transport

Eyes on Animals dropped by the pig assembly station belonging to the Dutch transport company Neerkant to observe the loading of pigs for export. As they were in the middle of renovating their stable, there were no pigs present. However, we were given a tour of their recent improvements- new ventialtors to keep the air cool and fresh and more water nipples. Neerkant boasted … [Read more...] about Meeting with Dutch transport company Neerkant

Eyes on Animals inspected the conditions for piglets on board a livestock truck from the Dutch company Schurgers, spotted in Brabant. The piglets were on their way to a fattening farm in Limburg. The loading density was acceptable, and the piglets made an alert and fit impression. There was bedding on the floor and adequate headspace. … [Read more...] about Inspections of a Dutch pig transport truck from company Schurgers

Eyes on Animals spent the entire night checking on national Dutch livestock trucks on the highways. Late at night we spotted a parked livestock truck from the company Vermeulen, loaded with pigs. On board were boars of approximately 5-6 months of age. Several compartment were very crowded, others had acceptable loading densities. In the crowded compartments the animals … [Read more...] about Stress for pigs loaded on a livestock truck from the Dutch company Vermeulen

Eyes on Animals was permitted to participate and inspect the loading of pigs at a farm in Zeeland onto two transport trucks belonging to the company Vaex. The pigs were destined for a long distance journey to Slovakia and to Italy. Eyes on Animals assisted in the loading to see for ourselves how it could be done calmly and responsibly,without screaming or hitting. The … [Read more...] about Inspection of loading of pigs onto trucks from the Dutch company VAEX

Keus en Mollink is well-known for frequently violating the EU animal-protection-during-transport legislation. Eyes on Animals has seen several dozens of complaints made against this company from officials in foreign countries and from our colleagues at Animals' Angels. Therefore, when we spotted a Keus en Mollink livestock truck, loaded with "slaughter" pigs on the highway … [Read more...] about Dutch/German transport company “Keus en Mollink” in violation of the animal-protection-during-transport legislation

Eyes on Animals investigators spotted a Dutch livestock truck from the company Van Rooi in Germany. It was loaded with Dutch piglets. We called M. Van Rooi at the head-office to ask that he have his drivers stop so that we could inspect the animals, the condition of the truck and the transport documents. M. van Rooi agreed and a few minutes later the truck stopped. We … [Read more...] about Inspection of a Dutch pig truck from the company Van Rooi

Eyes on Animals inspectors had a pig truck from the Dutch transport company A.v.d.Broek stopped in Germany by the police to be inspected. The pigs on board were destined for a slaughterhouse in Poland. We have tried repeatedly to trail this transport company without success as their chauffeurs and employees have played tricks on us to make us lose sight of them. … [Read more...] about Inspection of a pig truck from the Dutch company A.v.d.Broek

While driving on the A2 towards Berlin, Eyes on Animals spotted a livestock truck from the company Ben van der Walle. As many complaints have been made concerning this company in the past, we asked the German highway police to stop it and do a random inspection. Fortunately this time the transport documents and the conditions for the animals were satisfactory. The piglets … [Read more...] about Inspection of a pig truck from the Dutch company Ben van der Walle

Eyes on Animals trailed a truck with Dutch pigs on board destined for a slaughterhouse near Budapest, Hungary. While driving through Germany it was stopped by the police so that the papers and condition of the animals could be quickly checked. We checked on the pigs on each level. The water system was turned on and some pigs were drinking from it during the inspection. … [Read more...] about False information given on transport documents of a pig truck from the Dutch company Jan Thijs Haarle

Eyes on Animals has filed a complaint with the Dutch authorities about the agressive and very unprofessional handling of pigs by an employee of a Dutch transport company (Buurman) observed today at a Dutch pig collecting and export station. The pigs were being repeatedly hit very hard with a plastic paddle, rushed in groups of 40-50 leading to panic and bottle-neck jamming … [Read more...] about Agressive handling of pigs