In November, our FAS team in Poland started implementing new formula of Farm Animal Service programme. Our goal is to increase effectiveness of improving animal living conditions at Polish farms in swietokrzyskie region. We want to encourage owners of farms where improvement was needed, but motivation to change was lacking. In the new FAS…

Third time in a row, the TSB|AWF team visit the annual horse market in Skaryszew, central Poland. Most of the team spend long cold hours (real feel temperature between -2˚C and -9˚C)  observing the market and its surroundings, while one team member joins the ITD (Road Transport Inspection) officers to inspect trucks bringing the animals to and from…

29-31.01.2018 and 01.02.2018: A very special time for the TSB|AWF and EonA team in the north of Poland. We are giving a training to the Police for the first time in Poland, and taking the opportunity to do a joint inspection with Road Transport Inspection (ITD) there, who completed our training in November 2016. A lot of good atmosphere,…

Two days of joint inspections with Road Transport Inspection resulted in four sad records. All animal transports inspected were performed with severe violations of the law, each holding a record in their own category. The first record breaker carried big adult cattle on two decks of a lorry, reaching 4.33m of height with the truck (maximum allowed…

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…

Today our team inspects the Bodzentyn cattle market. We count about 400 animals, mainly bulls and young cattle. We observe only five cows with overgrown hooves, one emaciated and one with wound on ischial bones. It looks like the animal was beaten. When the trader notices we are taking the pictures, he quickly loads the cow. Luckily, we manage to…

In October, our FAS team in Poland visited 23 farms. The farriers trimmed hooves of 23 horses and claws of 5 cows and 1 bull. Most of these animals were limping and needed our help. The abscess was the reason of lameness of a cow in Szerzawy and a bull in Krajno. The same reason caused lameness of a horse in Dobruchna. A mare in Tychow Nowy and a…

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…