The 31 bulls from Latvia are still on board the truck, for the fifth day, inside the Bulgarian/Turkish border, in so called “No Man’s Land”. Neither the Turkish or Bulgarian authorities want to take responsiblity for this mess. The Turkish authorities cannot let the truck continue to Iraq because it does not have the permits to cross Turkey and the Bulgarian authorities … [Read more...] about Fate of 31 Latvian bulls stuck at Turkish border still unknown
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Latvian bulls stuck at the Turkish border
A team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation is checking on EU livestock trucks trying to enter Turkey at the Bulgarian/Turkey border. Since early Saturday the 24rd of November, a livestock truck from the Polish transport company ANIMEX is waiting. On board are bulls that were loaded already on the 20th in Latvia! The transporter and exporter want to bring … [Read more...] about Latvian bulls stuck at the Turkish border
23-24.11.2012 Trailing calves on board a Hungarian livestock trucks (Vigel Laszlo) to Turkey
A team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund Zurich trail 2 livestock trucks transporting calves from Nagykapornak (Hungary) destined for Cilgli-Izmir in Turkey. The transport company is Vigel Laszlo. The journey goes over Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. The road in many parts of this 2,199km route is very rough, meaning it takes much longer than … [Read more...] about 23-24.11.2012 Trailing calves on board a Hungarian livestock trucks (Vigel Laszlo) to Turkey
Visit of Vion pig slaughterhouse in Groenlo, NL
Today a team from Eyes on Animals visited the Vion pig slaughterhouse in Groenlo, that slaughters pigs, sows and breeding boars raised on conventional farms, but also those raised under organic and free-range conditions from the label "Groene Weg". We viewed the unloading of the pigs, the lairaging, the suspect pens, the handling and moving, and finally the stunning and … [Read more...] about Visit of Vion pig slaughterhouse in Groenlo, NL
Presentation to the Dutch Animal Police
Eyes on Animals was invited by the Dutch Animal Police from North Holland region to give a presentation of our findings during our inspections of livestock-transports and slaughter in the Netherlands and abroad. Approximately 20 officers were present, all with a passion to put an end to violations to animal-welfare. We admire these officers, who, by … [Read more...] about Presentation to the Dutch Animal Police