Consultation on lowering maximum temperature for animal transport opened in the Netherlands

The policy rule applies to all transports of vertebrate animals in means of transport without an active cooling system in the Netherlands in the context of economic activity, even when they come from another country or are en route to another country. The policy rule applies to the following animal species , insofar as the transport is related to economic activity and is not carried out with an actively refrigerated means of transport: cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, poultry and horses. To better protect animals during heat, LNV published a policy rule in the summer of 2020. This policy rule further defines the concept of 'transporting or having transported in such a way that it is likely to cause injury or unnecessary suffering to animals', with regard to animal transports at high outside temperatures. The policy rule indicated that transport at an outside temperature of 35 degrees Celsius or higher always causes injury or unnecessary suffering and that such transport is therefore ...