23.07.2016 | Inspection of Konopki Animal Market

Tiermarktkontrolle in Konopki, Polen
Tiermarktkontrolle in Konopki, Polen
Tiermarktkontrolle in Konopki, Polen

The team of Viva! Interwencje, on behalf of Animals' Angels, pursues a lead of an illegal animal market in Konopki. The team finds out that the market is in fact held at the suspected location. The team witnesses that all animals remain on the trucks during the market and many of the trucks are just regular vans not suitable for animal transport. The animals are unloaded only when being sold. There is no sign of any supervising personnel. 

The team tries to determine whether the market is really illegal or supervised by the veterinary service. Therefore, they contact the local county veterinarian's office and the local authorities just to find out that no one can give a definite yes or no answer. After some days of inquiry, the team reaches the county veterinarian who confirms that the market is supervised and denies all violations observed at the market.