Good news

After presenting our investigative results on the Tros Radar TV show about the serious suffering involved in the transport and slaughter of horses in North, Central and South America, DEEN supermarket announced that it will stop selling horse meat from these countries. Deen Supermarket says that it is shocked by the footage seen on the Tros Radar show and although they … [Read more...] about Deen supermarket stops selling horse meat from North, Central and South America

   In the fall of 2013 we visited this slaughterhouse in Moeskroen and made several recommendations for improvements. The director is open and interested in animal behaviour and welfare. He admits that slaughter is never nice, but wants to at least take steps to reduce the amount of suffering and fright an animal feels. We suggested he set up CCTV throughout the lairage … [Read more...] about January 2014 Euro Meat (BE) slaughterhouse installs CCTV cameras

Today we received news from Vion pig slaughterhouse in Groenlo: they finally took our suggestion into consideration and adapted the stable they use for pigs arriving in a fragile condition.Fragile/suspect pigs are considered legally fit enough to be transported for slaughter but according to Dutch rules have to be slaughtered separately at the end of the day, in order not … [Read more...] about December 2013: Vion Groenlo slaughterhouse improves stable for “fragile/suspect” pigs

When we inspected Yilkay slaughterhouse in Bursa, Turkey a few months ago, we observed the slaughterer poking his fingers deep into the eyeballs of the bulls before cutting their throat. The bulls were screaming out from the pain. We sent the slaughterhouse veterinarian and CVO of Turkey our report and insisted that this cruel treatment be put to a stop. Today we … [Read more...] about November: Employee seen poking eyeballs of animals at Yilkay slaughterhouse (TR) has been fired

Pinky was destined for the slaughterhouse after having been used in an “education project' at a Dutch school. The 21 piglets she gave birth to during the school year had already been transported to slaughter. Pinky was to face the same fate. Students Maartje and Noah could not face that Pinky, a perfectly healthy and loving sow, was going to be slaughtered and then … [Read more...] about Sow rescue action for Pinky

All of the EonA and AWF complaints about the lenient and corrupt behaviour of the veterinarian inspectors at the Bulgarian side of the border have paid off. A group of European Officials also inspected the activities at the border and, like us, sent in a complaint that the veterinarian inspectors were not conducting their work thoroughly. After the recent elections … [Read more...] about Major changes at Bulgarian/Turkish border

This month Eyes on Animals visited a cattle slaughterhouse called EuroMeats in Belgium. Motivated to make improvements to the welfare of the animals passing through his plant, the Director met with the three local Imams to discuss steps they could take together to reduce pain during Halal slaughter. Open and respectful dialogue lead to them agreeing to at least use the … [Read more...] about November 2013: Belgian Halal slaughterhouse Director and local Imams agree to stun animals

Compaxo slaughterhouse in the Netherlands again sets a good example. Last year they installed floor heating in the pen for suspect pigs and reduced noise levels, and now they just finished installing video camera surveillance in all places where live animals are being handled. Video surveillance is used to monitor that animal handling during unloading, lairaging … [Read more...] about October 2013: Compaxo installs videocamera surveillance