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04. July 2017

Uruguay | Maldonado | Estancia „Las Marquesas“ | Blood farms for hormone production

[Translate to English:] Eine dünne Stute, die trächtig zu sein scheint.

We return to the blood farm of Fernando Perdigón in the hinterland of Maldonado. On the way there, we see groups of horses grazing on forest clearings. Among the mares, there are also a few stallions. Spring is the time of the year when the mares are covered. The new extraction season is about to start and some mares already look pregnant. We note…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Maldonado | Estancia „Las Marquesas“ | Blood farms for hormone production

Eine dünne Stute, die trächtig zu sein scheint.

We return to the blood farm of Fernando Perdigón in the hinterland of Maldonado. On the way there, we see groups of horses grazing on forest clearings. Among the mares, there are also a few stallions. Spring is the time of the year when the mares are covered. The new extraction season is about to start and some mares already look pregnant. We note…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Maldonado | Estancia „Las Marquesas“ | Blood farms for hormone production

Eine dünne Stute, die trächtig zu sein scheint.

We return to the blood farm of Fernando Perdigón in the hinterland of Maldonado. On the way there, we see groups of horses grazing on forest clearings. Among the mares, there are also a few stallions. Spring is the time of the year when the mares are covered. The new extraction season is about to start and some mares already look pregnant. We note…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Cerro Largo | Bocking’s farm “Biomega SA” | Blood farms for hormone production

Stark abgemagerte Stute mit schlimmer Beinverletzung.

In the early morning, two gauchos on horseback move about 200 horses from the pastures into the holding pens of the blood farm. Another worker is observed hanging empty blood bags over a fence to dry. At 8:35, three employees start moving horses from the holding pens towards the building, using wooden sticks. They are hitting the horses repeatedly,…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Cerro Largo | Bocking’s farm “Biomega SA” | Blood farms for hormone production

[Translate to English:] Stark abgemagerte Stute mit schlimmer Beinverletzung.

In the early morning, two gauchos on horseback move about 200 horses from the pastures into the holding pens of the blood farm. Another worker is observed hanging empty blood bags over a fence to dry. At 8:35, three employees start moving horses from the holding pens towards the building, using wooden sticks. They are hitting the horses repeatedly,…

04. July 2017

Uruguay | Cerro Largo | Bocking’s farm “Biomega SA” | Blood farms for hormone production

Stark abgemagerte Stute mit schlimmer Beinverletzung.

In the early morning, two gauchos on horseback move about 200 horses from the pastures into the holding pens of the blood farm. Another worker is observed hanging empty blood bags over a fence to dry. At 8:35, three employees start moving horses from the holding pens towards the building, using wooden sticks. They are hitting the horses repeatedly,…

01. July 2017

Bulgaria | Turkey | Animal transports to Turkey

[Translate to English:]

Animal Welfare Foundation/ Tierschutzbund Zuerich and Eyes on Animals have one team on each side of the border of Bulgaria and Turkey. This week the temperatures are extremely high, with a peak of 43°C.  Since years we have been sending reports and complaints to the EU Commission and the Member States about the immense animal welfare problems…

01. July 2017

Bulgaria | Turkey | Animal transports to Turkey

Animal Welfare Foundation/ Tierschutzbund Zuerich and Eyes on Animals have one team on each side of the border of Bulgaria and Turkey. This week the temperatures are extremely high, with a peak of 43°C.  Since years we have been sending reports and complaints to the EU Commission and the Member States about the immense animal welfare problems…

01. July 2017

Bulgaria | Turkey | Animal transports to Turkey

Animal Welfare Foundation/ Tierschutzbund Zuerich and Eyes on Animals have one team on each side of the border of Bulgaria and Turkey. This week the temperatures are extremely high, with a peak of 43°C.  Since years we have been sending reports and complaints to the EU Commission and the Member States about the immense animal welfare problems…