Cattle transport free of infringements? It is rare, but during joint inspection with Road Transport Inspection Katowice our team documented such a case. The animals were loaded correctly on the lorry, separated with TWO dividers, to make sure bulls are separated from cows, and animals from different places of origin are not mixed. Thanks to…

During the road inspection animal transporters are inspected, among them a private horse transport, national transports with cows, pigs, sows for slaughter, an empty poultry truck and piglets on a long journey from Germany to Hungary.

All transports were in violation of Regulation 1/2005, Viehverkehrsverordnung as well as other relevant laws. for…

On the 16^th of November 2016 the traffic police in Dresden invited police and official veterinarians from Görlitz, Bautzen, Dresden and Pirna to a training seminar on inspections of animal transports. With Dieter Adam (traffic police Brandenburg-Süd) and Dr. Alexander Rabitsch the Animal Welfare Foundation was able to provide two experienced…

We are driving to the east of the region to join the other half of ITD Krakow Inspectors for a practical training in animal transport checks. Just like yesterday, only one transport is stopped, but it gives good education opportunities. The inspectors spotted very quickly that a divider was not installed on the lower floor. Moreover, the truck of…

Together with ITD Krakow Inspectors we drive to an inspection place by A4 highway. Despite the fact that only one animal transport passes by and is inspected, the day has not been wasted: the waiting time was devoted to a training in the use of our animal inspection brochures, discussions about cases and solutions to difficult situations. The only…

Today in the office of Krakow Road Transport Inspection we are giving a theory training on Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005. The group of over 30 inspectors is very active; they ask a lot of questions related to the cases they have encountered in their work. We are very happy with how dynamic the theory day is and are looking forward to two practical…

The team drives early morning to an inspection place on A4 highway near Gliwice, in order to support inspectors from Katowice Road Transport Inspection (ITD) in their daily work, with focus on animals. Together we inspect 2 pig transports and 1 chicken transport. One transport is correct and can continue without any problems. This driver is…

Today we are going to a control point at a highway with the first group of participants of our training, to exercise in practice what was discussed yesterday during the theory. ITD (Road Transport Inspectors) are providing their professional and kind help. Two transports are inspected, both national, under 8 hours and carrying pigs. No major…

Today we are giving a training requested by Regional Veterinary Inspection in Katowice. This is our first training for Veterinary Officials in Poland, we are very happy that our trainings for ITD (Road Transport Inspection) are having such a broad effect. We have a lot of participants: about 100 Veterinary Officials are participating (Regional…