Eyes on Animals was asked to give a talk on the topic on non-stun Ritual slaughter. What were our observations in the field, what are the on-going challenges, what is the best way to get people in dialogue to make progress and reduce animal suffering? Other speakers were from Halal slaughterhouses now using pre-stunning, an Islamic Theologian, and Dr. Piet vantemsche who … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals guest speaker at Leuven University Debate on “Non-Stun Ritual Slaughter”, Belgium
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Eyes on Animals gives a talk at the Organic Food exhibition in Zwolle, NL
Today Eyes on Animals was present at the Organic Food Exhibition (BioBeurs) in Zwolle, the Netherlands. We were invited to give a talk about how poultry can be caught and loaded in a much less cruel way than the universal current commercial method. We talked about the training course that we developed for chicken-catchers and the recent trainings we held to … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals gives a talk at the Organic Food exhibition in Zwolle, NL
World Halal Summit, Turkey
Berker and Asalet from Eyes on Animals and TSB/AWF are at the 3-day World Halal Summit in Turkey to attend the talks on animal slaughter for Halal meat and distribute information about improvements that can be done to reduce suffering and scientific information about how stunning works. Via a respectful dialogue and educational material translated into Turkish we hope to, … [Read more...] about World Halal Summit, Turkey
Presentation for veterinarians from Turkey
Today we gave a presentation in Bergschenhoek (NL) to 12 veterinarians from Turkey. The veterinarians were on a visit to Holland for a week-course on "Animal Welfare” organized by the Dutch company Lely, a which produces machines, including the milk-robot, for the international dairy industry. Our presentation was about our inspections of cattle being transported from … [Read more...] about Presentation for veterinarians from Turkey
Meeting with RDA about horse-welfare at markets, The Netherlands
Eyes on Animals has discussed its views with the Council for Animal Affairs (RDA) for the adjustments needed to better safeguard the welfare of horses at horse markets. We have drawn up a long list of conditions that a horse market should provide to meet all animal welfare and transport regulations. "Horse market towns" will have to choose: do they want to hold a festival, … [Read more...] about Meeting with RDA about horse-welfare at markets, The Netherlands
