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Today’s #AnimalTransport inquiry committee has brought forward some very interesting and worrying circumstances. Caroline Rowley from @ethicalfarmIE once again stressed, that unweaned calves are simply not fit for long distance transport and breaches of EU-law are very common 1/5
When confronted with proof of serious infringements of regulation 1/2005 during sea transport by my colleague from the left @anjahazekamp, Dr. Cristina Bungardean, Romanian General Director for Official Controls simply denied any breaches despite the clear evidence 2/5
Following my question about poor air conditioning during transport Romain Bardy, CEO of @BardyBresse openly admitted that his company has in the past transported animals in conditions above 30 degrees even though there was no way of lowering the temperatures inside the trucks 3/5
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#EUtrade - My 2 cents on @PhilHoganEU statement in the Dutch senate today as #AnimalWelfare was mentioned!

#SpoilerAlert - the story is not as wonderful...

👍 it is great that #AnimalWelfare has been picked up as a topic for cooperation with 🇨🇦 (1)

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.. BUT ❌there has been no concrete result to these discussions.

First, Canada has been discussing an update of its very outdated rules on #AnimalTransport for years. A first draft was published in 2013 - with better journey times for animals - but following an intensive (2)
industrial lobbying, another draft was presented in 2016, with longer journey times. 🐔can be transported for 28 to 36 hours; 🐮for 36 ; 🐎and 🐷for 28. In the EU, transportation time is in theory limited to 8 hours (with additional requirements for longer journeys) (3)
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