Hungarian police

Today Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation gave a training to Hungarian police officers in Nagylak, at the Romanian border. Police officers came from various brigades located nearby.The EU animal-welfare-during-transport legislation was taught in the classroom. We also covered the Hungarian sanction systems and what actions they can take to solve … [Read more...] about Training of Hungarian highway police on animal transport legislation

Today the trainers from Eyes on Animals, Welfarm and Animal Welfare Foundation were invited to train 23 highway and border police-officers from Hajdu-Bihar county. The training took place at the border-station in Artand, near Romania. Unfortunately during the practical session no livestock trucks passed by, but we used the time to discuss real-life scenarios and what … [Read more...] about Training of Hungarian police of Hajdu-Bihar county in Artand

   After giving a theoretical training to the highway police of Budapest region back in October, we headed out today with a police-team to do the practical part. Near the Budapest ring we waited on livestock trucks to pass by. In total we stopped and checked on 3. One was from the Hungarian company Sarimasos, which we often see at the Turkish border. Today the … [Read more...] about Practical training of Budapest police

   Today we trained the highway police from the region around Szeged, in Hungary. In the morning we covered the theoretical part, where the police learned about the EU legislation protecting animals during transport. Two official veterinarians also attended the training day and gave a presentation. One of the veterinarians was the chief veterinarian of the county … [Read more...] about Training of Hungarian police from region of Szeged

Today Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation and Welfarm gave a training on the EU animal-welfare-legislation during transport to 35 police officers from the Highway police office near Kiskunfelegyhaza, located 100km south of Budapest. After the theory training, we set up a control post near the city’s slaughterhouse, where dozens of pig trucks line up until it is … [Read more...] about Training of the highway police in Kiskunfelegyhaza, Hungary

Almost all EU livestock trucks crossing Hungary on their way to such countries as Turkey and Romania, go over Budapest. For this reason, we planned a training today for the highway police officers of Budapest city, who are regularly on the Budapest ring, M0.Many questions were asked about real-life situations on the road and how to coordinate practical solutions … [Read more...] about Training of highway police from Budapest

Today Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation and Welfarm gave a training on the EU animal-welfare-legislation during transport to 40 police officers from throughout Zala county (Hungary), held in the city of Lenti near the Slovenian border. Two official veterinarians also participated and gave a short presentation about the local situation and the control post nearby … [Read more...] about Police training in Zala county, Hungary

Today we gave our final of three trainings on the EU animal-welfare-during-transport legislation in the Hungarian county of Somogy, this time to the police in the town of Siofok. This city was chosen because it is close to the highway which is the main route of livestock transport trucks in this region. Twenty-four police officers participated in the theory … [Read more...] about Police training in Somogy County, Hungary – Part 2

The Chief Officer of the Hungarian county of Somogy asked the Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation and Welfarm team to give three trainings in two days to three different local offices. This morning we gave a theoretical training to the police of Marcali, and in the afternoon to the officers of Fonyod.In this region there is an export station where animals destined … [Read more...] about Police training in Somogy Country, Hungary- Part 1

Today Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation and Welfarm gave a training on the EU animal-welfare-legislation-during-transport to 18 police and traffic officers from throughout Baranya county (Hungary), held in the city of Pecs. During these trainings we teach what EU laws exist to protect animals during transport, what evidence is necessary, what tricks … [Read more...] about Training of Hungarian highway police on how to enforce animal-welfare-during-transport legislation