transport

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