A very special time for the TSB|AWF and EonA team in the north of Poland. We are giving a training course to the highway police for the first time in Poland, and taking the opportunity to do a joint inspection with the Road Transport Inspection (ITD) there, who completed our training already in November 2016. The official Veterinary Inspectors are also involved. Durning … [Read more...] about Theory and practical training of highway police, Gdansk
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Practical training of official Polish road inspectors ITD, Katowice
For the past two days we have held joint inspections with the official Road Transport Inspectors of livestock trucks. All animal transports stopped on the road to be inspected had severe violations of the animal-welfare-during-transport law. The first had tall adult cattle loaded on both decks of a lorry, reaching 4.33m of height (maximum allowed is 4m), and still not … [Read more...] about Practical training of official Polish road inspectors ITD, Katowice
Practical training of official Polish road Inspectors (ITD), Katowice – Zernica
Cattle-trucks free of infringements? It is rare, but during today's joint inspection with Road Transport Inspection Katowice our team documented such a case. The cattle were loaded correctly on the lorry, separated with TWO dividers, to make sure bulls are separated from cows, and animals from different places of origin are not mixed (this can cause fighting). Thanks to … [Read more...] about Practical training of official Polish road Inspectors (ITD), Katowice – Zernica
Meyn switches to anti-slip containers only
In response to findings made by Eyes on Animals the company Meyn has decided that from now onwards they will only produce containers with anti-slip floors. The findings, footage gained from our inspection, showed how birds struggle to stand upright if the floors of the Meyn containers are too slippery. Meyn is one of the biggest manufacturers of slaughter lines in the … [Read more...] about Meyn switches to anti-slip containers only
Documentary partly based on Eyes on Animals investigations has major political impact in Germany
Just one day after the broadcasting of Manfred Karreman's new documentary about the export of cattle from Europe to third countries (click HERE to watch the documentary), using Eyes on Animals footage and interviewing our director, a major discussion has erupted among German politics. The CDU party in Germany is writing the EU Commisssioner to ask for a ban on the … [Read more...] about Documentary partly based on Eyes on Animals investigations has major political impact in Germany