Keywords: Transport

Scientific article examining the effectiveness of animal welfare regulations on transport in five English-speaking Western jurisdictions. The study's findings show that the regulations fail to achieve the objective of protecting livestock during transport. The article identifies future policy directions that would have greater likelihood of success in meeting this objective.

Audit report on the system implemented by the Greek goverment to ensure compliance with regulations protecting animals being transported to the abattoir. While it recognizes improvements, it concludes that the measures implemented by the competent authorities are not yet fully compliant with the five points of the 2009 ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union. It contains eight recommendations to the competent authorities to remedy the shortcomings identified.

Review of current knowledge on variables that can be useful in determining how long poultry can be deprived of water during transport before their welfare starts to deteriorate.

French technical note setting out how EU Regulation 2016/429 (LSA) applies to movement of live aquatic animals between Member States.

DG SANTE audit report concluding that Ireland has invested significant resources in official controls for calf welfare during transport, although there are still some weakness, on which it offers recommendations.

Answer to a question concerning the measures taken to control the conditions under which animals are transported over long distances and those that France intends to put forward to improve these conditions when the European regulation on the subject undegoes revision.

Update of the guide originally published in 2012 by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), on how to manage the health and welfare of poultry during transport, at market and at slaughter

News article setting out the particular welfare needs of fish during transport, and analyzing the parts of the proposed revisions to the European regulations on animal welfare during transport that specifically address fish welfare. 

Report based on consultation of data from TRACES, the European Commission's online management tool for the notification, certification and control of the trade in live animals and animal products. It reveals discrepancies in the keeping of registers, recorded and actual journey times, the use of, and changes to, assembly centres, destinations recorded as final that are not, waiting times in ports, and the conditions under which calves are transported.

Audit report identifying both improvements and weaknesses in the system set up to monitor the welfare of animals transported by sea from Romania to third countries. It contains recommendations to the competent authorities concerning the licencing of transporters, pre-loading inspections of livestock vessels, and dealing with notifications of non-compliance in a timely way.