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