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 … [Read more...] about Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey
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Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey
Today teams of Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation(DE) and Welfarm Foundation (HU) joined forces and made unannounced visits to three EU-certified assembly stations in Hungary. One improvement we managed to achieve in our efforts to decrease the suffering of Hungarian animals during long/distance transport to Turkey, is that transporters may only now load animals at … [Read more...] about Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey
Evaluation meeting about Hedel horse market
On November 2010, Eyes on Animals inspected the annual Horse Market in Hedel for the first time and found a series of practices which were unacceptable. After much consultation, promises were made to make this market less stressful for the horses and ponies. In early November 2011 the annual market was held again, and we were present. The situation was much better … [Read more...] about Evaluation meeting about Hedel horse market
Inspection of the Horse Market in Hedel (NL)
Our Eyes on Animal's team has inspected the horse market in Hedel again, as we did last year. In 2010, we observed a large number of abuses there. Our observations have resulted in a number of discussions with the organizers of the Hedel Horse Market, the local government in Hedel, the Dutch Ministery of Agriculture inspectors and Eyes on Animals concerning how … [Read more...] about Inspection of the Horse Market in Hedel (NL)
Further Consultations at Horse Market Hedel
Last November 2010, Eyes on Animals inspected the Horse Market in Hedel and found a series of practices which were unacceptable. A lot of attention was given by the media to our negative observations, click HERE to read one of the articles. In May 2011, the first consultation between the Hedel Horse Market Foundation, and Eyes on Animals took place. The nVWA was also … [Read more...] about Further Consultations at Horse Market Hedel