This afternoon the EonA and TSB|AWF team dropped by the Akşeker Et slaughterhouse in Konya. The manager welcomed us into his office but he said they were too busy to give us a tour inside the slaughterhouse. We could however view the process live from the CCTV on his computer screen. From what we could check via the screen, the unloading ramp was clean, had shade and a … [Read more...] about Akşeker Et Slaughterhouse/Konya, Turkey
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Torku Et Slaughterhouse/ Konya, Turkey
EonA and TSB|AWF team checked on a big Turkish food company's slaughterhouse today in Konya. Torku Et is a co-op slaughterhouse which has 16.000 farmer stakeholders. We met with the managers and chief veterinarian of the plant. We talked with them about animal-welfare, showed them our educative brochures and videos about how to reduce suffering during slaughter, and shared … [Read more...] about Torku Et Slaughterhouse/ Konya, Turkey
Visit of a poultry slaughterhouse using a multi-stage CO2 gas stunning system
Today we visited a large poultry slaughterhouse in Putten. In this slaughterhouse birds are stunned using a multi-stage CO2 gas stunning system from the company Meyn. In this system birds are stunned while they are still inside their transport containers. Therefore many stressful procedures, like manual or automatic unloading of the birds from their transport modules as … [Read more...] about Visit of a poultry slaughterhouse using a multi-stage CO2 gas stunning system
Eyes on Animals in Egypt to assess and give advice on animal-slaughter
An Eyes on Animals team just returned from a 5-day mission in Egypt. In October 2015 an Egyptian business man approached Eyes on Animals to request our help in his wish to improve several slaughterhouses in Egypt. Eyes on Animals decided to take a chance, and sent an expert on humane slaughter to Cairo to carry out an assessment of his plan, assess the situation on the … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals in Egypt to assess and give advice on animal-slaughter
Improvements at Gönen slaughterhouse, Turkey
On January 13th 2016 the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF team returned to Gönen slaughterhouse in Turkey as they told us they had made several improvements since our last visit. In June 2013 we visited this plant for the first time (see HERE). We had observed cattle falling and being shoved and having their tail twisted, in order to move them forward. The floors were … [Read more...] about Improvements at Gönen slaughterhouse, Turkey
EonA and TSB/AWF team in Turkey to improve animal-welfare during slaughter
This week our team was in Turkey to meet with as many Religious authorities, professors and journalists as possible to inform them of the current situation inside cattle and sheep slaughterhouses, and the need for improvements to be put into place to reduce animal-suffering. They met with writors and Imams that focus on Halal and preach the words of Allah. They were in … [Read more...] about EonA and TSB/AWF team in Turkey to improve animal-welfare during slaughter
Inspection of Thoenes Natur slaughterhouse, Germany
Today we observed the slaughter of pigs at Thoenes Natur slaughterhouse in Germany. This small slaughterhouse specializes in the slaughter of pigs raised under animal-friendly and organic conditions in accordance with their agricultural quality management (Organic and Thoenes Natur). We were interested in visiting this plant because they invented and designed their own … [Read more...] about Inspection of Thoenes Natur slaughterhouse, Germany
Visit of an organic hatchery, poultry farm and a small slaughterhouse
Today we were on the road with biodynamic eggfarmer Joost Slingenbergh. Joost wants to also raise broiler chickens in the near future. But first he is investigating where to buy the broiler chicks, and which slaughterhouse to send them to. He wants to be sure that the broilers are treated as humanely as possible, starting from the hatchery where he will purchase them from, … [Read more...] about Visit of an organic hatchery, poultry farm and a small slaughterhouse
Discussion of new plans for Hilckmann pig slaughterhouse, Nijmegen (NL)
Today Eyes on Animals visited Hilckmann slaughterhouse in Nijmegen. Hilckmann is going to close its current slaughterhouse down soon and build a new plant. They want the plans of the new plant to take into the latest animal-welfare ideas. Eyes on Animals therefore met with them to give advice about better raceway designs to move pigs, how to reduce noise in a … [Read more...] about Discussion of new plans for Hilckmann pig slaughterhouse, Nijmegen (NL)
Visit of small slaughterhouse near Utrecht (NL)
Today we visited a small pig and cattle slaughterhouse near Utrecht. We had heard many positive things about this plant, namely that the family that run it take animal-welfare very seriously and are very creative with solutions to common welfare problems. For example, they dab vinegar on the necks of the pigs when they arrive, as this helps prevent that they fight while … [Read more...] about Visit of small slaughterhouse near Utrecht (NL)
