Today Eyes on Animals met with an official veterinarian and authority on animal protection from the Belgian government. We discussed the Belgian sanction system for animal tansporters in violation and the urgent need for it to be strengthened. As well, that the Belgian police need to also be able to hand out administrative fines, not only p.v's which are often not … [Read more...] about meeting with the Belgian Ministry of Health
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EoA invited to EU conference on pig castration and its alternatives in Brussels
Having published several reports on the phasing out of pig castration here in The Netherlands, Eyes on Animals was invited to the EU workshop on pig castration and alternatives. Speakers from all over Europe, primarily from the pork industry but also from agricultural universities and meat research institutes, were present. During question and answer period, Eyes on … [Read more...] about EoA invited to EU conference on pig castration and its alternatives in Brussels
Meeting with the Political Party for Animals
Today Eyes on Animals inspectors met with Marianne Thieme and NiKo Koffeman from the Dutch Political Party for Animals in The Hague to exchange information, and to ask for political attention on several animal-welfare issues that during our investigations have shown to be still very problematic; namely the welfare of mother animals that are kept for breeding and not given … [Read more...] about Meeting with the Political Party for Animals
Eyes on Animals participate in pig welfare workshop at the European Commission in Brussels
Eyes on Animals was invited to participate in the first Pig Welfare Workshop at the European Commission in Brussels. Topics such as group housing of sows, measures to prevent tail biting, environmental enrichment requirements and problems regarding the different interpretations of the law were discussed. Participants came from all over Europe and included pig farmers, … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals participate in pig welfare workshop at the European Commission in Brussels
Day 3 of the Eyes on Animals International TASKFORCE meeting
On this last day of our TASKFORCE meeting, we headed out into the field. We visited two pig farms where the farmer had stopped with pig castration. Both farmers were very happy and satisfied with having stopped. They never want to go back to performing castration. Both also did not use gestation stalls for their breeding sows, but rather group housing on straw. We also … [Read more...] about Day 3 of the Eyes on Animals International TASKFORCE meeting
