Agrarcoop is one of the largest cattle transport companies in Hungary and they also own a cattle fattening and export station. Unfortunately many of their cattle trucks we checked on at the Bulgarian/Turkey border have had problems- drivers not giving the animals sufficient water or feed, filthy and insufficient bedding, and two of their trucks had poorly designed dividers … [Read more...] about Meeting with Agrarcoop (Hungarian livestock transport company and fattening export cattle farm)
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Visit of Hungarian control post Vet Express and observation of Polish calf-truck
Today a team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation dropped by, unannounced, to the Hungarian control post “Vet Express”, located roughly 2km from the Romanian border. Many cattle from, for example, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Germany are unloaded here during their long journeys to fattening farms and slaughterhouses in Turkey. We observed a … [Read more...] about Visit of Hungarian control post Vet Express and observation of Polish calf-truck
Visit to Hungarian control post “Global Horse”(HU)
Today a team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation dropped by, unannounced, to the control post “Global Horse, located in South-East Hungary, near the border with Romania. Many European livestock transports on their way to Turkey stop here to unload and rest the animals. The owner was welcoming to our visit and after a discussion he showed us the stables. … [Read more...] about Visit to Hungarian control post “Global Horse”(HU)
An Animal Transport Inspection on a Hot Summer Day
This summer, Eyes on Animals’ teams decided to inspect animal transport on extremely hot days to see if the animals were suffering from the heat. Our highway inspection consisted of two shipments of chickens and a pig transport truck. In all cases, temperatures inside the transport trucks were too high. Inside the poultry transport the temperature ranged from 33.7 to … [Read more...] about An Animal Transport Inspection on a Hot Summer Day
An Inspection of Poultry Loading
Last night, an Eyes on Animals team inspected the loading of poultry intransport crates. This event usually occurs at night as the animals are easier to tackle in the dark. We followed two empty transport trucks which finally stopped at a large chicken barn in the south of the country. The owner was kind enough to allow us to observe the catching of chickens. No … [Read more...] about An Inspection of Poultry Loading