The EU has identified serious shortcomings in Croatia's system for monitoring the welfare of farm animals transported by sea, according to a report by the EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) published on Wednesday 6 March.
The audit assessed the effectiveness of the measures in place in Croatia to prevent injury and undue suffering to animals during the transport of livestock by sea to non-EU countries.
The system in place is “insufficient to minimise the risks that can negatively...