Our poster about our on-going project to decrease animal-suffering during slaughter in Turkey is being presented at the International OIE conference taking place in Mexico. Veterinarians and officials from all over the world take part in this conference that is being held this week. Dr. Cecilia Pedernera, our colleague from TSB|AWF, is present to answer any questions … [Read more...] about EonA and TSB|AWF poster at OIE conference
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Polish poultry transport company penalized!
Today during our practical training course south of Gdansk for the ITD (Polish truck inspectors), highway police and official veterinarians we stopped a poultry truck from the Polish company Ubojnia Drobiu GOSZ. It was raining and cold outside, and yet many of the birds had not received any side-protection from the elements. They were all wet and shivering. Additionally, … [Read more...] about Polish poultry transport company penalized!
Chicken transport crates with the cruel flap-door now banned
For a long time crates with small flap doors were used to transport hens to slaughter. During our inspections of chickens being caught and loaded at the farm for transport to slaughter, we observed that these flap doors caused a lot of horrible injuries. Wings, heads and feet were often crushed. Recently the Dutch authorities made the decision to forbid these crates … [Read more...] about Chicken transport crates with the cruel flap-door now banned
Corlu Municipal slaughterhouse in Turkey now equiped with a stunner
The Turkish scientific and veterinarian community, as well as more and more Religious authorities, are understanding the advantages to animal-welfare and meat quality when animals are first correctly stunned during slaughter. With correct stunning, the animal is immediately rendered unconscious and insensitive to pain and thus, when the throat is cut open to drain the … [Read more...] about Corlu Municipal slaughterhouse in Turkey now equiped with a stunner
Several animal welfare improvements in the slaughterhouse of Thönes Natur
On our advice Thönes Natur has made several improvements to their slaughterhouse reducing the amount of suffering caused to the animals. Thönes Natur uses an electric waterbath to stun chickens and turkeys. Before the birds are stunned, they have to be hung upside down alive in shackles. Then they are brought - upside down - to the electric water bath to be stunned. This … [Read more...] about Several animal welfare improvements in the slaughterhouse of Thönes Natur