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08. July 2016

USA | Sugarcreek - Ohio | Horse auction | Horsemeat import

[Translate to English:] Das abgemagerte Pferd frisst gierig das Heu, das wir ihm hinlegen.

We return to the weekly horse sale in Sugarcreek operated by Ohio’s largest kill buyer, Leroy Baker. He is currently shipping approximately three loads of horses a week to the Viande Richelieu plant in Québec, Canada.

There are approximately 125 horses inside the pen area when we arrive at midday. We note a severely emaciated gelding in a pen by…

07. July 2016

USA | New Holland - Pennsylvania | Horse auction | Horsemeat import

[Translate to English:] Pferd mit blutenden Kopfverletzungen, vermutlich vom Transport.

We arrive at the New Holland Sales Stables in the early morning. We immediately note that there are several horses with multiple cuts on their faces in the loose horse pens, injuries likely sustained in transport. A Paint horse is especially affected with a bleeding forehead injury as well as another serious cut above his left eye. In another pen,…

07. July 2016

USA | New Holland - Pennsylvania | Horse auction | Horsemeat import

Pferd mit blutenden Kopfverletzungen, vermutlich vom Transport.

We arrive at the New Holland Sales Stables in the early morning. We immediately note that there are several horses with multiple cuts on their faces in the loose horse pens, injuries likely sustained in transport. A Paint horse is especially affected with a bleeding forehead injury as well as another serious cut above his left eye. In another pen,…

07. July 2016

USA | New Holland - Pennsylvania | Horse auction | Horsemeat import

[Translate to English:] Pferd mit blutenden Kopfverletzungen, vermutlich vom Transport.

We arrive at the New Holland Sales Stables in the early morning. We immediately note that there are several horses with multiple cuts on their faces in the loose horse pens, injuries likely sustained in transport. A Paint horse is especially affected with a bleeding forehead injury as well as another serious cut above his left eye. In another pen,…

29. June 2016

Turkey | Border Kapikule | Animal transports | Day 7

[Translate to English:] Unser Team kontrolliert so viele Tiertransporter wie möglich.

We are joined today by a journalist and a photographer from the Netherlands. They want to make a report about the conditions at the Turkish border that we have been seeing year after year.

Today we inspect 23 trucks in total but many more pass the border without us having the opportunity to look inside. Fattening calves coming from Slovakia are…

29. June 2016

Turkey | Border Kapikule | Animal transports | Day 7

Unser Team kontrolliert so viele Tiertransporter wie möglich.

We are joined today by a journalist and a photographer from the Netherlands. They want to make a report about the conditions at the Turkish border that we have been seeing year after year.

Today we inspect 23 trucks in total but many more pass the border without us having the opportunity to look inside. Fattening calves coming from Slovakia are…

29. June 2016

Turkey | Border Kapikule | Animal transports | Day 7

We are joined today by a journalist and a photographer from the Netherlands. They want to make a report about the conditions at the Turkish border that we have been seeing year after year.

Today we inspect 23 trucks in total but many more pass the border without us having the opportunity to look inside. Fattening calves coming from Slovakia are…

28. June 2016

Turkey | Border Kapikule | Animal transports | Day 6

[Translate to English:] Erneut kommt auf einem LKW ein Kalb zur Welt.

All day, animal transporters from Europe are entering into Turkey. We observe animals coming from Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. We are able to inspect 24 trucks but many more pass by. The outside temperature is 38°C.

One truck with pregnant heifers from the Czech Republic that we first saw on the 24th of…

28. June 2016

Turkey | Border Kapikule | Animal transports | Day 6

Erneut kommt auf einem LKW ein Kalb zur Welt.

All day, animal transporters from Europe are entering into Turkey. We observe animals coming from Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. We are able to inspect 24 trucks but many more pass by. The outside temperature is 38°C.

One truck with pregnant heifers from the Czech Republic that we first saw on the 24th of…