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
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Further efforts to improve welfare of EU animal transported to Turkey – Meeting in Brussels
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
Meeting with Turkish Ministry of Agriculture
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
Inspection of EU trucks at Turkish border – day 7
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
Inspection of EU animal trucks at Turkish border – day 6
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