Today the team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation checked on 8 trucks bringing live animals from Europe into Turkey for slaughter and further fattening. A Croatian truck, from the company Sazov, had Austrian calves on board. The organizer was Viehandel Kara from Bad Voslau, Austria. The drivers did not unload the young calves (approximately 4 months … [Read more...] about Day 2 Inspections of EU animal trucks at the Turkish border
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Day 1 Inspections of EU animal trucks at the Turkish border
This evening a 3-person team (Canadian, Swiss and Turkish inspector) from Eyes on Animals and the Animal Welfare Foundation arrived on the Turkish side of the Bulgarian/Turkish border. Since late 2010 the NGO’s have been alerting EU and Turkish authorities of the serious animal-welfare problems occuring at this border – many livestock trucks in violation of the EU … [Read more...] about Day 1 Inspections of EU animal trucks at the Turkish border
Presentation to EU DG Sanco of chicken-welfare problems during transport
Today Eyes on Animals met with an official from the EU DG Sanco to present our concerns regarding the welfare of chickens during transport. Over more than 1 year now Eyes on Animals inspectors, and recently also our apprentice, have been checking on livestock trucks transporting spent hens and broilers to slaughter. In many cases we were shocked by our … [Read more...] about Presentation to EU DG Sanco of chicken-welfare problems during transport
Meeting with FVO and EU Sanco about on-going animal transport problems at EU/TK border
Today Eyes on Animals and the Animal Welfare Foundation met with EU Sanco and FVO to share our latest observations and concerns at the Bulgarian/Turkey border. There are still long waiting times, inadequate facilities to unload the large numbers of animals passing through in need of rest, water and feed, companies faking their real travel times and no shade for the … [Read more...] about Meeting with FVO and EU Sanco about on-going animal transport problems at EU/TK border
Visit of factory Coevorden for poultry crates
This afternoon we visited a company in Coevorden (NL) that makes plastic products including the “diamond”-shape poultry crates for a great number of slaughterhouses and transport companies. The main objective of our visit was to discuss the design of the poultry crates regarding safety, accessibility, hygiene and possible alternatives with access doors on the side. They … [Read more...] about Visit of factory Coevorden for poultry crates