Two teams from Eyes on Animals checked the horsemarket in Zuidlaren, the nightteam from Monday evening 11 pm until 11 am Tuesday morning. The horses have been relocated to one central place, in order to allow a better overview. All animals were standing on soft earth, which is quite an improvement. At midnight the animals arrived on the premises and were met by … [Read more...] about Inspection horsemarket Zuidlaren
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Inspection of Zuidlaren horse market
Today Eyes on Animals inspected the horsemarket in Zuidlaren from 00:30 to 19:45. Especially at night, the atmosphere at the market is grim. There are many drunken traders and unloading the horses is a hectic affair. While inspectors from Eyes on Animals and journalists from Piep Vandaag are filming how a pony is pulled out from an overloaded truck by his tail and lifted, … [Read more...] about Inspection of Zuidlaren horse market
Meeting at Ministry Economic Affairs on concerns horse markets
Tuesday 29 September, Eyes on Animals met with the Ministry of Economic Affairs to discuss the law enforcement and supervision at the Dutch horse markets. We emphasized that we consider both the upholding of the animal welfare/transport law and adherence to the (voluntary) Protocol Horse Welfare Markets as insufficient. Everyone transporting animals for with the purpose … [Read more...] about Meeting at Ministry Economic Affairs on concerns horse markets
Meeting on admission horses with docked tails on markets
Eyes on Animals joined in an evaluation meeting on the Protocol Horse Welfare Markets that parties drew up in 2011 to improve animal welfare. The five biggest Dutch horse markets have agreed to make obligatory that in bad weather conditions, owners of donkeys have to protect their animals with rain blankets. The Protocol house rule that draft horses with docked tails are … [Read more...] about Meeting on admission horses with docked tails on markets
