Eyes on Animals inspectors had a pig truck from the Dutch transport company A.v.d.Broek stopped in Germany by the police to be inspected. The pigs on board were destined for a slaughterhouse in Poland. We have tried repeatedly to trail this transport company without success as their chauffeurs and employees have played tricks on us to make us lose sight of them. … [Read more...] about Inspection of a pig truck from the Dutch company A.v.d.Broek
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Inspection of a pig truck from the Dutch company Ben van der Walle
While driving on the A2 towards Berlin, Eyes on Animals spotted a livestock truck from the company Ben van der Walle. As many complaints have been made concerning this company in the past, we asked the German highway police to stop it and do a random inspection. Fortunately this time the transport documents and the conditions for the animals were satisfactory. The piglets … [Read more...] about Inspection of a pig truck from the Dutch company Ben van der Walle
False information given on transport documents of a pig truck from the Dutch company Jan Thijs Haarle
Eyes on Animals trailed a truck with Dutch pigs on board destined for a slaughterhouse near Budapest, Hungary. While driving through Germany it was stopped by the police so that the papers and condition of the animals could be quickly checked. We checked on the pigs on each level. The water system was turned on and some pigs were drinking from it during the inspection. … [Read more...] about False information given on transport documents of a pig truck from the Dutch company Jan Thijs Haarle
Agressive handling of pigs
Eyes on Animals has filed a complaint with the Dutch authorities about the agressive and very unprofessional handling of pigs by an employee of a Dutch transport company (Buurman) observed today at a Dutch pig collecting and export station. The pigs were being repeatedly hit very hard with a plastic paddle, rushed in groups of 40-50 leading to panic and bottle-neck jamming … [Read more...] about Agressive handling of pigs
Meeting with Veetrans
Eyes on Animals inspectors met with Veetrans. Veetrans is a quality assurance program set up for livestock transport companies to join that agree to abide by stricter animal welfare rules during transport. Eyes on Animals commends the people behind Veetrans for taking this initiative and is an example of industry itself trying to make improvements. Many companies are still … [Read more...] about Meeting with Veetrans