Today Eyes on Animals and the French NGO Welfarm gave a training course to the French gendarmerie brigade near Massy, south of Paris. The day started off with 4-hrs of theory and was followed by 4 hours at France's largest highway toll, where we would stop any animal trucks that passed. Several small private horse trailers were inspected and conditions were good, but we … [Read more...] about Training the gendarmes on the EU rules protecting animals during transport, France
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EonA and Welfarm Training of gendarmes in Hautes Alpes, France
Today, together with the French NGO Welfarm, we held a very effective training day for the gendarmes and official veterinarian services in the Hautes- Alpes department. After the 3-hr training course on the European legislation on the protection of animals during transport we went to the National roads and stopped 4 animal trucks carrying sheep and … [Read more...] about EonA and Welfarm Training of gendarmes in Hautes Alpes, France
Practical training of French Gendarmes, Arras, France
Eyes on Animals was together with Welfarm and the French gendarmes (that we gave a theory training to last month) in northern France to stop and check on animal trucks passing by. A Dutch truck loaded with sheep coming from Harlingen and heading to a slaughterhouse in southern France was inspected. Although there were fortunately no violations to the EU animal transport … [Read more...] about Practical training of French Gendarmes, Arras, France
Training of the gendarmes, Annecy, France
Today Eyes on Animals was asked by Welfarm and the gendarmes of Haute Savoie to help explain the EU legislation on the protection of animals during transport. There was a morning session followed by an afternoon session with the officials from the DDPP (previously the governmental veterinarian services) also giving a talk. The gendarmes came from all over the department, … [Read more...] about Training of the gendarmes, Annecy, France
Training of the gendarmes in Arras, France
Today, together with the French NGO Welfare, Eyes on Animals trained the gendarmes of Arras on the EU legislative requirements to protect animals during transport. The group was very motivated and already had some experience in inspecting livestock trucks.After the theory lesson, we headed onto the highway together to stop and check on livestock trucks passing by, and … [Read more...] about Training of the gendarmes in Arras, France