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After resting 24 hours in Ibbenbüren, the calves are transported further. On the highway B51 in direction of Trier, the drivers stop to regulate the internal temperature of the truck by opening or closing some of the ventilation flaps. The outside temperature is -3°C. Two hours after passing the French border, the drivers stop again on the highway…

After resting 24 hours in Ibbenbüren, the calves are transported further. On the highway B51 in direction of Trier, the drivers stop to regulate the internal temperature of the truck by opening or closing some of the ventilation flaps. The outside temperature is -3°C. Two hours after passing the French border, the drivers stop again on the highway…

We are driving on the highway in Poland in direction of Germany, following a transporter with unweaned calves from Lithuania. At 4:00 at night, the truck stops to change drivers. Talking to them we learn that the calves are two to eight weeks old. They keep all ventilation flaps closed because of the cold temperatures, but will open them later when…

We are driving on the highway in Poland in direction of Germany, following a transporter with unweaned calves from Lithuania. At 4:00 at night, the truck stops to change drivers. Talking to them we learn that the calves are two to eight weeks old. They keep all ventilation flaps closed because of the cold temperatures, but will open them later when…

We are driving on the highway in Poland in direction of Germany, following a transporter with unweaned calves from Lithuania. At 4:00 at night, the truck stops to change drivers. Talking to them we learn that the calves are two to eight weeks old. They keep all ventilation flaps closed because of the cold temperatures, but will open them later when…

On the way to Zemale in the north of Lithuania, where there is a calf assembly centre, a truck of a Dutch transport company drives past us in direction south, loaded with calves. The temperature is -13.0°C. According to recommendations of the EU Commission, unweaned animals should not be dispatched for long-distance transport today as the outside…

On the way to Zemale in the north of Lithuania, where there is a calf assembly centre, a truck of a Dutch transport company drives past us in direction south, loaded with calves. The temperature is -13.0°C. According to recommendations of the EU Commission, unweaned animals should not be dispatched for long-distance transport today as the outside…

On the way to Zemale in the north of Lithuania, where there is a calf assembly centre, a truck of a Dutch transport company drives past us in direction south, loaded with calves. The temperature is -13.0°C. According to recommendations of the EU Commission, unweaned animals should not be dispatched for long-distance transport today as the outside…

On the first dairy farm we visit today, there are 10 young calves, which are individually penned or kept in groups of two. The stable is quite dark, with only a few small windows providing light. The air inside the small room is stuffy. A very young calf, only a few days old, is mooing constantly. It must have been separated from its mother just…