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New Regulations for Road Transport of Livestock in the E.U. |
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Ms. Leane
van Weereld
Leane
van Weereld attended the University for Pharmacies in Groningen, The
Netherlands. She finished the pharmaceutical exam in 1993 and worked for
the National Medical Evaluation Board in The Netherlands. As Manager
European
From the
beginning of 2002 she worked as international co-ordinator on animal
welfare issues for the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food
Quality. Leane was responsible for the implementation of European
policy into the national regulation. In international forums such as
WTO, OIE, CVO and the Council, Leane was responsible for the Dutch input
of animal welfare issues. She represented The Netherlands in the expert
working groups in the Council of Europe and in the Council. She was
involved in TAIEX missions to accession countries and inspections of the
FVO which focussed on slaughter of animals and transport of live
animals.
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Ms. Leane VAN WEERELD New rules on animal transport. As from 1 January 2007 a new regulation will come into force in the EU regarding the transport of live animals. It will contain stricter rules than the current directive.
Main elements of the new Regulation include:
(1) Taking care of the whole transport chain The Regulation introduces new rules to deal with situations before and after transport, for example at farms, livestock markets, slaughterhouses and harbours. Training is of paramount importance to ensure proper enforcement by the operators. The Regulation will require that drivers and attendants hold a certificate of competence. The certificate will be obtained after detailed training on the welfare aspects of transport and having passed an independent examination.
(2) Improved enforcement The Regulation identifies the chain of all those involved in animal transport and "who is responsible for what" during animal transport. It introduces efficient enforcement tools such as checks on vehicles via the compulsory use of a satellite navigation system.
(3) Upgraded standards The Regulation will also introduce much stricter standards for journeys of more than 8 hours, including domestic transport within a Member State. From 2007, new vehicles, and from 2009, all vehicles used to transport animals for long journeys over 8 hours will have to be equipped with a satellite navigation system as to trace them and verify the compliance with travel times limits for animals. The Regulation introduces also the systematic use of individual stalls for horses transported on long journeys. Livestock vessels leaving from the EU will have to be approved according to specific welfare standards in line with welfare standards applied in some countries outside the EU.
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Ms. Sonja
Munnix P.O. Box 8242 3503 RE Utrecht The Netherlands
Tel.: +
31-30-23 93 718
Sonja Munnix has worked as an advisor at SenterNovem for 6 years. She has been responsible for initiating, accompanying and supervising projects in the (broad) field of energy-efficient driving behavior, coordination and programme management. She has knowledge regarding implementing the national programmatic approaches of eco-driving in the Netherlands (Dutch ecodriving program Het Nieuwe Rijden) and has also been involved in international eco-driving projects. Other projects include the accompanying of subsidy projects in the field of transport, policy development in the field of goods consolidation and developing pilots on the subject of goods consolidation for business parks. She has also worked in the private sector.
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“Fuel Reduction through Eco-driving”
Ms. Sonja MUNNIX Main Objective: To contribute to a safer and more energy-efficient purchasing and driving behaviour of novice drivers, licensed drivers and fleet owners. The programme concerns passenger cars, delivery vans and trucks. The main policy target is CO2 emission avoidance: about 1.5 Mton per year in 2010. Project description: The Netherlands eco-driving programme ‘Het Nieuwe Rijden’ results from the Kyoto agreement and from national policy documents targeting CO2 emission reductions in traffic and transport. The programme concerns a long-term strategy for the period 1999 until 2010. The programme is implemented by SenterNovem (the Netherlands energy agency) on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Transport and in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment. The programme creates conditions and organisational and logistic structures to achieve CO2 emission reductions.
The programme
collaborates with over 25 consumer and retail organisations, mainly in
the transport and car business. These organisations have signed an
agreement to implement ECO-DRIVING activities for both their own
employees and their target groups. Among these organisations are the
Royal Dutch Touring Club (ANWB), the Dutch Association of Car Importers
(RAI-Vereniging) and the Dutch Transporters’ branch organisation TLN
(Transports & Logistics Netherlands). These organisations are best
fitted to address the target groups with the eco-driving mission. · Driving school curriculums · Re-education of licensed drivers · Fuel saving in-car devices · Tyre pressure · Purchasing behaviour (e.g. car labelling) Impact – Results: The Netherlands eco-driving programme has proven to realise substantial reductions in CO2-emission and to contribute to Environmentally Sustainable Transport. It also has shown to have positive effects on other important policy issues like road safety, traffic noise nuisance and stress. The Dutch eco-driving programme is to be evaluated annually. Until 2010 ‘within national borders’ the Netherlands ECO-DRIVING programme must result in the avoidance of about 1.5 Mton CO2 emissions per year. Presentation:
The presentation on
the AATA congress will focus on the how and what of eco-driving and the
possibilities for transport companies to act on it, thus reducing fuel.
