This morning, before driving to Ankara for our meeting with the Ministry, we checked on the cattle from last night. Those that had been unloaded (from Greek company Tragokis) into the stable and outdoor paddocks, given plenty of fresh and clean water in large troughs, new bedding, and feed and space were in good shape. Most were lying down and ruminating, showing that they … [Read more...] about Day 4 Inspections of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border
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Day 3 Inspections of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border
Today our team went inside the border to check on animal trucks there. Ten trucks transporting calves and cattle were parked in the sun, waiting. There is no shade available for livestock trucks here. Most had already arrived yesterday evening. The temperature was approximately 35 degrees. Despite drawing the attention of the authorities about this problem last year … [Read more...] about Day 3 Inspections of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border
Day 2 Inspections of EU animal trucks at the Turkish border
Today the team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation checked on 8 trucks bringing live animals from Europe into Turkey for slaughter and further fattening. A Croatian truck, from the company Sazov, had Austrian calves on board. The organizer was Viehandel Kara from Bad Voslau, Austria. The drivers did not unload the young calves (approximately 4 months … [Read more...] about Day 2 Inspections of EU animal trucks at the Turkish border
Day 1 Inspections of EU animal trucks at the Turkish border
This evening a 3-person team (Canadian, Swiss and Turkish inspector) from Eyes on Animals and the Animal Welfare Foundation arrived on the Turkish side of the Bulgarian/Turkish border. Since late 2010 the NGO’s have been alerting EU and Turkish authorities of the serious animal-welfare problems occuring at this border – many livestock trucks in violation of the EU … [Read more...] about Day 1 Inspections of EU animal trucks at the Turkish border
Presentation to EU DG Sanco of chicken-welfare problems during transport
Today Eyes on Animals met with an official from the EU DG Sanco to present our concerns regarding the welfare of chickens during transport. Over more than 1 year now Eyes on Animals inspectors, and recently also our apprentice, have been checking on livestock trucks transporting spent hens and broilers to slaughter. In many cases we were shocked by our … [Read more...] about Presentation to EU DG Sanco of chicken-welfare problems during transport