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
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Inspection of Romanian livestock truck with French bulls on board
Today an Eyes on Animals/Animal Welfare Foundation team inspected a Romanian livestock truck, shortly before the Hungarian/Romanian border. On board were young Charolais bulls from France. They are headed to a farm in Timisoara in Romania. The bulls are fit and the condition on the truck is acceptable. The bulls had also been unloaded for 24 hours to be rested and fed … [Read more...] about Inspection of Romanian livestock truck with French bulls on board
Trailing of German cattle (transported by Hefter company) to farm in Romania
During random observations of the highway in Hungary, a team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation spotted 3 livestock lorries from the German transport company Hefter drive by. On board were pregnant heifers, loaded on two decks. We trailed the cattle to their destination, a large farm in Romania. The conditions on board were good- plenty of bedding and … [Read more...] about Trailing of German cattle (transported by Hefter company) to farm in Romania
Inspection of 3 pig trucks on the highway in Hungary
Today the Eyes on Animals/Animal Welfare Foundation team conducted random inspections of livestock trucks passing on the highway in Hungary. Two Romanian-platted trucks stopped and were checked. On one of the trucks were piglets from Germany (850 on board) and were destined for Romania, the other truck had loaded piglets in Herten, Holland (884 piglets on board) and were … [Read more...] about Inspection of 3 pig trucks on the highway in Hungary
EonA and AWF give a presentation on animal-suffering-during-transport to Turkey at the UECBV meeting
Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation are invited to give a talk at the UECBV meeting. We are asked to present the animal-welfare problems we continue to document on animal-transports from the EU to Turkey. The UECBV is the European Union for Livestock and Meat traders, based in Brussels. Members of this union from throughout the EU are present. We make an appeal … [Read more...] about EonA and AWF give a presentation on animal-suffering-during-transport to Turkey at the UECBV meeting