We helped farmer Dr. Kees Scheepens with his request to host a Farm Animal Memorial Day at his organic free-range pig and cattle farm. Kees gave a talk about the trauma many farmers and vets developed from having to "kill" so many healthy animals during virus outbreaks, just for economic reasons. Thousands of crocheted white roses were planted in a spiral to represent the … [Read more...] about Farm Animal Memorial Day
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19.-20.05.2022: EonA hosts a Better Practice Conference for 100 people from the transport and slaughter industry
EonA has hosted a successful conference for 100 people from the animal transport and slaughter industry. The name of the conference was "Embracing Better Practices during Animal Transport and Slaughter - taking responsibility and showing respect and reciprocity towards animals". Companies from Europe and abroad had registered, to explain their better practices, to network, … [Read more...] about 19.-20.05.2022: EonA hosts a Better Practice Conference for 100 people from the transport and slaughter industry
EonA gives presentation on our upright method of catching hens to Dutch organic egg producers, NL
Eyes on Animals was invited by a group of organic (including Demeter) egg producers in The Netherlands to come and give a talk about our organization and about our project on improving the welfare of laying hens during catching and loading. We had a very productive and respectful discussion afterwards. It is clear that there is a will and interest in new ideas, such as … [Read more...] about EonA gives presentation on our upright method of catching hens to Dutch organic egg producers, NL
EonA at ILVO to give a talk on our upright chicken-catching, BE
The Belgian Ministry of Agriculture is financing research into the welfare of poultry during catching, wanting to evaluate conventional catching (3-6 birds per hand held upside down by their legs) with the EonA upright method (1 to 2 birds at a time, never suspended upside down by the legs but always held upright) and, in the case of broilers, also evaluate catching by the … [Read more...] about EonA at ILVO to give a talk on our upright chicken-catching, BE
EonA at the Toennies Forschung workshop on the search for a more humane alternative to CO2 during pig slaughter, DE
Eyes on Animals participated in the "Open-Mind Workshop" hosted by Toennies Research Institute. The purpose was to discuss the search for a suitable alternative to CO2 to stun pigs prior to slaughter. More and more large pig slaughterhouses switched over from electric stunning to CO2 in the past 25 years. No more risk of blood spots, pigs could be stunned all at the same … [Read more...] about EonA at the Toennies Forschung workshop on the search for a more humane alternative to CO2 during pig slaughter, DE
