Today we held a meeting with several board members of the Leeuwarden cattle market and the veterinarian. The purpose of today's discussion was to talk about our recent visit of the market and see where we could make further improvements together. We were pleased to hear that they had already discussed our recommendations from our inspection report internally and agreed … [Read more...] about Meeting with Managers and veterinarian of Leeuwarden cattle market, NL
Our inspections
Inspection of Roden horse market, NL
Today Eyes on Animals inspected the yearly horsemarket in Roden for the first time. A few weeks earlier the organizing committee of the horse market (called “Roden’s Public Entertainment”) had contacted us, because they were to take over the organisation from the local authority. Most of the time Eyes on Animals walked through the market together with the Dierenbescherming … [Read more...] about Inspection of Roden horse market, NL
Meeting with MPS
Today Eyes on Animals met with MPS at our office. MPS stands for "Meat Processing Systems" and is a company that builds slaughterhouses all over the world and has its headquarters in the Netherlands. We exchanged ideas and knowledge about best-practices and problems that we have seen in the field (in Europe, Turkey and Canada) and how they could be improved on. MPS … [Read more...] about Meeting with MPS
Inspection and meeting at Compaxo pig slaughterhouse, NL
Today Eyes on Animals was joined by Dr. Marien Gerritzen, an animal-welfare researcher from Wageningen Livestock Research Unit and expert on how to measure and reduce suffering during slaughter. Together we visited Compaxo pig slaughterhouse in eastern Holland. The purpose was to evaluate Compaxo's most recent efforts to improve welfare and exchange ideas and knowledge. … [Read more...] about Inspection and meeting at Compaxo pig slaughterhouse, NL
Meeting with owners of Westfort pig slaughterhouse, NL
This afternoon we met with the owners of Westfort pig slaughterhouse in the Netherlands. Dr. Gerritzen, an animal-welfare researcher from Wageningen University and expert in measuring suffering at slaughter also joined us. The current Westfort pig plant will soon close and be replaced by a brand new slaughterhouse. The purpose of this meeting, the second one now, was to … [Read more...] about Meeting with owners of Westfort pig slaughterhouse, NL