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
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Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 4
Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation team are on the fourth day of their inspection at the Bulgarian/Turkish border. Today we checked 4 EU livestock trucks that arrived on the Turkish side. Two of the trucks were from the company Elspeda and had young bulls from Estonia on board, destined for Ankara.. This is a journey of 3400km, mostly on rough roads! … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 4
Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkish border- Day 3
Today was our third day checking on animal trucks coming from the EU into Turkey. A Lithuanian truck with young bulls, on a journey of at least 2300 km, arrived on the Turkish side of the border in the morning. The bedding was very filthy. The truck made a short stop at the Veterinarian Station where 5% of the animals were to have their blood drawn to be tested for … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkish border- Day 3
Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 2
Today two livestock trucks from the Hungarian company Agrosped, organized by Schalk Nutztiere (Austria) arrived on the Turkish side of the border. On board are young Austrian bulls. According to the transport papers, the animals have been on board for over 40 hours already, no resting station was planned or used. Despite this violation, the stamps from the Austrian … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 2
Inspection of EU animal trucks at Turkish border- Day 1
Today a team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation inspected EU livestock trucks heading into Turkey. We observed four consigments of pregnant breeding cattle, organized by Klompjan Livestock Trading (3 of which were being transported by Keus en Mollink that Klompjan contracted out, and one by Klompjan transport itself). They all stopped at the Turkish … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU animal trucks at Turkish border- Day 1