Dutch Member of the European Parliament Anja Hazekamp has announced that she will submit a proposal to the European Survey Committee of animal transport to increase the minimum age that goat kids must be before being allowed to be transported. This is in response to a shocking inspection report by Eyes on Animals which revealed that many male-goat kids, from the Dutch … [Read more...] about Proposal at the European Survey Committee: increase minimum transport age of goat-kids
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Footage from Eyes on Animals to European Parliament
A new film by Eyes on Animals, Welfarm, Animals International and Animal Welfare Foundation, showing Dutch cattle being very badly treated in Lebanese and Libyan slaughterhouses, has been discussed in the Dutch Parliament. The Dutch Agriculture Minister states that it is of great concern that Dutch animals are slaughtered in countries where the animal welfare standards are … [Read more...] about Footage from Eyes on Animals to European Parliament
New film: From Holland to Hell: Dutch cattle slaughtered in Lebanon and Libya
Eyes on Animals is publishing today a new film they made, in cooperation with Animals International , Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund Zuerich and Welfarm, about the fate of Dutch cattle exported out of the Netherlands. Teams documented this past summer how Dutch cattle (males born on dairy farms in Dwingeloo and Friesland) were tied up, forced to fall down and … [Read more...] about New film: From Holland to Hell: Dutch cattle slaughtered in Lebanon and Libya
Eyes on Animals Investigation: situation for goat kids in the Netherlands is alarming
Over the past 4 years Eyes on Animals has done extensive research and conducted investigations into the welfare of male goat-kids. This as a reaction to one of our inspections in 2017 where we found dozens of dead and dying male-kids on a farm in Brabant. Our findings were not an incident: in a letter to the Dutch Parliament, Minister Schouten reported that 1 out of 3 … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals Investigation: situation for goat kids in the Netherlands is alarming
Six (Halal) slaughterhouses in Turkey now stun animals prior to slaughter
Since 2013 Eyes on Animals has been working hard at improving slaughterhouses in Turkey. Several plants were keen to work with us and made improvements, such as making the floors anti-slip, installing water troughs in the waiting pens, making the walls of the raceway solid… But what was a much more challenging improvement to get in place was getting the animals rendered … [Read more...] about Six (Halal) slaughterhouses in Turkey now stun animals prior to slaughter
