INVESTIGATION INTO TRANSPORTS OF LIVE ANIMALS FROM ...

Transport of horses from Spain to Italy, 26.02.2006
Gap between bottom of divider and floor extremely dirty bedding
5. Information given by the drivers
- According to the drivers the time of departure was the 25.02.06 at 18.00 h.
- According to the drivers the horses were not watered during the journey.
6. What happened
The lorry takes highway A11 in direction of Florence.
17:40 h: At Florence the lorry takes highway A1 in direction of Rome.
18:00 h: We call police “Polizia Autostradale Arezzo”.
18:38 h: The Police stop truck at a gas station shortly before exit for Arezzo.
19:30 h: The lorry leaves gas station and is escorted by police to their headquarters (at exit Arezzo).
19:52 h: Arrival at police headquarters.
The police check on the documents and on the horses on the lorry. They also check if there are more
animals or goods loaded on the second deck. According to the officer who checked on the situation on
the second deck there were not any animals or goods but dirty bedding.
The police find out that according to the discs of the drivers the time of departure must have been
25.02.06 at 10.00 h. Therefore at the time when police stopped them the journey has already
lasted 32.5 hours. Consequently the allowed maximum journey time of 24 hours is already
exceeded by 8.5 hours and the horses are still 978 km away from destination.
The police give order to unload the horses at the nearest staging point (CE 12/PS, La Posta,
Carlo Caponi, Autotrasporti, Passaggio di Bettona, Perugia) and issue a fine of Euro 3.098,00.
22:20 h (5°Celsius): Arrival at staging point “La Posta”. The horses are unloaded. All horses seem to
be o.k. Exiting the lorry a lot of horses raise their heads and hit the second deck.
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Place and date of report: Cadiz, 16th March 2006 © Copyright Animals’ Angels e.V. …..
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