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 facilities for the horses at the market have changed since last year, and if our suggestions were implemented. This year the fair … [Read more...] about Inspection of Skaryszew horse market, Poland- Nighttime
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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 night. Some vehicles have already arrived and are arranged in a long line-up for veterinary inspection. Some are still on the way. … [Read more...] about Police (ITD) training and night inspections before Skaryszew horse market, Poland
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 were standing on soft earth, which is quite an improvement. At midnight the animals arrived on the premises and were met by … [Read more...] about Inspection horsemarket Zuidlaren
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 foals on the market is worrisome: their welfare is compromised whilst they deserve special legal protection. Aside from the fact that … [Read more...] about Inspection of Bemmel horse market, The Netherlands
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 Dutch authorities, Eyes on Animals is trying to clean up this problem. Farmers and transporters face having such cows euthanized on … [Read more...] about Inspection of cattle-welfare at Leeuwarden market, NL
