28. February 2017

Poland | Monthly report February| Voivodship Swietokrzyskie | Farm Animal Service

[Translate to English:] Ein Abszess ist der Grund für das Hinken der Stute.

In February our FAS team in Poland visited 24 farms. Some are visited regularly by our farriers. They trimmed hooves of 12 horses, 4 foals and claws of 1 cow. Several horses required treatment because of cracked heels, tinea or abscess in hooves. Michal and Bogdan noticed the positive effects of their trainings with farmers who were taught how to…

28. February 2017

Poland | Monthly report February| Voivodship Swietokrzyskie | Farm Animal Service

Ein Abszess ist der Grund für das Hinken der Stute.

In February our FAS team in Poland visited 24 farms. Some are visited regularly by our farriers. They trimmed hooves of 12 horses, 4 foals and claws of 1 cow. Several horses required treatment because of cracked heels, tinea or abscess in hooves. Michal and Bogdan noticed the positive effects of their trainings with farmers who were taught how to…

28. February 2017

Poland | Monthly report February| Voivodship Swietokrzyskie | Farm Animal Service

[Translate to English:] Ein Abszess ist der Grund für das Hinken der Stute.

In February our FAS team in Poland visited 24 farms. Some are visited regularly by our farriers. They trimmed hooves of 12 horses, 4 foals and claws of 1 cow. Several horses required treatment because of cracked heels, tinea or abscess in hooves. Michal and Bogdan noticed the positive effects of their trainings with farmers who were taught how to…

28. February 2017

France | France 5 television broadcasts a documentary about the meat industry

France 5 television (France) broadcasted a 70-minute documentary about the meat industry and the animal-welfare problems in the meat industry. The journalists joined a team of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF to make part of this documetary.

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28. February 2017

France | France 5 television broadcasts a documentary about the meat industry

France 5 television (France) broadcasted a 70-minute documentary about the meat industry and the animal-welfare problems in the meat industry. The journalists joined a team of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF to make part of this documetary.

Click HERE

24. February 2017

Poland | Opole | Police (ITD) training – practical part

Today we join ITD inspectors on the road to implement the yesterday’s theory in practice. Two transports are inspected: national pig transport and national cattle transport. We are pleased to see that there was only one very minor welfare concern in pig transport, while the transport of bulls was performed correctly. On both trucks animals had…

24. February 2017

Poland | Opole | Police (ITD) training – practical part

Today we join ITD inspectors on the road to implement the yesterday’s theory in practice. Two transports are inspected: national pig transport and national cattle transport. We are pleased to see that there was only one very minor welfare concern in pig transport, while the transport of bulls was performed correctly. On both trucks animals had…

24. February 2017

Poland | Opole | Police (ITD) training – practical part

Today we join ITD inspectors on the road to implement the yesterday’s theory in practice. Two transports are inspected: national pig transport and national cattle transport. We are pleased to see that there was only one very minor welfare concern in pig transport, while the transport of bulls was performed correctly. On both trucks animals had…

23. February 2017

Poland | Opole | Police (ITD) training – theory

[Translate to English:]

On rainy Thursday morning, we are arriving in the office of ITD (Road Transport Inspection) to give a theoretical training on Regulation (EC) 1/2005. Our audience consists of Road Transport Inspectors and Veterinary Inspectors from the whole region. We witness some lively discussions and sense some frustration in cases where law is not perfect…