2024-03-04
AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS - Belgium acts as a bin for the Dutch livestock industry.
European Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 prohibits EU member states from transporting unhealthy, injured, excessively young and heavily pregnant animals, including across national borders. However, too often non-transportable cattle from the Netherlands still end up in Belgian slaughterhouses via the so-called 'Belgium route'.
It is a persistent problem that often goes unpunished, according to research by Annick Hus (Knack) and Hester den Boer (De Groene Amsterdammer).
€13.000 toegekend op 13/12/2021 en op 20/02/2023
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LOCAL/2023/015Grant
FPD Low Countries
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- België-route, Vlaanderen als afvoerputje van Nederlands wrak vee, De Groene Amsterdammer, 28/02/2024.
- Belgiëroute: lijdensweg van een zieke koe, Knack, 02/03/2024.
