Belgium police

Today a team from Eyes on Animals was invited to give a talk at the Congress on Animals & Law for Belgian police and attorneys, which was held in the town of Leuven. We gave a presentation on the violations that we have observed during the loading, transport and unloading of farm animals in front of a crowd of 175 people. Also present were the Animal Police from the … [Read more...] about Presentation at Congress on Animal Law for Belgian police and attorneys

 During the practical part of the training, seventeen trucks were checked in the early morning of Monday the 7th. Ten fines were issued: three for animal-welfare violations, two trucks were too heavily loaded, one driver did not have the required documents, there was one case of tachograph fraud and three drivers were fined for road offences. The police officers … [Read more...] about Practical training day of West-Flanders police

In a former Roman-Catholic church in Brugge we gave a training presentation to the West-Flanders highway police. Aside from police, there were also official veterinarians and people from health-services present. The first part of the training was given by an inspector policeman. In a comprehensible power-point-presentation he taught his colleagues all about the … [Read more...] about Training of highway police in Brugge (Belgium)

On January 15th, Eyes on Animals gave a training course to the police from the region of Gent (Belgium) on the European animal transport legislation. On January 25th we held the first practical part of the training, and today, the second practical part took place. At 4am a control point was set up on the highway and all livestock trucks passing by were stopped and … [Read more...] about Practical training course Belgian highway police

One week ago, Eyes on Animals gave a training course to the police from the region of Gent (Belgium) about the European animal transport legislation. Today, the practical part of the training took place. At 5am a control point was set up on the highway and all livestock trucks passing by were inspected. Nine trucks were stopped in total. Several were in violation for not … [Read more...] about Practical training highway police: inspection 9 livestock trucks

Today we were invited by the Belgian highway police of the Gent area to give a training on the EU legislation protecting animals during transport. The purpose of our police trainings is to teach police officers the requirements of the welfare-legislation so that they too can inspect livestock trucks passing through their region and sanction those in violation. Today 17 … [Read more...] about Training of the Gent highway police on the EU animal-protection during transport laws.

Eyes on Animals offered a training course in the French language to francophone Belgian highway police officers so that they could learn how to inspect livestock trucks and check on animal welfare. During the morning we offered a theory training; EonA inspectors explained the European animal transport legislative requirements. In the afternoon a control point was set up … [Read more...] about Training of the Belgian police

Eyes on Animals offered a theory and practical training session in the Dutch language to Belgian police officers from all over Flanders. The training ran from 9am to 5 pm. During the morning EonA inspectors gave a presentation on the EU animal transport legislation and in the afternoon a control point was set up along the highway and all livestock trucks were stopped and … [Read more...] about Training of the Belgian police