horse market

Today Eyes on Animals had a meeting with the Dutch government authorities, NVWA, to talk about our inspections and the enforcement of animal welfare laws on horse markets in the Netherlands. We spoke with the team leader NVWA Animal Welfare, Haddon Voortman, and the team leader NVWA Transport, Jan Koers. We exchanged experiences about the horse markets so far this year – … [Read more...] about Meeting with Dutch Government Authorities about Horse Markets

Today was the 814th time this yearly horsemarket in Zuidlaren took place. 1512 horses and ponies and 25 donkeys were present at the market, fewer than last year. Generally speaking the condition of the animals was satisfactory. There were some horses that were rather thin, as is not unusual for this type of market. The arrangements where the animals could be tied up were … [Read more...] about Inspection of Zuidlaren horse market, NL

Today Eyes on Animals inspected the yearly horsemarket in Roden for the first time. A few weeks earlier the organizing committee of the horse market (called “Roden’s Public Entertainment”) had contacted us, because they were to take over the organisation from the local authority. Most of the time Eyes on Animals walked through the market together with the Dierenbescherming … [Read more...] about Inspection of Roden horse market, NL