live animal transports

Today our AWF/EonA team checks on two trucks of the company Hefter with pregnant heifers from Germany on board that cross the Turkish border at Kapikule. At the feeding station near the border, the animals are watered and fed with hay, which has been carried along from Germany, but they are not unloaded. In both trucks the bedding is very filthy and wet. The drivers claim … [Lees verder...] about Inspection border Kapikule, Turkey

The two trucks of the companies Interexpres and Verbert with cattle from Austria, which have arrived at the border the previous day at 4 o’clock in the morning, still have to wait the whole day for the authorization to drive on. The problem is that the buyer of the animals has not yet paid the import duty. Only when the amount has been transferred, the customs officials … [Lees verder...] about Inspection border Kapikule, Turkey

Today seven animal transports with breeding cattle from Austria and the Czech Republic pass the Turkish border at Kapikule. Our AWF/EonA team documents the transport conditions and the waiting times at the border. In five of the vehicles there is enough bedding although it is mostly quite dirty. Many pregnant heifers have lied down and are resting. In the two trucks of the … [Lees verder...] about Inspection border Kapikule, Turkey

An AWF/EonA team drives to the Turkish-Bulgarian border at Kapikule to check on animal transports shipping bovines from EU member states to Turkey. Inside the border, our team finds two vehicles of the Polish transport company Amsyl, which has already attracted negative attention last August when two animals died during transport and one after unloading at a stable near … [Lees verder...] about Inspection border Kapikule, Turkey