This afternoon Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation held a meeting with 4 officials from the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, including the Head of Animals and Animal Products Border Inspections. We have been sending our reports to this Ministry since our very first visit to Turkey and were eager to meet them in person. They agree with our reports and our … [Read more...] about Meeting with Turkish Ministry of Agriculture
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Inspection of EU trucks at Turkish border – day 7
Today we held a meeting with the Bulgarian veterinarians at the border inspection post in Kapitan Andreevo, beside Turkey. They confirm what we thought- they no longer permit trucks transporting adult sheep on four levels. They agree with the reports and letters we sent about the problems 4-levels cause - the adult sheep indeed do not have adequate headroom or … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU trucks at Turkish border – day 7
Inspection of EU animal trucks at Turkish border – day 6
Today we unfortunately observe 5 dead sheep being pulled out of a Greek truck(Loukas) while being unloaded at the stable on the Turkish side of the border. According to the driver, there were some smaller lambs mixed with bigger ones in one compartment of the truck, thus they may have been trampled. The authorities want to check the ear tag of each lamb on board, a … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU animal trucks at Turkish border – day 6
Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 5
Today the team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation continued to check on EU livestock trucks arriving into Kapikule, the Turkish side of the Turkish/ Bulgarian border. To start with the good news: today the authorities here have decided to stop taking blood samples at the border of the animals! This process created extra delays and stress for the … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 5
Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 4
Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation team are on the fourth day of their inspection at the Bulgarian/Turkish border. Today we checked 4 EU livestock trucks that arrived on the Turkish side. Two of the trucks were from the company Elspeda and had young bulls from Estonia on board, destined for Ankara.. This is a journey of 3400km, mostly on rough roads! … [Read more...] about Inspection of EU livestock trucks at Turkish border – day 4