This afternoon, Eyes on Animals met with the management of the Dutch snack manufacturer Ad van Geloven about our investigation report ‘The Cruel Reality behind horse meat in the Netherlands'. Their own audit team has just returned from Mexico, and we were keen to hear about their - announced - inspections. Eyes on Animals urged the snack company to stop the import of horse … [Read more...] about Meeting about horse meat investigation with Ad van Geloven
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EonA/AWF gives lecture at Istanbul Faculty of Veterinarian Medicine
Today the team gave a 1-hour lecture to approximately 100 veterinarian students and professors about our inspections of animal transports and slaughterhouses in Turkey. Aside from showing the problems, we also showed positive examples of welfare so they could see what kind of difference they could make. We would like to thank Dr. Tahsin Yesildere from the … [Read more...] about EonA/AWF gives lecture at Istanbul Faculty of Veterinarian Medicine
EonA/AWF interviewed by Turkish newspaper
This afternoon our team was interviewed by an important Turkish national newspaper (Hurriyet) about our general concerns for animal-welfare in Turkish slaughterhouses and particular shock at the abnormally cruel handling and poorly-designed installations at Aygülur slaughterhouse in Kazan. We also discussed our efforts to cooperate with Turkish officials and some … [Read more...] about EonA/AWF interviewed by Turkish newspaper
EonA and AWF act on serious case of dog neglect
While travelling in France for other business, a team of Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation was informed by local residents of a small French town about the condition of several dogs begging for food in a parking lot of a supermarket. The dogs were emaciated and one was showing serious signs of disease (major loss of fur, covered in fleas and ticks, open … [Read more...] about EonA and AWF act on serious case of dog neglect
Presentation of our work to Political Party for Animals
Tonight, Eyes on Animals was a guest-speaker at a general meeting for the members of the Political Party for the Animals in Groningen. After the introduction, there were many questions from the attendees —sincere in their interest, but sometimes unpleasantly surprised by how many things still go wrong within the EU. For example, the transport of … [Read more...] about Presentation of our work to Political Party for Animals
