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
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Practical-training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) in Lublin – Day 1, Poland
Today we stopped and inspected 6 livestock trucks during our practical training course for the Polish authorities. The welfare of the animals, the condition of the vehicles and the transport papers were checked. The pig trucks only had minor infringements related to incomplete transport papers. The poultry truck had the same problems as we still too often see during … [Read more...] about Practical-training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) in Lublin – Day 1, Poland
Practical-training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) in Opole region, 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
Training of Official Road Inspectors and veterinarians in Opole, Poland
Today Eyes on Animals and AWF|TSB gave a training course on Regulation (EC) 1/2005 to a group of 40 Official Road Inspectors (ITD) and government veterinarians from the Opole region in Poland. We witness some lively discussions and sense some frustration in cases where law is not perfect enough to really protect animals. We appreciate such discussions a lot, even if there … [Read more...] about Training of Official Road Inspectors and veterinarians in Opole, Poland
Practical training of Road Inspection Officers in Kozieglowy
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
Practical training of Road Inspection Officers in Zernica, Poland
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
Training of Road Police and Veterinarians in Gdansk (Poland) – Practical part
Early this morning we drove 60 km south-west of Gdansk to the village of Stezyca. The representatives of ITD, veterinary inspection and the police that participated in our theoretical course yesterday are already there. As soon as we get out of the car, our team member spots the first animal truck, which is immediately stopped for inspection. All in all, … [Read more...] about Training of Road Police and Veterinarians in Gdansk (Poland) – Practical part
Training of Road Police and Veterinarians, Gdansk (Poland) – Theory part
Today we gave the theoretical part of a training course on the Directive EC 1/2005 on animal-protection during transport to a large and diverse group of ITD road inspectors, highway police and official veterinarians from the regions around Gdansk. The group is very interested and asks many questions. We are happy to see active participation of representatives of different … [Read more...] about Training of Road Police and Veterinarians, Gdansk (Poland) – Theory part
Training of Road Police in Olsztyn, Poland – practical part
Today we joined the ITD inspectors to perform the practical part of our training-courses on the EU directive about the protection of animals during transport. The ITD team split up, each car going in different directions in search of livestock trucks to escort them to the control point we have set up. This way, even though in this area there is not that much circulation of … [Read more...] about Training of Road Police in Olsztyn, Poland – practical part
Training of road police (ITD) in Olsztyn, Poland – Theory
Olsztyn has a group of 30 ITD (Road Inspection) inspectors and two policemen attending our training course on the EC 1/2005 directive covering the protection of animals during transport. Today we cover the theory and the importance of unannounced checks on the road of livestock trucks passing by their region. The attendants are enthusiastic for tomorrow's practical … [Read more...] about Training of road police (ITD) in Olsztyn, Poland – Theory
