Sorf and Lukman from the Wacpaw /Eyes on Animals Ghana-team attended the Vegan and Animal Advocacy Summit in Kenya last week, joining around 240 animal welfare and vegan advocates from across the globe. They shared their efforts to prevent factory farming from taking permanent root in Ghana, emphasizing the importance of learning from the mistakes of wealthier Western … [Read more...] about EonA/WACPAW Ghana-team participates at Vegan and Animal Advocacy Summit in Kenya
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Eyes on Animals and Dr. Temple Grandin publish an article together on CABI
Today CABI published a Case Study article that we wrote together with Dr. Temple Grandin. The article is about the changes we made to the design and pig handling methods at a high throughput pig slaughterhouse using automatic electric stunning. The changes drastically decreased suffering and fear. This brand new design of automatic electric stunning is now a … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals and Dr. Temple Grandin publish an article together on CABI
Welfare concerns during loading of piglets destined for Spain
Today, we saw a Spanish livestock truck at a pig farm in North Brabant, where young piglets were being loaded. We decided to take a look and introduced ourselves to one of the employees. He said we could observe on the condition that we did not film, which we naturally respected. However, just a few minutes later, the farm owner arrived and immediately ordered us to leave … [Read more...] about Welfare concerns during loading of piglets destined for Spain
NVWA to start enforcing rules on poultry trapped on their backs
Following enforcement requests by Animal Rights, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) will finally take stronger action against a long-standing animal welfare issue: birds ending up on their backs in transport crates or containers. This often occurs when poultry is handled roughly during loading and tossed into crates or containers at high speed and … [Read more...] about NVWA to start enforcing rules on poultry trapped on their backs
No further improvements in animal welfare at Heinen slaughterhouse in Zelhem (NL)
In 2015 and 2017, Eyes on Animals visited Heinen slaughterhouse in Zelhem (NL), where pigs and cattle are slaughtered. Following our advice, adjustments were made to the pig restraint box, which led to some improvements. Although we appreciated these changes, the process of moving pigs towards the restraint box remained very stressful, and further improvements were clearly … [Read more...] about No further improvements in animal welfare at Heinen slaughterhouse in Zelhem (NL)