Today the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF team drove in the early morning to an inspection post along the A4 highway near Gliwice, in order to support the Katowice Road Transport Inspection (ITD) checking on livestock vehicle passing by. Together we inspected 2 pig trucks and 1 chicken truck. One of the pig trucks is correct and can continue without any problems. This driver … [Read more...] about Practical training of Polish road inspectors (ITD) in Katowice – Żernica
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Training course for slaughtermen, veterinarians and agriculture students, Tamale/Ghana
WACPAW (West African Centre for the Protection of Animal Welfare) heard about our animal-welfare training courses in Turkey and asked Eyes on Animals if we could also come to Ghana to give a workshop to their slaughter men, veterinarians and agricultural students. We financed a team, including humane slaughter expert Dr. Awal Fuseini, and today gave a one-day course in … [Read more...] about Training course for slaughtermen, veterinarians and agriculture students, Tamale/Ghana
Training course for slaughtermen, veterinarians and animal agriculturalists, Cape Coast/Ghana
WACPAW (West African Centre for the Protection of Animal Welfare) heard about our training courses in Turkey and asked Eyes on Animals if we could also come to Ghana to give a workshop to their slaughter men, veterinarians and animal agriculturalists. We financed a team, including humane slaughter expert Dr. Awal Fuseini, and today was our first day in Cape Coast. There … [Read more...] about Training course for slaughtermen, veterinarians and animal agriculturalists, Cape Coast/Ghana
Animal-Welfare training of Migros supermarket auditors responsible for meat selection
Today we gave an animal-welfare workshop to the auditors of Migros supermarket chain in Turkey, responsible for the meat selection at their stores and buying large quantities of meat directly from the slaughterhouses in Turkey. We prepared a check-list for them to, as of now, audit the slaughterhouses that supply Migros. Those that do poorly will be asked to make concrete … [Read more...] about Animal-Welfare training of Migros supermarket auditors responsible for meat selection
Practical training of official veterinarians in Katowice, Poland
Today we set up a control point on a highway with the first group of participants of our training, to exercise in practice what was discussed yesterday during the theory part of our training. ITD (Road Transport Inspectors) are providing their professional and kind help. Two livestock trucks are pulled over and inspected. Both trucks are Polish and transporting pigs on … [Read more...] about Practical training of official veterinarians in Katowice, Poland