Today a team from Eyes on Animals was invited to give a talk at the Congress on Animals & Law for Belgian police and attorneys, which was held in the town of Leuven. We gave a presentation on the violations that we have observed during the loading, transport and unloading of farm animals in front of a crowd of 175 people. Also present were the Animal Police from the … [Read more...] about Presentation at Congress on Animal Law for Belgian police and attorneys
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Presention to chief Hungarian police about our trainings on animal-welfare-during-transport
Today Eyes on Animals, Welfarm and Animal Welfare Foundation gave a talk at the annual further-education course for the Chief-Hungarian police. Twenty-five people were present and the chairman was the National-Head Police of the highway department (gendarmes). The Deputy of the National Police was also present. We were invited to … [Read more...] about Presention to chief Hungarian police about our trainings on animal-welfare-during-transport
Practical training day of West-Flanders police
During the practical part of the training, seventeen trucks were checked in the early morning of Monday the 7th. Ten fines were issued: three for animal-welfare violations, two trucks were too heavily loaded, one driver did not have the required documents, there was one case of tachograph fraud and three drivers were fined for road offences. The police officers … [Read more...] about Practical training day of West-Flanders police
Training of highway police in Brugge (Belgium)
In a former Roman-Catholic church in Brugge we gave a training presentation to the West-Flanders highway police. Aside from police, there were also official veterinarians and people from health-services present. The first part of the training was given by an inspector policeman. In a comprehensible power-point-presentation he taught his colleagues all about the … [Read more...] about Training of highway police in Brugge (Belgium)
Training of Hungarian truck drivers of Keus en Mollink International Transport
Keus en Mollink is an International livestock transport company registered in the Netherlands and Germany. They have 65 drivers and is thus one of the biggest in Europe. Because of problems in the past, and because this company often transports animals to Turkey, Eyes on Animals was hired to give a training to 20 of their Hungarian chauffeurs to help improve their … [Read more...] about Training of Hungarian truck drivers of Keus en Mollink International Transport