This afternoon we inspected a large cattle and sheep market in Ghana together with our colleagues from the Ghanaian welfare organization WACPAW. We observed serious welfare problems ; there were many animals too weak or injured to stand … [Read more...]
07.03.2017 Inspection of Skaryszew horse market – Day 2, Poland
Today the atmosphere is much calmer. There are only about 70 warm-blooded horses (including ponies) and not too many interested buyers. Many trucks leave empty. We are waiting until the last horse leaves the market. We watch the loading of … [Read more...]
06.03.2017 Inspection of Skaryszew horse market – Day 1, Poland
There are by far fewer horses than last year, we count about 250-300. There were fewer horses kept under the roof area of the market this year, but too many to keep a safe distance between them. Some of the horses standing next to each … [Read more...]
06.03.2017 Skaryszew horse market – Day 1, Poland
After the luxury of 1.5 hours of sleep our Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF teams are back on the road again with the ITD (official Polish Road Transport Inspectors) officers to check on livestock-transports leaving the Skaryszew horse market. … [Read more...]
05.03.2017 Inspection of Skaryszew horse market, Poland- Nighttime
Our Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF team is visiting the annual horse market in Skaryszew. It takes place once a year and hundreds of horses are sold for leisure, breeding, work and slaughter. We want to check if the transport conditions and … [Read more...]
05.03.2017 Police (ITD) training and night inspections before Skaryszew horse market, Poland
As one of our EonA and TSB|AWF team spends the night inspecting the Skaryszew horse market itself, a second EonA and TSB|AWF team joins the Polish Road Transport Inspectors (ITD) to inspect livestock trucks bringing horses to the market at … [Read more...]
18.10.2016 Inspection horsemarket Zuidlaren
Two teams from Eyes on Animals checked the horsemarket in Zuidlaren, the nightteam from Monday evening 11 pm until 11 am Tuesday morning. The horses have been relocated to one central place, in order to allow a better overview. All animals … [Read more...]
15.08.2016 Inspection of Bemmel horse market, The Netherlands
Eyes on Animals inspected the horse market in Bemmel on August 15, 2016. The condition of most of the ponies and donkeys that we saw was good, except for one donkey with a foal that was extremely thin. The relatively large number of young … [Read more...]
24.05.2016 Inspection of cattle-welfare at Leeuwarden market, NL
Today a team dropped by, unannounced, to the Leeuwarden cattle market. In the past we had caught farmers and cattle traders bringing dairy cows in unacceptably-poor conditions and trying to sell them here. Together with the market board and … [Read more...]
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