Today the board of the Leeuwarden Cattle Market held a congress with all the cattle traders using their market. EonA was not able to be physically present due to other duties in the field, but a 3-page letter we wrote was read out and a film we made showing the overall depressing condition many culled-dairy cows are in at the end of "their carreer" on the farm was … [Read more...] about Leeuwarden cattle market congress
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Meeting with Dutch Government Authorities about Horse Markets
Today Eyes on Animals had a meeting with the Dutch government authorities, NVWA, to talk about our inspections and the enforcement of animal welfare laws on horse markets in the Netherlands. We spoke with the team leader NVWA Animal Welfare, Haddon Voortman, and the team leader NVWA Transport, Jan Koers. We exchanged experiences about the horse markets so far this year – … [Read more...] about Meeting with Dutch Government Authorities about Horse Markets
Inspection of Zuidlaren horse market, NL
Today was the 814th time this yearly horsemarket in Zuidlaren took place. 1512 horses and ponies and 25 donkeys were present at the market, fewer than last year. Generally speaking the condition of the animals was satisfactory. There were some horses that were rather thin, as is not unusual for this type of market. The arrangements where the animals could be tied up were … [Read more...] about Inspection of Zuidlaren horse market, NL
Meeting with Managers and veterinarian of Leeuwarden cattle market, NL
Today we held a meeting with several board members of the Leeuwarden cattle market and the veterinarian. The purpose of today's discussion was to talk about our recent visit of the market and see where we could make further improvements together. We were pleased to hear that they had already discussed our recommendations from our inspection report internally and agreed … [Read more...] about Meeting with Managers and veterinarian of Leeuwarden cattle market, NL
Inspection of Roden horse market, NL
Today Eyes on Animals inspected the yearly horsemarket in Roden for the first time. A few weeks earlier the organizing committee of the horse market (called “Roden’s Public Entertainment”) had contacted us, because they were to take over the organisation from the local authority. Most of the time Eyes on Animals walked through the market together with the Dierenbescherming … [Read more...] about Inspection of Roden horse market, NL