The national daily Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant publishes an article about Jumbo supermarket´s decision to stop working with one of its suppliers of horse meat. After Eyes on Animals and colleague organizations released their findings on Tros Radar TV show, Jumbo sent two inspectors to check on a horse slaughterhouse in Argentina and came to the same conclusion as us- the … [Read more...] about Volkskrant: Jumbo supermarkets stop working with one of its suppliers of horse meat
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Wegkijken voor paardenleed is geen optie
Het is belangrijk om niet weg te kijken voor paardenleed - hoe pijnlijk ook. Eyes on Animals maakt dierenleed zichtbaar en biedt directe hulp aan dieren in nood. Ingrid Ramaan, verantwoordelijk voor het paardenwelzijnswerk van de organisatie: “Het is tanden op elkaar en je vasthouden aan iedere kleine verbetering die je maakt.” Nog nooit van Eyes on Animals gehoord? Zo … [Read more...] about Wegkijken voor paardenleed is geen optie
Silence big importers horsemeat is worrying
Sorry, this blog post will only be available in Dutch Eyes on Animals is verontrust over het stilzwijgen van Nederlands grootste importeurs van Latijnse en Noord-Amerikaans paardenvlees over de grote gezondheidsrisico’s voor de consument en het schrijnende dierenleed dat wij hebben onthuld in ons onderzoek. Dat terwijl die gezondheidsrisico’s in het gisteren verschenen … [Read more...] about Silence big importers horsemeat is worrying
Coop & Deen supermarkets stop selling horse meat from North, Central & South America
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 immediately stopped selling it and now COOP also announced that it will stop selling horse meat from these countries. COOP Supermarket says that it is shocked by the footage seen on the … [Read more...] about Coop & Deen supermarkets stop selling horse meat from North, Central & South America
Deen supermarket stops selling horse meat from North, Central and South America
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
Daily Dutch paper TROUW publishes horse-meat investigative-report
Daily Dutch paper TROUW publishes an article about the investigative-report we published with TSB Zürich, AWF, AA USA, L214 and Gaia of the horrible suffering the teams saw while trialing horse trucks and inspecting markets, export stations and slaughterhouses in Canada, USA, Mexico, Argentina and Uruguay. … [Read more...] about Daily Dutch paper TROUW publishes horse-meat investigative-report
January 2014: Promising developments in Turkey
EonA and AWF just received news from the Minsitry of Agriculture in Turkey: "In the upcoming weeks we are going to start trainings for the official veterinarian inspectors. The animal welfare issues are added to this training program. In this scope, we would like to benefit from the power-point presentation and videos you showed us during our meeting in December 2013." We … [Read more...] about January 2014: Promising developments in Turkey
Dec 2013: Shame on Aygüler slaughterhouse in Turkey
All 10 Turkish slaughterhouses that we have visited so far have had serious and similar welfare problems. However, in many of the cases it is due to lack of information on how to do better as well as lack of awareness and lack of pressure to change. That is why we are trying to get their cooperation in assisting them to make concrete improvements. With some plants things … [Read more...] about Dec 2013: Shame on Aygüler slaughterhouse in Turkey
January 2014 Euro Meat (BE) slaughterhouse installs CCTV cameras
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
December 2013: Vion Groenlo slaughterhouse improves stable for “fragile/suspect” pigs
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
