Turkey | Border Kapikule | Animal transports | Day 5
Unser Team misst die Temperatur in den Transportern.
Die Temperaturen in den Transportern erreichen mehr als 37°C.
Wir drücken die Schweine-Tränkenippel, damit die Bullen ein bisschen Wasser bekommen.
Ein durstiger Bulle trinkt aus Verzweiflung Gülle.
Aus Platznot stehen lebende Tiere auf toten.
Dieser Transporter ist so stark überladen, dass die Tiere aufeinander liegen.
Drei Kälber sind heute im Niemandsland zur Welt gekommen.
Today it is not raining anymore and it is getting really hot. We measure temperatures up to 37.3°C inside the trucks. A serious problem at the parking lot near the border is that there is only one water hose for all the trucks. Some trucks are queuing up to get water for the animals, others are just parked outside waiting for customs documents – with an empty water tank. We inspect two trucks with slaughter bulls from Hungary; the bedding is insufficient and completely wet and dirty. The bulls are so thirsty and hungry that they eat the dirty bedding and drink liquid from the filthy floor. The water system is turned on so we press the metal nipple drinkers, which are designed for pigs, to help the bulls get some water. The young bulls are desperate and fight to get to the nipples.
In the afternoon several trucks arrive with pregnant heifers from Germany on board. We observe a driver that is unloading three new-born calves that were born on board the truck inside the border. He has built a small pen for them next to the truck.
A truck from a Bulgarian transport company loaded with calves from Slovakia has two dead animals on board. One of them is already smelling very badly and completely bloated. The truck is very dirty, stinking of ammonia and the animals are overcrowded. Some exhausted animals are lying on top of each other due to lack of space. Others are standing on their dead companions.
In the late evening we count 41 trucks, each one loaded with cattle, parked along the road and on the parking lot, waiting for papers. According to the Turkish chief veterinarian 85 animal trucks from Europe passed the border today.
