Today Eyes on Animals together with Animal Welfare Foundation organized our first traininig course for the road police and regional official veterinarians in Poland! Today it was held in Rzeszow. We had the fortune of having Dr. Rabtisch, European expert on livestock transport inspections, on our training team. 28 road police specialized in checking trucks (from the WITD) … [Read more...] about Police training course given in Rzeszow, Poland
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Practical training of Hungarian police (inspection of Keus en Mollink)
Today Levente from Eyes on Animals/Animal Welfare Foundation assisted the Hungarian police near Tatabanya with inspecting livestock trucks. A Dutch truck from the company Keus en Mollink transporting pigs on a 14-hr journey from the Czech Republic to Romania was stopped and checked. On board were 170 pigs destined for slaughter. Fortunately the weather was moderate and not … [Read more...] about Practical training of Hungarian police (inspection of Keus en Mollink)
Training course given to veterinarian inspectors in Macedonia
Eyes on Animals training material is now in use in Macedonia to train the official veterinarians there on animal transport legislation and practical tips to enforce it correctly. Macedonia is not yet part of the EU but their ambition is to enforce the same animal-welfare requirements as in the EU in order to improve their chances of entry. Judging by the conditions on the … [Read more...] about Training course given to veterinarian inspectors in Macedonia
Seminar on animal-welfare during slaughter held in Ankara, Turkey
On Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th of April, Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation organized, together with Redrock and Austrade (Australian Trade Commission) the second animal welfare seminar for slaughter animals in Turkey. The conference and training on "Improving Animal Welfare and Meat Quality in Turkey" was held at Ankara Veterinary Faculty at Ankara … [Read more...] about Seminar on animal-welfare during slaughter held in Ankara, Turkey
Training of Hungarian highway police
Today a theory training was given by an EonA/AWF team to the Hungarian highway police in the county of Komarom-Esztergom. It was attended by 10 policeman, amongst them also the chief of the police station. The policemen that attended the training course where very interested in learning the European animal-transport legislation so that they can check on livestock … [Read more...] about Training of Hungarian highway police