Westfort pig slaughterhouse has built a new facility and is in the midst of preparing to purchase a new pig stunning system for it. To avoid mistakes in the future, we saw this as a chance to influence the design before it is built. EonA together with Dr. Kees Scheepens (veterinarian and pig behaviourist) discussed with the Director ways of reducing noise, risk of injury … [Read more...] about Meeting with Westfort pig slaughterhouse
Our inspections
Inspection Dutch spent-hens loaded onto truck destined for slaughter in Poland
A team from EonA and AWF checked on the loading of spent-hens at a farm in south Netherlands. The birds were destined for a slaughterhouse in Poland. The hens had been housed in so-called “enriched” cages their whole life and were grabbed by their legs and suspended upside down by chicken-catchers. Once the chicken-catchers had three suspended birds in each hand they would … [Read more...] about Inspection Dutch spent-hens loaded onto truck destined for slaughter in Poland
EonA/AWF give a talk at Animal-Welfare Conference in Ankara
Today EonA/AWF team was invited by the Turkish and Dutch Ministries of Agriculture to give a talk at a seminar they organized together on how to improve farm-animal welfare. The seminar was held at the Ministry of Agriculture in Ankara, Turkey. The team would like to congratulate the organizers of this seminar and both countries for coming up with such a brilliant idea of … [Read more...] about EonA/AWF give a talk at Animal-Welfare Conference in Ankara
Aygüler slaughterhouse in Kazan (Turkey) refuses to work with us
An EonA/AWF team, joined by a professor from Istanbul Veterinarian University Faculty, attempted to meet with the owner of Aygüler slaughterhouse in Kazan this morning to see what improvements had been put in place since our last visit. In December we had visited this plant and conditions were very problematic - the floor was slippery and cattle were repeatedly falling … [Read more...] about Aygüler slaughterhouse in Kazan (Turkey) refuses to work with us
Inspection of Hunland truck with German piglets for Romania
EonA team in Germany checked on German piglets heading to Romania by the Hungarian company Hunland (that we gave a welfare-workshop to 30 of its drivers last year). The piglets had just been loaded and were heading on a long 20 hour journey to a farm in Romania to be fattened. Fortunately, the drivers were cooperative and stopped to let us check on the loading conditions … [Read more...] about Inspection of Hunland truck with German piglets for Romania