Early morning, in the company of ITD, Police, Veterinary Inspection and Customs Officers we go to a service area by the E40 highway to set up a control point. All livestock tucks will be stopped and inspected here during our practical training session. An empty chicken truck is stopped, giving a great opportunity to carefully inspect the vehicle and condition of the … [Read more...] about Police training in Katowice, Poland– practical part
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Our police training courses lead to fines of disrespectful livestock transport companies
Our training courses that we developed and give to the road police in Poland are starting to pay off for the animals! During one of our recent practical training sessions in Katowice the police and us stopped a pig truck from a notoriously bad Polish transport company and caught them transporting pigs on the upper decks in very crowded conditions. The EU density levels … [Read more...] about Our police training courses lead to fines of disrespectful livestock transport companies
Police training in Katowice, Poland – theoretical part
In Katowice, a 60-person-strong and diversified group has gathered for our theoretical training on the EU legislation protecting animals during transport. Besides WITD inspectors (official road officers in Poland), there are representatives of Police, Veterinary Inspection and Customs Officers. The audience listens carefully. During breaks we receive many requests to give … [Read more...] about Police training in Katowice, Poland – theoretical part
EU project on good and aspiring practices to reduce stress of poultry transport
What started off a bit tense became a positive and productive workshop today in Brussels between the stakeholders involved in drafting good and aspiring practices to reduce stress of poultry during transport. Eyes on Animals is a main stakeholder in this EU 3-year project to identify how to put the animal-transport law properly into practice and what steps industry players … [Read more...] about EU project on good and aspiring practices to reduce stress of poultry transport
Inspections of transports to Turkey, Bulgaria
Our AWF/ EonA team stays at the Bulgarian side of the border between Kapitan Andreevo/ Bulgaria and Kapikule/ Turkey and observes the arrival times of animals at the border. A French journalist from ARTE is accompanying us. The trade is comparably slow, with approximately 10 animal trucks per day. We inspect a certain number of trucks, who are loaded with heifers from … [Read more...] about Inspections of transports to Turkey, Bulgaria