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Transport and Handling of Exotics: |
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Dr. Christian STAUFFER Albisstrasse 4 CH-8135 Langnau a. A. Switzerland
Tel: +41 44 216 42 13 Fax: +41 44 713 22 16
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“Moving Wild Horses Back to
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References
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Mr. Keith
YIP
Assistant Curator of Mammals
SeaWorld
San Diego
500 Sea
World Dr.
San
Diego, CA 92109 USA
Office:
+1 (619) 226 -3895
Fax: +1
(619) 226-3951
Mr. Keith Yip received a Bachelor’s
Degree in Marine Biology from University of California at Santa Barbara.
He has been transporting marine animals for most of the 20 years he has
been with SeaWorld under the supervision of Jim Antrim. Since 2002
(Jim’s retirement) Keith has been in charge of all SeaWorld transport
logistics.
In the past 4 years Keith has overseen
12 safe and successful animal transports, utilizing a variety of
aircraft both domestic and international. SeaWorld has transported 9
killer whales, 3 beluga whales, 13 bottlenose dolphins, 2 pacific
white-sided dolphins, 1 commerson dolphin, 12 sea lions, 5 harbor
seals, 2 walrus, 2 manatees, 178 penguins, and 100’s of sharks, rays,
and fish.
The main focus of Keith’s job as
Assistant Curator of Mammals at SeaWorld San Diego is the health and
well being of the very large and diverse collection. This facility
maintains one of the largest marine mammal collections in the world, as
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Mr. Keith YIP
Assistant Curator of
Mammals
SeaWorld San Diego
Air transport of
marine animals is a very complex and intricate process. This process
requires specialized equipment and expertise.
A great deal of
attention needs to be given to expedite the transport, handle large and
heavy equipment safely and carefully, maintain unique environmental
conditions, as well as meet all domestic and international regulations.
Many months of planning and organization are dedicated to these
projects.
In February 2006 a
large air transport of 4 killer whales, 12 penguins, and 9 pallets of
sharks, rays, and fish was successfully accomplished from the United
States to the Canary Islands. Even with 2 decades of transport
experience this transport was far from routine. The size and make-up of
the load, the distance traveled, involvement of three airports, and the
airport of destination being international presented unique challenges.
This presentation
detailed logistics, best practices, and lessons learned.
Dipl.-Biol.
Rudolf Wicker
Curator,
Zoo Frankfurt
Alfred-Brehm-Platz
16
60316
Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel.:
+ 49 69 212-33732
rudolf.wicker@stadt-frankfurt.de
Dr.
Rudolf Wicker studied zoology, botany, paleontology at J. W. Goethe-Universitat
Frankfurt. Since 1984, he has been the Curator at the Exotarium des
Zoologischen Gartens Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt Zoo). He is mainly
responsible for herpetology, but also involved in general zoo biology
planning, construction
and formation of enclosures and installations, ecology and breeding of
"difficult" types as well as nature conservation. Since 1998, he also
has been serving as the acting director in the Frankfurt Zoo.
Dr.
Wicker was very much involved in the development of the IATA LAR for
Reptiles and Amphibians. He was sent to Washington D.C on behalf of the
Republic of Germany as expert for these types of animals and later gave
recommendations to IATA in Montreal.
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“Metabolism of Different Vertebrate
Dr. Rudolf WICKER
Curator, Frankfurt Zoo
Reptiles, Amphibians
and Fishes are ectothermic or "cold-blooded" animals with a very
different metabolism compared with endothermic "warm-blooded" mammals
and birds.
These differences
have severe consequences for shipping and handling of these groups i.e.
energy consumption, need of food and water, temperature regulation,
evaporation of water, dry or moist transport substrates or water.
Dr.
