Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation team are on the fourth day of their inspection at the Bulgarian/Turkish border. Today we checked 4 EU livestock trucks that arrived on the Turkish side. Two of the trucks were from the company Elspeda and had young bulls from Estonia on board, destined for Ankara.. This is a journey of 3400km, mostly on rough roads! … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 4
Our inspections
Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkish border- Day 3
Today was our third day checking on animal trucks coming from the EU into Turkey. A Lithuanian truck with young bulls, on a journey of at least 2300 km, arrived on the Turkish side of the border in the morning. The bedding was very filthy. The truck made a short stop at the Veterinarian Station where 5% of the animals were to have their blood drawn to be tested for … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkish border- Day 3
Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 2
Today two livestock trucks from the Hungarian company Agrosped, organized by Schalk Nutztiere (Austria) arrived on the Turkish side of the border. On board are young Austrian bulls. According to the transport papers, the animals have been on board for over 40 hours already, no resting station was planned or used. Despite this violation, the stamps from the Austrian … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 2
Inspection of EU animal trucks at Turkish border- Day 1
Today a team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation inspected EU livestock trucks heading into Turkey. We observed four consigments of pregnant breeding cattle, organized by Klompjan Livestock Trading (3 of which were being transported by Keus en Mollink that Klompjan contracted out, and one by Klompjan transport itself). They all stopped at the Turkish … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU animal trucks at Turkish border- Day 1
Further efforts to decrease suffering at Turkish border: Meeting with UECBV
Today, Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation and Compassion in World Farming held a meeting with the (UECBV) European Livestock and Meat Trading Union to discuss what measures their Union could take to decrease the suffering of animals on board EU trucks heading to the border of Turkey. A Dutch transporter who regularly transports animals from Austria and Hungary to … [Read more...] about Further efforts to decrease suffering at Turkish border: Meeting with UECBV