Today our teams were busy all morning at Petline station, inspecting trucks with animals from various countries throughout the EU. On board were pregnant heifers, fattening calves, slaughterbulls. We again find dirty water troughs, extremely thirsty cattle desperate for water, and dead animals. There is not enough space to unload all the animals so most of them are … [Read more...] about Day 2: Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkish border
Our inspections
Day 1: Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkey border
Today a team of inspectors from Eyes on Animals and AWF|TBS arrived in Instanbul (Turkey) and drove to Kapikule, at the Bulgarian/Turkish border. We are going to inspect livestock trucks bringing in animals from the EU to Turkey. While driving along the highway from Istanbul to Kapikule we observed 22 EU-platted livestock trucks passing us in the other direction, all … [Read more...] about Day 1: Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkey border
Inspection of pig truck in Poland
Today our team checked on a pig truck parked at a gas station along a highway in Poland. The loading density and headspace were acceptable and within the EU legal requirements. However, on the first floor there was not a partition set in place. During our quick check we heard a strange whining sound coming from the trailer and took a good look inside to identify which pig … [Read more...] about Inspection of pig truck in Poland
Meeting with EU Commission about export of live animals to Turkey
Lesley, director of Eyes on Animals and York, director of TSB|AWF, together with 3 Italian animal-rights lawyers working on the case for us, had our meeting last Friday with Mr. van Goethem and his team from the European Commissions Crisis management in food, animals and plants about the on-going suffering and death of animals being exported from the EU to Turkey. Mr. van … [Read more...] about Meeting with EU Commission about export of live animals to Turkey
Participation in the Focus Group Meeting on Animal Transport in Brussels
On the 24th and 25th of May Eyes on Animals was in Brussels to participate in the Focus Group meeting on the transportation of cattle, poultry and pigs. Our colleague organization TSB|AWF was present at the meeting on the transport of horses. The meetings are an initiative of the European Commission with the aim to develop a "Guide to good practice in animal transport”. As … [Read more...] about Participation in the Focus Group Meeting on Animal Transport in Brussels