Today our teams were busy all morning at Petline station, inspecting trucks with animals from various countries throughout the EU. On board were pregnant heifers, fattening calves, slaughterbulls. We again find dirty water troughs, extremely thirsty cattle desperate for water, and dead animals. There is not enough space to unload all the animals so most of them are … [Read more...] about Day 2: Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkish border
Turkey border
Day 1: Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkey border
Today a team of inspectors from Eyes on Animals and AWF|TBS arrived in Instanbul (Turkey) and drove to Kapikule, at the Bulgarian/Turkish border. We are going to inspect livestock trucks bringing in animals from the EU to Turkey. While driving along the highway from Istanbul to Kapikule we observed 22 EU-platted livestock trucks passing us in the other direction, all … [Read more...] about Day 1: Inspection of EU livestock trucks at the Turkey border
Turkish/Bulgarian Border Inspection – Day 5
During the week from July 6th to 12th, Eyes on Animals, in conjuction with two other animal welfare partners (CIWF and AWF) carried out an intensive investigation of livestock trucks transporting cattle and sheep from all over Europe across the border into Turkey. This inspection and its´ findings received extensive media attention. Day 5 - 10th July: During the night, … [Read more...] about Turkish/Bulgarian Border Inspection – Day 5
Turkish/Bulgarian Border Inspection – Day 4
Turkish/Bulgarian Border Inspection - Day 4 During the week from July 6th to 12th, Eyes on Animals, together with two other animal welfare partners (CIWF and AWF) carried out an intensive investigation of livestock trucks transporting cattle and sheep from all over Europe across the border into Turkey. This inspection and its´ findings received extensive media … [Read more...] about Turkish/Bulgarian Border Inspection – Day 4
Turkish/Bulgarian Border Inspection – Day 3
Turkish/Bulgarian Border Inspection - Day 3 During the week from July 6th to 12th, Eyes on Animals, together with two other animal welfare partners (CIWF and AWF) carried out an intensive investigation of livestock trucks transporting cattle and sheep from all over Europe across the border into Turkey. This inspection and its´ findings received extensive media … [Read more...] about Turkish/Bulgarian Border Inspection – Day 3