Today the team from EonA/AWF checked on the livestock market in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria. Equines, bovines, ovine, caprines and birds are brought to the market to be sold. The transport of the animals is mainly done in cars, vans and some small lorries that are absolutely not suitable for transporting animals correctly. Our team … [Read more...] about Inspection of Asenovgrad livestock market, Bulgaria
Our inspections
Inspection of Petrič livestock market, Bulgaria
Our team has discovered an animal market at Petrič in Bulgaria. It appears to be an illegal market since it takes place on the road in the suburbs of the town of Petrič. The cars transporting sheep, lambs and pigs park at the side of the road. The animals are kept inside the cars or in the small trailers attached to the cars. The sheep are … [Read more...] about Inspection of Petrič livestock market, Bulgaria
Trailing Bulgarian cattle truck to Serbian border
Tonight the EonA/AWF inspectors followed a long distance cattle truck from Bulgaria with the final destination Croatia. The truck stopped at the BIP (border inspection post) of Kalotina. On the truck there where 80 young bulls of different weight categories. Some compartments of the truck were clearly overcrowded. There was also not enough bedding, this was especially … [Read more...] about Trailing Bulgarian cattle truck to Serbian border
Inspection of cattle trucks at Bulgarian/Turkey border
Inspectors from AWF and EonA flew to Bulgaria yesterday. Considering that we will soon be giving a two-day training to the Bulgarian police and official veterinarians, we needed to check out the most current conditions for animals in transit there. Our team arrived early at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey this morning, to check on 5 trucks with Austrian pregnant … [Read more...] about Inspection of cattle trucks at Bulgarian/Turkey border
Inspection of Svilengrad control post, Bulgaria
Our team visited Svilengard control post, where many EU exporters and transporters claimed to have rested their EU animals in the past before crossing over into Turkey. In truth, this was not the case. During our earlier inspections at this border, EonA and AWF continued to see animals and trucks in filthy condition, it was clear the animals had regularly been … [Read more...] about Inspection of Svilengrad control post, Bulgaria