PROGRAMME

Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 9h00 – 12h00

09h00 Welcome and opening remarks

Tilly Metz, Chair of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport

09h05 Particular welfare needs in animal transport: unweaned animals and pregnant females

Speaker: Antonio Velarde, IRTA – Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology Sonia Martí and Dayane Teixeira, IRTA – Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (for Questions and Answers)

09h20 Particular welfare needs in animal transport: aquatic animals

Speaker: Douglas Waley, Independent expert

09h35 Questions and Answers

10h30 Welfare on sea vessels and criteria for approval of livestock vessels authorisation

Speaker: Maria Boada – Saňa, Independent expert Katarzyna Kulikowska, Independent expert (for Questions and Answers)

10h45 The practices of animal welfare during transport in third countries: an overview

Speaker: Michael Marahrens, FLI – Friedrich Loeffler Institut

11h00 Questions and Answers

12h00 Closing remarks