The team from EonA noticed from the highway that chickens were being loaded at a chicken-farm in the surroundings of St. Oedenrode. Usually this happens at night. We took a small detour to pay this this farm a visit. We weren’t allowed to look inside the farm to watch how the chicken-catchers caught and loaded the birds but we were granted permission to inspect the … [Read more...] about Inspecting chicken crates of GPS transport company, NL
Our inspections
Inspection of Heeswijk-Dinther pig collection centre, NL
Eyes on Animals visited the Heeswijck-Dinther pig collection centre in Brabant for the second time, again unannounced. Here pigs and sows are brought together from various regions, and a few hours later are reloaded and brought to slaughter - primarily to Vion slaughterhouse in Groenlo. During the previous visit in November 2013, there were two sows that arrived in such … [Read more...] about Inspection of Heeswijk-Dinther pig collection centre, NL
Presentation to Dutch banks about animal-transport
Eyes on Animals gave a presentation today at a meeting for banks in The Hague, made possible by the Dierenbescherming (national Dutch animal protection organisation). In July of last year a report about Dutch bank groups and animals transport was published. The report shows that banks that invest in animal transport and meat companies pay little attention to animal … [Read more...] about Presentation to Dutch banks about animal-transport
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