During the road inspection animal transporters are inspected, among them a private horse transport, national transports with cows, pigs, sows for slaughter, an empty poultry truck and piglets on a long journey from Germany to Hungary.

All transports were in violation of Regulation 1/2005, Viehverkehrsverordnung as well as other relevant laws. for…

On the 16^th of November 2016 the traffic police in Dresden invited police and official veterinarians from Görlitz, Bautzen, Dresden and Pirna to a training seminar on inspections of animal transports. With Dieter Adam (traffic police Brandenburg-Süd) and Dr. Alexander Rabitsch the Animal Welfare Foundation was able to provide two experienced…

In October, our FAS team in Poland visited 23 farms. The farriers trimmed hooves of 23 horses and claws of 5 cows and 1 bull. Most of these animals were limping and needed our help. The abscess was the reason of lameness of a cow in Szerzawy and a bull in Krajno. The same reason caused lameness of a horse in Dobruchna. A mare in Tychow Nowy and a…

We are driving to the east of the region to join the other half of ITD Krakow Inspectors for a practical training in animal transport checks. Just like yesterday, only one transport is stopped, but it gives good education opportunities. The inspectors spotted very quickly that a divider was not installed on the lower floor. Moreover, the truck of…

Together with ITD Krakow Inspectors we drive to an inspection place by A4 highway. Despite the fact that only one animal transport passes by and is inspected, the day has not been wasted: the waiting time was devoted to a training in the use of our animal inspection brochures, discussions about cases and solutions to difficult situations. The only…

Today in the office of Krakow Road Transport Inspection we are giving a theory training on Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005. The group of over 30 inspectors is very active; they ask a lot of questions related to the cases they have encountered in their work. We are very happy with how dynamic the theory day is and are looking forward to two practical…

The team drives early morning to an inspection place on A4 highway near Gliwice, in order to support inspectors from Katowice Road Transport Inspection (ITD) in their daily work, with focus on animals. Together we inspect 2 pig transports and 1 chicken transport. One transport is correct and can continue without any problems. This driver is…

Today our team is inspecting the Bodzentyn cattle market. We count about 500 animals. The majority are bulls and calves. The atmosphere is calm. We observed two emaciated animals and few with overgrown hooves. We notice that one of the traders is forcefully pushing a cow into the lorry. The lorry is already full and there is no space to load more…

In September, our Polish team visited 12 farms. They trimmed hooves of 15 horses, claws of 4 cows and some goats. Just a few of these animals were limping; the rest just needed regular service. In Jeleniów, our team has seen a very good but sadly uncommon solution for cows: an open shed. This allows animals spend most of the time outside. In Jezow,…