Eyes on Animals inspectors had a pig truck from the Dutch transport company A.v.d.Broek stopped in Germany by the police to be inspected. The pigs on board were destined for a slaughterhouse in Poland. We have tried repeatedly to trail this transport company without success as their chauffeurs and employees have played tricks on us to make us lose sight of them. … [Read more...] about Inspection of a pig truck from the Dutch company A.v.d.Broek
Our inspections
Inspection of a pig truck from the Dutch company Ben van der Walle
While driving on the A2 towards Berlin, Eyes on Animals spotted a livestock truck from the company Ben van der Walle. As many complaints have been made concerning this company in the past, we asked the German highway police to stop it and do a random inspection. Fortunately this time the transport documents and the conditions for the animals were satisfactory. The piglets … [Read more...] about Inspection of a pig truck from the Dutch company Ben van der Walle
False information given on transport documents of a pig truck from the Dutch company Jan Thijs Haarle
Eyes on Animals trailed a truck with Dutch pigs on board destined for a slaughterhouse near Budapest, Hungary. While driving through Germany it was stopped by the police so that the papers and condition of the animals could be quickly checked. We checked on the pigs on each level. The water system was turned on and some pigs were drinking from it during the inspection. … [Read more...] about False information given on transport documents of a pig truck from the Dutch company Jan Thijs Haarle
Meeting with VION
VION is one of the world's biggest producers of pig meat and has many slaughterhouses. Its main office in in the Netherlands as it is a Dutch-owned company. Eyes on Animals met with them to find out why they are not participating yet in the project of totally phasing out pig castration in the Netherlands. They explained that they would also like to stop castration but that … [Read more...] about Meeting with VION
Welfare concern at a slaughterhouse in northern Holland
Eyes on Animals made an unannounced visit to Dik Slachthuis, a slaughterhouse in Holland that specializes in the killing of young calves, adult cattle and sheep. The plant made a good impression as the workers were calm with the animals and the plant also insisted that the animals be stunned first (even though most of the meat was going for halal but they felt that … [Read more...] about Welfare concern at a slaughterhouse in northern Holland
