transport

  This afternoon we visited a company in Coevorden (NL) that makes plastic products including the “diamond”-shape poultry crates for a great number of slaughterhouses and transport companies. The main objective of our visit was to discuss the design of the poultry crates regarding safety, accessibility, hygiene and possible alternatives with access doors on the side. They … [Read more...] about Visit of factory Coevorden for poultry crates

This morning we dropped by the pig export station in Lunteren, called Vlastuin. Here pigs from different Dutch farms are collected and then several hours later, or even a couple of days later, reloaded and sent for export to countries such as Poland, Germany, Hungary and Romania. We had received numerous complaints from Dutch and German drivers that often 220 “slaughter” … [Read more...] about Visit of Vlastuin pig export station in Lunteren

Today we dropped by Boonstra transport, the company that sadly had an accident with one of their poultry trucks a few weeks ago. To watch the footage click HERE. Fortunately their driver has recovered. However, 60-70% of the poultry on board (6-week old broiler chickens) died. The main cause was suffocation, because when the truck kilted over on its side, the chickens all … [Read more...] about Talk with Boonstra chicken transport about their recent accident

A team from Eyes on Animals was on the highways in southern Holland to randomly check on livestock trucks bringing animals to slaughterhouses in the night. We observed, among others, 3 livestock trucks from the company Plukon bringing broiler chickens to slaughter. The trucks had material along the side to protect the birds from the cold winds, which was good, but like … [Read more...] about Random checks on livestock trucks on Dutch highways

Today a big meeting was held at the EU Commission. Representatives from all EU Member States, involved NGO’s, industry representatives from the UECBV and the Food and Veterinary Office inspectors were present. Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation and CIWF distributed our handout with the latest update of the situation at the Turkish border and spoke about the recent … [Read more...] about Meeting with EU Commission and EU Member States to improve conditions for animals transported to Turkey

Today we were invited to a meeting in Brussels with Bulgarian and Hungarian officials and Livestock Traders and Transport Union to discuss the latest situation for animals at the EU/Turkey border. The Hungarian official informed us that they have taken action based on our reports- from now on only cattle from registered assembly stations may be dispatched for transport to … [Read more...] about Further efforts to improve welfare of EU animal transported to Turkey – Meeting in Brussels

This afternoon Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation held a meeting with 4 officials from the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, including the Head of Animals and Animal Products Border Inspections. We have been sending our reports to this Ministry since our very first visit to Turkey and were eager to meet them in person. They agree with our reports and our … [Read more...] about Meeting with Turkish Ministry of Agriculture

Today we held a meeting with the Bulgarian veterinarians at the border inspection post in Kapitan Andreevo, beside Turkey.  They confirm what we thought- they no longer permit trucks transporting adult sheep on four levels. They agree with the reports and letters we sent about the problems 4-levels cause - the adult sheep indeed do not have adequate headroom or … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU trucks at Turkish border – day 7

Today we unfortunately observe 5 dead sheep being pulled out of a Greek truck(Loukas) while being unloaded at the stable on the Turkish side of the border. According to the driver, there were some smaller lambs mixed with bigger ones in one compartment of the truck, thus they may have been trampled. The authorities want to check the ear tag of each lamb on board, a … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU animal trucks at Turkish border – day 6

Today the team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation continued to check on EU livestock trucks arriving into Kapikule, the Turkish side of the Turkish/ Bulgarian border. To start with the good news:  today the authorities here have decided to stop taking blood samples at the border of the animals! This process created extra delays and stress for the … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 5