Animals\' Angels - wir sind bei den Tieren | we are there with the animals

Animals’ Angels visits council yard and finds a few hundred sheep, 15 goats, and 110 cattle. Animals are generally in good condition. Mainly plastic sticks and rattles used for goading sheep. Still no sign to remind patrons to muzzle dogs. Main concerns today are, firstly, the suggestion by 2 members of the public that some cattle being left at these yards for a few days before the sale may be getting water, but not feed (claim requires further investigation); and secondly, the ongoing practice of a few individual patrons of this yard to buy goats and sheep (5-6 times per year) and bind their legs before transporting them out of this yard in a van. The co-operative efforts of yard management, regulatory inspectors and police are urgently required to halt this practice. (Übersetzung folgt)

ANIMALS’ ANGELS Mobile Klinik fährt heute auf einen Hof nach Sieradowice. Dort treffen wir auf die vier „Arbeits“stuten Horia, Himera, Hybryda und Horalka. Wir korrigieren bei allen vier Stuten die Hufe. Bei Himera entdecken wir erste Anzeichen von Mauke und behandeln die Beine. Stute Horia hat einen Ausschlag am Schweif, den wir ebenfalls behandeln. Anschließend sehen wir nach den Hinterbeinen von Hengst Jazz. Er kann seine Beine schon wieder gut belasten und besser gehen. In Tarczek wollen wir eine weitere Hufkorrektur durchführen – wegen der starken Hitze und mangelnder Hilfe des Besitzers können wir es heute zu dritt nicht schaffen und müssen erneut bei der Stute vorbeifahren.

ANIMALS’ ANGELS investigators arrived at the auction at 11:30am; the temperature was 88 degrees Fahrenheit. Some cages with chicken were overcrowded and did not allow the birds to turn or move. The cage floors were bare wire and did not have a wood platform for the birds or small animals to stand on. Despite the hot day, the cages also did not have any water. Two roosters were located in cages next to each other. The roosters began fighting, pecking and spurring each other. Investigators attempted to stop the fighting but could not. No one from the auction wanted to move the cages apart. The roosters kept sticking their heads and necks through the cage wire and when one bird would get temporarily stuck, the other bird would spur him. After 20 minutes the birds calmed down. (Übersetzung folgt)

ANIMALS’ ANGELS inspects Greencastle Auction. Inside the sales barn it was hot, 97 degrees Fahrenheit. During the day the temperature inside the sale barn must have exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and outside close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Upon arrival investigators observed the cows in the outside slow pen, which were exposed to the heat and direct sunlight. These cows, primarily Holsteins, were exhibiting signs of heat stress, such as panting. Some animals with extremely large udders were laying down and foaming from the mouth. Several cows were extremely emaciated, with body scores of 1.5 to 1. There was no water, food or shelter provided to the animals. (Übersetzung folgt)

ANIMALS’ ANGELS visits Toowoomba Landmark Saleyard and finds cattle and weaners. Majority of animals in good condition, apart from a cow affected with the infectious and contagious disease blight (pink eye); her other eye is functional. We are concerned about animals with impaired sight who occasionally come through this yard on ‘faulty permits’, which state that the animal has to be transported direct from saleyard to the slaughterhouse, but there is no way to ensure this happens and no stipulation of how far these animals are permitted to travel in their compromised state. Lack of education regarding how each link in the animal use chain must treat these animals with extra patience and consideration; confusion about at which point these animals should be humanely euthanased and who is equipped to make this judgement. Need to discuss this with regulator. (Übersetzung folgt)

ANIMALS’ ANGELS visits Toowoomba Elders Saleyard- pigs, calves and cattle are for sale. It is a very quiet day with fewer animals than normal. We are pleased to see animals in reasonable condition and a generally calm atmosphere and we haven’t observed any obvious handling problems during loading. We have some concern that not all pigs may have access to water; and we hope that a contractor who has been advised not to poke, tap or hit bobby calves with his cane will continue to desist from this practice, as it breaches the code standards and constitutes a breach of duty of care under the Act. We appreciate this yard’s signage and its proactive effort to develop an internal animal welfare policy, and we look forward to seeing the welfare monitoring/record keeping procedures that this will introduce in operation. (Übersetzung folgt)

ANIMALS’ ANGELS fährt mit der Mobilen Klinik zu Bulle Carlos, der meterhoch in seinen Exkrementen steht. Wir reichen eine Beschwerde bei den zuständigen Behörden ein. Im Anschluss sind wir bei Hengst Humor (1 Jahr), der dicke schmerzende Beine hat. Wir korrigieren seine Hufe und kühlen die Beine, damit die Schwellung zurückgeht.

ANIMALS’ ANGELS kontrolliert den Pferdemarkt. Unsere Hufschmiede Bogdan und Karina korrigieren die Hufe von Stute Elwira (2 Jahre), Hengst Faworyt (4 Jahre), Hengst Bojer (1 Jahr), Hengst Kieszen (2 Jahre), Hengst Baran (2 Jahre) und Stute Izabela (13 Jahre).

ANIMALS’ ANGELS kontrolliert den heutigen Rindermarkt. Auch diesmal findet am Eingang des Marktes wieder eine Kontrolle durch den Veterinär und die Polizei statt. Auf der ANIMALS’ ANGELS Station korrigieren wir die Klauen von vier Kühen.

Das ANIMALS’ ANGELS Klinikmobil fährt heute zu Stute Syryjka (13 Jahre) um eine Zahnbehandlung durchzuführen. In Brody korrigieren wir die Hufe von Stute Geneza (13 Jahre), die extrem verwachsene Huf hat. Nun kann sie wieder schmerzfrei laufen.