The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has developed a new strategy, called the EXPORT STRATEGY. It is partly set up to offer a possibility to discuss ethical matters before making rash decisions allowing live export from the Netherlands to countries outside of the EU. Today the Ethical Reflection session was held at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in The Hague … [Read more...] about Ethical Reflection about export to Turkey
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Meeting with nVWA about lack of access to animals during transport
(photo KAALE) Today Eyes on Animals met with the competent Dutch authorities at the nVWA. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the various types of livestock trailers that are being sold and approved at a rapid rate in the Netherlands despite not providing access to the animals during transport, nor ability to inspect the … [Read more...] about Meeting with nVWA about lack of access to animals during transport
Meeting with company that trains chicken drivers and catchers
Today we met with a man who trains poultry-truck drivers and chicken-catchers. Like all livestock drivers in the EU, drivers of poultry-trucks must also undergo a training and get a certificate of competance before being allowed to transport live animals. The purpose of the meeting was to find out what the training program is like and how we could add to it, to … [Read more...] about Meeting with company that trains chicken drivers and catchers
Visit to Berdex Company that makes livestock trucks (NL)
Today Eyes on Animals made an appointment to meet with Berdex transport company to see the closed livestock trucks with forced-ventilation that they make. The reason for our visit is because the Quality Label DuurzaamVarkensVlees had asked Eyes on Animals for our opinion regarding the transport standards the label wanted to enforce. One … [Read more...] about Visit to Berdex Company that makes livestock trucks (NL)
4.12.2012 Visit to Vet Express control post in Hungary
Today we dropped by unannounced to Vet Express, a control post in Hungary where animals on long-distance journeys can be unloaded and rested for 24hrs. When we arrived there were 4 livestock trucks in the parking lot. All had Slovakian licence plates (3 from the company Bovinex and 1 from the company Pemag). They were all transporting charolais and black angus bulls from … [Read more...] about 4.12.2012 Visit to Vet Express control post in Hungary