William van Lint
Phone:
+31 20 5200750
William was born in Eindhoven (The
Netherlands) 35 years ago. After finishing agricultural college he
continued at the University of Utrecht. He graduated as rural geographer
in 1996.
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Dr.
William VAN LINT
The presentation begins
with a
brief history of EAZA, the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria,
including an overview of the organizational structure of EAZA and the
membership aspects.
Special focus is on
the EAZA Taxonomy Advisory Groups (TAGs) and the process of regional
collection planning. The European breeding programmes (EEPs/ESBs) are
important tools in zoo collection planning. An overview of the current
numbers, the organization and practicability’s will be given. Well
organized and professionally run animal transports are absolutely needed
in the framework of long-term and sustainable European zoo collection
planning.
Mr. Peter
Linhart
Office:
+ 43 01 877 9294, ext 261
Fax: +
43 01 877 9641
Peter Linhart studied veterinary
medicine and zoology at Vienna Universities. During his time at the
Universities, he worked as a part-time trainee at the Zoos of Vienna,
Zoo-Berlin and Tierpark-Berlin and got degrees as a scientific
commercial artist in 1988 and as an animal-keeper in 1990. Starting in
1992 he worked as a zoological assistant and since 1997 he has been the
assistant to the director at the Schönbrunner Tiergarten, Vienna. The
main focus of his work is training of animal-keepers and animal
transport. In 1996 he became a consultant for animal transport of the
VDZ (Conference of the German speaking Zoo directors).
Since 2001 he has been the chairman of
the EAZA-TWG (European Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Transport
Working Group). In 2001 he was accredited by the Austrian Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and represents Austria at the CITES-AC (Animal
Committee) and became chairman of the CITES-AC-TWG in 2003. Mr. Linhart
has also served on AATA’s Board of Directors since 2004.
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Mr. Peter LINHART
At that time two
young animals, Jange, a four year old bull, and a new born female which
lost her mother the week before by illegal hunters, had been at the
quarantine station in Chitwan. On the one hand it came up that those two
Rhinos will possibly stay their whole life in a quarantine camp
situation, on the other those Rhinos can play an important role to
refresh the gene pool within conservation breeding programs at
zoological gardens. The Nepalese authorities and Dr. Pechlaner agreed to
bring two handraised Indian Rhinos from the “Orphan wildlife care
center” in Royal Chitwan National Park to Vienna zoo to integrate them
into the European Endangered Species Program and participate on the
world conservation program for this species.
Because of political
instability the preparation of the transfer took more then five years of
work and some more visits to Nepal. In April 2005 the Nepalese side and
the Austrian agreed to transfer a pair of young orphaned Indian Rhinos
from Chitwan to Vienna. At that time the bull was, now nearly nine years
old, and instead of 1500kg had around 2,5 tons rhino and a child female
named Sundari (Beauty) weight about one ton. So we have to look for
potential logistic partners who may manage such heavy animals. The first
contact brought us to our favourite national carrier Austrian Airlines
with whom we had done all our spectacular transfers in the past (Giant
Panda, Koala, etc) and who serves a weekly direct flight to/from
Kathmandu to Vienna. But this time the size of the crates and the weight
of the animals stopped all further cooperation-ideas.
Then, during a visit
of members of the King Mahendra Trust of Nature Conservation at the
Vienna zoo, we learned that the crates we are preparing for the transfer
would be absolutely too big; the illusion to work with OS came up again.
After several mail-contacts with Nepal and some hours in the cargo
compartments of all OS aircrafts the result was the same as before; too
big, too heavy.
At that time,
November 2005, we received knowledge that animal right groups organized
themselves to demonstrate against the transfer of those animals because
they wanted to keep the Rhinos in Nepal. So in addition to the problems
with the heavy, big and sensitive “cargo” we had a problem with
security. Therefore with the extensive assistance of G.K. Airfreight
Service in Frankfurt we organized three parallel flight lines from
Kathmandu to Vienna, and published all three as potential routes. We
would decide which one to take at last minute when all papers were ready
and the Rhinos had learned to use their transport-crates as their
private homes. All these facts become optimal on the 10th March and so
we started the transfer on the 10th evening from Kathmandu and reached
Europe on the 11th morning at Bratislava airport from where a lorry
brought the two crates with the Rhinos in a one-hour-ride to the Vienna
zoo where the animals arrived safely in the late afternoon of the 11th
of March.
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