Our training

It is our fifth day of work with the ITD (Official Road Inspectors) from Lublin area, accompanied by Veterinary Inspectors. This time we only catch one livestock truck passing by to stop and check, but it was a very important inspection because there were may violations. The curtains to protect the birds from adverse weather are inappropriate, not allowing proper … [Read more...] about Practical training of Official Polish Road Inspectors in Lublin, Poland

The weather is not supporting our work today: we are stopping and inspecting livestock lorries with the Polish Road Transport Inspectors in wind, rain and hail. The first stopped truck is empty, documents and construction are OK. The second one, a national pig truck, raises our doubts about loading density, but after careful calculations we see that there are no … [Read more...] about Practical Training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) in Lublin – Day 4, Poland

Another long day on the road with the Road Transport Inspector (ITD) and Veterinary Inspectors. The first livestock truck we stop is empty, so we have a look inside a very well equipped swan-neck trailer - a great educating opportunity. Next, a short distance transporter is stopped. On board is a consignment of pigs whose condition makes us worried: they are dirty and … [Read more...] about Practical Training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) Lublin – Day 3, Poland

Today we stopped a livestock truck with pregnant heifers from Estonia heading to Turkey – a journey of estimated 140 hours! The cattle were loaded on two decks and did not have enough headspace. The bedding was already really dirty and there was no extra bedding or extra feed on board of the truck, as required by law. Thanks to exemplary work of the ITD and Veterinary … [Read more...] about Pratical Training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) in Lublin – Day 2, Poland

Today we joined ITD inspectors on the road to implement yesterday’s theory in practice. Two livestock trucks are randomly pulled off the road to be checked. One is a national pig transport and the other a national cattle transport. We are pleased to see that there was only one minor welfare concern in the pig transport (one divider was not solid to the ground), while the … [Read more...] about Practical-training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) in Opole region, Poland

TSB|AWF and Eyes on Animal representatives join Road Inspection Officers (ITD) again to inspect animal transports going along a busy road going north-east. Two cattle transports are stopped. We are pleased to see that one transport had everything right: both the animals and documents. We only had some concerns about too much space for two bulls in a big compartment. The … [Read more...] about Practical training of Road Inspection Officers in Kozieglowy

TSB|AWF and Eyes on Animal representatives join Road Inspection Officers (ITD) to inspect animal transport during the night. 5 livestock trucks were stopped, all got warnings or fines up to PLN 1000 (Eur 250). The findings included very poor conditions with rusty floors and missing partitions in pig trucks, and bad curtains and broken crates in poultry transport, resulting … [Read more...] about Practical training of Road Inspection Officers in Zernica, Poland