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Transport Project complete
Three years ago our consortium started the adventure of developing good and better practices for the transport of 5 groups of animals. Now in February 2019, we completed the EU project work, having developed guidelines, fact sheets, videos and having toured many European countries to forward our findings and discuss how to improve animal transport. […]
Croatian factsheets on Animal Transport Guides now available!
Factsheets on Good practices for the Transport of animals are now available in Croatian! Factsheets on Good practices for the Transport of cattle, sheep, horses, pigs & poultry translated into Croatian are now available! Our guides, designed to provide practical advice to professionals, help them keep the animals they transport in good welfare. They have been […]
Translated Guides to Good practices for the Transport of animals are now available!
Translated Guides to Good practices for the Transport of cattle, sheep, horses, pigs & poultry are now available! These new guides aim to provide practical advice to professionals to ensure that the animals they transport remain in good welfare. They have been written by a large consortium of research institutes from 10 countries and stakeholder organisations, including […]
Poultry Transport video released!
The practical video on how to best transport poultry, based on the guide to Good Practise for the transport of poultry and three dedicated Fact Sheets, is now available. This video provides practical advise to ensure that birds transported remain in good welfare, and is available with translated subtitles in 8 languages. Choose the language […]
SHEEP TRANSPORT VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE!
The practical EU video for Sheep, based on the guide to Good Practise for the transport of sheep and three dedicated Fact Sheets, is now available. This video provides practical advise to ensure that sheep transported remain in good welfare, showing how to deal with the most critical aspects around transport of sheep such as loading […]
Russian Factsheets Available
Our ATG Factsheets our now available in Russian, kindly sponsored by OIE. Please feel free to download,share and benefit! 01-Cattle – Calves_RUS 02-Cattle – Long Distance_RUS 03-Cattle – Handling_RUS 04-Cattle – Milking Cows_RUS 05-Driver_RUS 06-Horses – Correct Handling_RUS1 07-Horses – Feeding & Watering_RUS 08-Horses – Space Allowance_RUS 09-Pigs – Handling_RUS 10-Pigs – Monitoring & Evaluation_RUS […]
Horses video available! made by Animal Transport Guides project
The practical EU video for horses, based on the guide to Good Practise for the transport of horses and three dedicated Fact Sheets, is now available. This video provides practical advise to ensure that horses transported remain in good welfare, and is available with translated subtitles in 8 languages ( German will follow soon) […]
Cattle Video Ready, made by Animal Transport Guides Project
The practical EU video for cattle, based on the Guide to Good Practice for the transport of Cattle and four dedicated Fact Sheets, is now available. This video provides practical advice to professionals to ensure that the cattle they transport remain in good welfare. Watch the video now by selecting your language below: English French Greek German Italian Polish Romanian Spanish […]
UK roadshows 22-23 March
The UK Horse Transport Guides Workshops will take place on the 22nd, in Somerset and 23rd March, in Blackpool, UK. Please open the invitation attached for further information and registration. See invitation here: Invitation
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Pig Video Now Available!
First practical EU Animal Transport Video available for pigs The practical EU video for pigs, based on the Guide to Good Practice for the transport of pigs and three dedicated Fact Sheets, is now available. This video provides practical advice to professionals to ensure that the pigs they transport remain in good welfare. […]
Roadshows – Press and Publicity
Many of our Roadshows, recognised rightly for the spectacles that they are, have received publicity from national newspapers and magazines that have shown an interest in the project. We are thankful for any extra interest, as wider publicity generates a greater awareness of not only the project itself, but more importantly the information it seeks […]
French Guides presented at SPACE, France
Following the successful presentation of the ATG Project at the SPACE Convention in France, the international exhibition for animal production, an article has been published about the Guides to Good and Better Practices in Porc Magazine. We invite you to read it here!
Italian Transport Guides – Agricoltura Review
We are proud to announce that the Italian coordination team – Kees de Roest, Paolo Ferrari, Silvia D’Albenzio, Paolo Della Villa and Barbara Alessandrini – have published an article in the Agricoltura review, dedicated to the final guidelines of the Animal Transport Guides Project. Enjoy the article below!
Fifth ‘Stakeholder Platform Meeting’
On Tuesday, the 20th of June, the fifth Stakeholder Platform Meeting was organized in Brussels. During the project, this platform gives strategic advice and keeps an eye over the total project. We are very grateful for all their knowledge and advice; to improve all parts of the project, where and when possible. In the meeting […]