The Road Transport Academy in Hungary has decided to include live-animal transport in their curriculum, as requested by the official road inspectors in Hungary. As of recently, Hungarian road inspectors have to now also learn about the European legislation on the protection of animals during transport, so they can check on animal-welfare during transport and enforce the … [Read more...] about EonA and TSB/AWF training course on animal-welfare during transport is now part of mandatory curriculum for Hungarian road inspectors
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Practical training course to Polish road authorities in Lagow
Today Eyes on Animals and TSB/AWF team hold a practical training session to the Polish road authorities. The training session takes place along a road leading to a livestock market in Lagow. The participants are from our previous theoretical training course that we gave in Kielce and Lublin. It is minus 12 degrees this early morning. We stop a cattle truck and several … [Read more...] about Practical training course to Polish road authorities in Lagow
Training course given to Polish highway police (WITD) in Kielce
Today our teams from Eyes on Animals and TSB |AWF give a six hour theory training course on the EU Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport. 5 official veterinarians and 15 WITD officers participate in the training. Due to the fact that it was a small group there were lively discussions and questions in between the lectures and of course we are happy … [Read more...] about Training course given to Polish highway police (WITD) in Kielce
Training course to Polish highway police (WITD) in Lublin
Today our Eyes on Animals and TSB| AWF team gave a six hours theory training course on the EU Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport at the University of life sciences in Lublin. The dean of the University opened the training and we appreciate the fact that Animal Welfare plays an important role at the University. The audience consisted of 30 … [Read more...] about Training course to Polish highway police (WITD) in Lublin
Training course to truck drivers from Hunland Trans company, Hungary
Today our team was hired to give a training course on animal-welfare during transport to the truck drivers from one of Europe's largest livestock transport and trade companies- Hunland. Eyes on Animals covered best practices, illustrated where improvements can be made from problems seen in the past, and how to take action in difficult circumstances like hot and cold … [Read more...] about Training course to truck drivers from Hunland Trans company, Hungary
Police training course in Nagylak, Hungary
Today a team from Eyes on Animals and AWF/TSB gave a training course to the Hungarian police group responsible for checking on all trucks passing the Hungarian/Romanian border. Here many livestock trucks pass, including cattle and sheep heading to Turkey. We taught them the European legislative animal-welfare requirements during animal transport and discussed in detail … [Read more...] about Police training course in Nagylak, Hungary
Practical training session given to Polish road inspectors (WITD), Szczecin/Poland
Due to the high motivation of the WITD road inspectors in Szczecin that participated in our training course yesterday, we were asked to again stop and control livestock trucks together this morning before heading home. Early in the morning we stopped two livestock vehicles. One had pigs from Germany and was heading to the slaughterhouse in Szczecin. The loading conditions … [Read more...] about Practical training session given to Polish road inspectors (WITD), Szczecin/Poland
Training course given to Polish road inspectors (WITD) and veterinarians, Szczecin/Poland
Today our training team (Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation inspectors and Dr. Rabitsch, an Austrian veterinarian and expert transport inspector) was in Szczecin to give a theory and practical training course to the official road inspectors from the WITD as well as two official veterinarians from the regional office. From 9:00 until 13:30 our team … [Read more...] about Training course given to Polish road inspectors (WITD) and veterinarians, Szczecin/Poland
Police training course given in Rzeszow, Poland
Today Eyes on Animals together with Animal Welfare Foundation organized our first traininig course for the road police and regional official veterinarians in Poland! Today it was held in Rzeszow. We had the fortune of having Dr. Rabtisch, European expert on livestock transport inspections, on our training team. 28 road police specialized in checking trucks (from the WITD) … [Read more...] about Police training course given in Rzeszow, Poland
Practical training of Hungarian police (inspection of Keus en Mollink)
Today Levente from Eyes on Animals/Animal Welfare Foundation assisted the Hungarian police near Tatabanya with inspecting livestock trucks. A Dutch truck from the company Keus en Mollink transporting pigs on a 14-hr journey from the Czech Republic to Romania was stopped and checked. On board were 170 pigs destined for slaughter. Fortunately the weather was moderate and not … [Read more...] about Practical training of Hungarian police (inspection of Keus en Mollink)
