Positive news from our team currently in Turkey ! Another Turkish cattle slaughterhouse agrees to stunning ! Today the EonA team visited Aydin paşa Et slaughterhouse. The purpose of our visit was to show them what a captive bolt pistol looks like, how it works, and its welfare advantages of rendering an animal insensitive to pain before cutting its throat. The chief of … [Read more...] about Another cattle slaughterhouse in Turkey (Aydin pasa Et) adopts stunning
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Meeting with Religious Authority and Ministry of Agriculture in Goenen, Turkey about captive bolt stunning
Today the Eyes on Animals team in Turkey held two meetings. One with the highest Religious Authority from Dyanet office in Goenen and one with an official from the Goenen office of Ministry of Agriculture. The city of Goenen has a cattle and sheep slaughterhouse where many animals pass through, in the past also ones form Europe. Eyes on Animals has been there many times. … [Read more...] about Meeting with Religious Authority and Ministry of Agriculture in Goenen, Turkey about captive bolt stunning
EonA leases captive bolt stunner to another slaughterhouse in Turkey
Eyes on Animals is back in Turkey, continuing our work there to decrease some of the horrible animal suffering taking place in the slaughterhouses. Part of our project there is not just to make the floors less slippery and make drinking water available in the lairages, but also to teach the benefit of rendering the animals unconscious first before hoisting them up by one … [Read more...] about EonA leases captive bolt stunner to another slaughterhouse in Turkey
Meeting with the management of a large and important slaughterhouse
Today, EonA had a meeting with the management of an important pig slaughterhouse operating on the European market. The purpose was to discuss how to optimize the slaughtering process using electric stunning.This slaughterhouse makes very well-founded use of electric stunning. Eyes on Animals also has a preference for electric stunning when slaughtering pigs instead of the … [Read more...] about Meeting with the management of a large and important slaughterhouse
Livestock Trader Blonk not interested in dialogue with Eyes on Animals
On May 25th Eyes on Animals paid a visit to Blonk’s assembly center in Harmelen (NL). At the time of our visit, no one was able to speak to us. We therefore tried to contact the owner by e-mail but, even after several attempts, we did not receive a response. Therefore, we have to assume that Blonk is not interested in a conversation with and/or advice from Eyes on Animals … [Read more...] about Livestock Trader Blonk not interested in dialogue with Eyes on Animals
