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HomeOur inspectionsmarket and collecting stations21.03.2012 Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey

21.03.2012 Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey

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Today our team from Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation (DE) and Welfarm Foundation (HU) continued to visit Hungarian assembly stations officially approved to dispatch animals for export to Turkey. We visited one of the largest stations today, owned by Agrarcoop. Our reason for chosing this station is because we have observed many Agrarcoop trucks at the Turkish borders that have been problematic- with exhausted and dehydrated cattle on board, empty water tanks, absence of ventilators, and inadequate and dirty bedding. Despite having sent a report of our concerns, we had not heard back from the company.  Today we were seeking personal contact with the owner to see how improvements could be made. 

Roughly 4000 young bulls and calves are housed at this station, which is used as an export center but also fattening farm. Sadly, some of the young calves are raised in individual crates where they cannot see or touch each other, nor adequately move. We were surprised as these crates are illegal now throughout the EU. We were told that Agrarcoop is going to phase these crates out by 2013.

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Another barn however had pens that were dirty and had slippery floors, causing some bulls to fall. We spoke to the owner and proposed that we send our report with recommended suggestions on how to improve welfare on his farm and during transport. We also agreed that an extra training of his drivers this spring would be desirable, particularly before the summer heat waves begin at the Turkish border. He was open to the suggestions. We look forward to an open and cooperative relationship to get concrete improvements quickly for the animals. We will remain in contact with Agrarcoop.

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Markets and collecting stations

Farm animals are often sold and bought at livestock markets, or collected at stations where larger trucks come to pick them up later to transport them further. These places can be very stressful for animals, and are also unfortunately a great place for diseases to spread. Animals are brought in from many different places, unloaded from the truck, often weighed one at a time, and then rushed towards different pens where they are forced to wait for hours, sometimes without water, feed or bedding. Animals that were raised together, and even mothers and their offspring, can be separated. The animals are then reloaded onto new trucks with unfamiliar animals, which can cause fighting, and head to a new destination. Eyes on Animals regularly conducts unannounced visits of livestock markets and collecting stations in the Netherlands and Belgium. We check on conditions of the unloading equipment and pens and make sure that unfit animals are given a quiet area to rest, or if serious, immediately euthanized. We are in dialogue with the managers about providing water and bedding for the animals, milking females in lactation, and reducing any rough handling or other unnecessary causes of animal suffering.