Asalet Sancakdaroglu, our inspector and trainer in Turkey, has published an educative report explaining why rendering animals unconscious—and therefore insensible to pain—before slaughter is a religious duty in Islam. Drawing on his extensive experience, Asalet trains professionals in the use of both captive-bolt and electrical stunning methods and has inspected hundreds … [Read more...] about Stunning Animals before slaughter is a religious duty
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UK Calls for CO₂ Stunning Ban – A Breakthrough for Pig Welfare
We are proud to share some incredible news: the UK Animal Welfare Committee has officially called for a full ban on CO₂ gas stunning of pigs, recognizing the serious and prolonged suffering it causes. In their final report, published October 16th, the Committee recommends that the method be phased out at the latest within five years—a major victory for animal welfare … [Read more...] about UK Calls for CO₂ Stunning Ban – A Breakthrough for Pig Welfare
New stunning method reduces pig suffering
Vlees, the Dutch magazine for professionals working in the food and restaurant industry, published an article about how Eyes on Animals' redesigned a large pig slaughterhouse to make high throughput automatic electric-stunning much more humane, and to provide a realistic alternative to the painful CO2 gas stunning option so that the use of CO2 gas can be phased out. … [Read more...] about New stunning method reduces pig suffering
EonA/WACPAW Ghana-team participates at Vegan and Animal Advocacy Summit in Kenya
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
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
