Kielce WITD, who attended our training in January 2016, invited us to take part in a joint action of ITD and Police by one of local cattle markets. It was a very interesting day: according to division of roles, Police were stopping smaller vehicles (under 3.5 t), and ITD – big ones. The Policemen, who had not had our training before, were happy to…

Today our team visits cattle market in Łagow. There are more animals than last time. We count about 500 animals. Among trader Ogoneks animals, we observe one cow with ingrown horn and a few with overgrown hooves, but the remaining animals seem to be in good condition. Few minutes after 8am, we notice in a small lorry a cow, which seems to have a…

Early morning we are driving about 60 km south-west of Gdańsk to the village of Stezyca. The representatives of ITD, veterinary inspection and the police are already there. As soon as we get out of the car, our team member spots the first truck, which is immediately stopped for inspection. All in all, during a very rainy morning, four vehicles are…

In Gdańsk we are giving a training to another big and diversify group consisting of ITD inspectors, police, veterinary inspection and border control officials. The group is very interested, asks a lot of questions. We are happy to see active participation of representatives of different authorities and a lot of potential for future cooperation.

Today we are joining WITD inspectors to perform are the practical part of our trainings on the road. The ITD team is splitting, each car going to a different location looking for animal transports. This way, even though in this area there are hardly any international transports, and few short distance ones, the inspectors stop three trucks. We…

Olsztyn has a group of 30 ITD (Road Inspection) inspectors and two policemen ready to listen to our training on Reg. (EC) 1/2005. Owing to the geography of the region and very long driving times for some inspectors, we have to make our training shorter than usual, but we manage to cover the most important aspects of animal transport inspections,…

Today our team is present at the last meeting of the working group for the Sheep Transport Guides as part of an European project called Animal Transport Guides (http://animaltransportguides.eu/). At the meeting different stakeholders are present to express their concerns regarding animal welfare during the transport of sheep. The objective is to…

When we arrive at the collecting station of horse dealer Bardanca in Tranqueras, we see about 20 horses on the fields at the edge of the forest. The land Bardanca rents from the forestry company Weyerhaeuser is vast and there are likely more horses inside the eucalyptus plantation but cannot be seen from the road.

We note that several horses are…

At 9:30, driving north in direction of Rivera, we see a huge pen area with cattle and horses next to the road and decide to stop by. Gauchos on horseback tell us that a livestock auction sale took place yesterday and that the animals are going to be loaded today.

Most of the pens hold cattle; there are three pens with horses. Two of these pens…