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Newly released EonA/EFI report show 2 – 4 week old Irish calves in transit for 50 hours and only fed once

March 22, 2022

Eyes on Animals, Ethical Farming Ireland and MEP Anja Hazekamp recently undertook an investigation into unweaned calf export from Ireland to the mainland (the Netherlands followed by Spain being the biggest importers of unweaned calves from Ireland). We focused on the first stage of the journey for the calves when they leave the farm in Ireland and head to … [Read more...] about Newly released EonA/EFI report show 2 – 4 week old Irish calves in transit for 50 hours and only fed once

Filed Under: Bad news, News Tagged With: animal transport, animal welfare inspection, live animal transports, unweaned calves

Convicted employee “scapegoat” of failing company management

March 15, 2022

Today the judge sentenced a worker from control post ‘Qualivia’ in Tollevast to 8 months probationary jail for the abuse of calves. Additionally, the employee is not allowed to work in an animal related profession for 5 years and is not allowed to keep animals for 3 years. This court case followed the investigation and images taken by L214 and Eyes on Animals in March … [Read more...] about Convicted employee “scapegoat” of failing company management

Filed Under: Bad news, News Tagged With: animal welfare improvements, animal welfare inspection, live animal transports

Slaughterhouse Henk Worst shows no interest in a visit from Eyes on Animals

March 7, 2022

Early this year we approached slaughterhouse Henk Worst with the request to visit their operation. Despite several attempts (via email and phone), we have not received a reaction from them to date. Our conclusion, unfortunately, is that they are not open to our visit and advice.   Eyes on Animals is contacted on a regular basis by small scale, animal friendly … [Read more...] about Slaughterhouse Henk Worst shows no interest in a visit from Eyes on Animals

Filed Under: Bad news, News Tagged With: animal welfare inspection, pig slaughterhouse, slaughterhouse design, slaughterhouses

More and more closed livestock trucks are on the roads in the Netherlands and pose risk to animal-welfare

November 9, 2021

Already back in 2013 we alerted authorities across the Netherlands and Europe, as well as industry stakeholders involved in animal transport and slaughter, about the phenomenon of closed livestock trucks growing in numbers among mainly Dutch transporters. These trucks are in violation of the European transport laws as they limit or block all visual inspection of the … [Read more...] about More and more closed livestock trucks are on the roads in the Netherlands and pose risk to animal-welfare

Filed Under: Bad news, News Tagged With: animal transport, animal welfare inspection, live animal transports

Chickens Rondeel Wintelre partially not caught upright

October 25, 2021

Tonight, a team from EonA performed a random check at Rondeel in Wintelre during the catching of their spent hens. In the previous week, we tried to contact the director of Rondeel several times but were unsuccessful. Finally, we left him a voicemail message announcing our plan to visit. That we would not participate in the catching, as we had done the previous 3 years, … [Read more...] about Chickens Rondeel Wintelre partially not caught upright

Filed Under: Bad news, News Tagged With: chicken transport, chicken-catching

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New film on the fate of Irish unweaned calves on “illegal” export routes that EU tolerates

Ireland continues to break EU feeding laws for unweaned calves during transport when they export … [Read More...] about New film on the fate of Irish unweaned calves on “illegal” export routes that EU tolerates

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Eyes on Animals and Ruurehoeve dairy farm on Canadian TV

The French-Canadian TV show “La Semaine Verte” reported on Eyes on Animals’ project with farmer … [Read More...] about Eyes on Animals and Ruurehoeve dairy farm on Canadian TV

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10 trucks seen @Rosslareuroport yesterday full of bawling calves, already hungry and exhausted and they have another 21+ hrs to go before feeding. This is abject cruelty @StenaLineUKIE stop being complicit in this trade @RTECountryWide @IrishTimes @Independent_ie @TodayFMNews

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