen willen laten en dat is meestal een veeg teken.
Goed werk @_NVWA ! #slacht

Reply on Twitter 1890334519602884612 Retweet on Twitter 1890334519602884612 26 Like on Twitter 1890334519602884612 65 Twitter 1890334519602884612
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