Eyes on Animals inspectors paid an unannounced visit to the cull-cow market in Leeuwarden early this morning. There were over 400 cows today. There was a lot of bedding (straw) for the animals. There were pens in which the cows could be housed loosely and all the animals have access to water. Today it was what the market managers call ‘fathers’ day’ … [Read more...] about Unannounced visit to Leeuwarden cattle-market (NL)
Our inspections
Inspection of Euro-Meat slaughterhouse, Mouskroen (BE)
Today the Eyes on Animals/Animal Welfare Foundation team that is working on getting welfare improvements at the Turkish slaughterhouses, drove to Mouskroen in Belgium to visit Euro-Meat Group. We were told that this Belgian plant had taken significant steps to reduce the suffering of animals during Halal slaughter. Perhaps there were some ideas we could pass on to the … [Read more...] about Inspection of Euro-Meat slaughterhouse, Mouskroen (BE)
Visit of Vion cattle slaughterhouse in Tilburg (NL)
Today the Eyes on Animals/Animal Welfare Foundation team that is working on getting welfare improvements at the Turkish slaughterhouses, met in Tilburg to get a tour of the Vion cattle slaughterhouse. The purpose of today´s visit was to see the equipment used, to get ideas for how we could reduce the suffering of cattle being handled in the Turkish slaughterhouses. … [Read more...] about Visit of Vion cattle slaughterhouse in Tilburg (NL)
Meeting with Cuppers, livestock-truck manufacturer, NL
Today Eyes on Animals together with Herman Klompjan (livestock driver and from Consultancy Animal Welfare Transport) visited Cuppers, a Dutch company that builds and repairs livestock trucks. Our reason for today's visit was to encourage them to be sure that all the livestock trucks they build provide easy access to the animals during transport. Why? Because the EC … [Read more...] about Meeting with Cuppers, livestock-truck manufacturer, NL
Inspection horse market Zuidlaren (NL)
Today our teams visited the yearly horse market in Zuidlaren (Drenthe, NL). There were 1679 horses, ponies and donkeys. Two of our inspectors were present at night and early in the morning and two others during the day. Some of the animals were tied on too close-by to the noisy fair. Trucks and trailers did not only come from Holland, but also from Spain, Poland, England … [Read more...] about Inspection horse market Zuidlaren (NL)