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The AWF and EonA team check on 7 other livestock trucks inside the Bulgarian/Turkish border. We find two trucks loaded with sheep from a Bulgarian transport company we know all too well. In the past, this transport company has had many animal-welfare problems. This time, we are positively surprised to see that the sheep are not overcrowded and they have enough headspace. … [Read more...] about Inspection of other livestock trucks at Bulgarian/Turkish border

Together with the Bulgarian traffic police, we stopped and checked on livestock trucks heading towards the Turkish border. It is very calm, only two livestock trucks pass by the check-point. One was from Sazov company, but was empty. The other was from Hunland transport company and had cattle on board. We checked on the papers, the animals and condition of the … [Read more...] about AWF and EonA with Bulgarian traffic police set up road control

Today we are again with the Latvian cattle, blocked since 6 days inside the border on board the ANIMEX truck, and on the road since November 20th. Our team on the ground and our team in their home offices are doing all they can to pressure authorities and the involved industry players to unload these animals and get them care. The EU Commission says it is not in their … [Read more...] about No end in sight for the cattle blocked at the BG/TR border since 6 days

The 31 bulls from Latvia are still on board the truck, for the fifth day, inside the Bulgarian/Turkish border, in so called “No Man’s Land”. Neither the Turkish or Bulgarian authorities want to take responsiblity for this mess. The Turkish authorities cannot let the truck continue to Iraq because it does not have the permits to cross Turkey and the Bulgarian authorities … [Read more...] about Fate of 31 Latvian bulls stuck at Turkish border still unknown

A team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation is checking on EU livestock trucks trying to enter Turkey at the Bulgarian/Turkey border. Since early Saturday the 24rd of November, a livestock truck from the Polish transport company ANIMEX is waiting. On board are bulls that were loaded already on the 20th in Latvia! The transporter and exporter want to bring … [Read more...] about Latvian bulls stuck at the Turkish border

A team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund Zurich trail 2 livestock trucks transporting calves from Nagykapornak (Hungary) destined for Cilgli-Izmir in Turkey. The transport company is Vigel Laszlo. The journey goes over Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. The road in many parts of this 2,199km route is very rough, meaning it takes much longer than … [Read more...] about 23-24.11.2012 Trailing calves on board a Hungarian livestock trucks (Vigel Laszlo) to Turkey

Eyes on Animals was invited by the Dutch Animal Police from North Holland region to give a presentation of our findings during our inspections of livestock-transports and slaughter in the Netherlands and abroad. Approximately 20 officers were present, all with a passion to put an end to violations to animal-welfare. We admire these officers, who, by … [Read more...] about Presentation to the Dutch Animal Police

The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has developed a new strategy, called the EXPORT STRATEGY. It is set up to offer a possibility to discuss ethical matters before making rash decisions allowing live export. It is only applicable when the export consists of animals being sent outside of the EU. If there is any doubt regarding the ethics of exporting animals to a … [Read more...] about Meeting with Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs about live-animal export to Turkey

Today the team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation entered the Duty free area of the border between Bulgarian and Turkey. We observe a parked livestock truck with pregnant sheep on board, from the transport company Torgyk Transkavics KFT. The sheep have been waiting on board here since last night. The truck is not allowed to move because of problems with the … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkish border

Today a team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation conducted inspections at the EU/Asia border (Bulgaria/Turkey). First the team visited 3 privately-run stalls, now found on the Turkish side of the border, where animals arriving from the EU can be unloaded. In January 2013 Turkey will take over the EU transport legislation, meaning the … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock transports to Turkey