slaughterhouses

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

Today a team from Eyes on Animals together with Dr. Ellen Eser, humane slaughter specialist and veterinarian from Germany, was asked to meet with MPS. MPS is a large company with headquarters in the Netherlands that makes equipment for conventional and Ritual slaughterhouses (Halal and Kosher) all over the world. They had heard about our efforts to decrease animal … [Read more...] about Meeting with Meat Processing Systems, NL

This afternoon the Eyes on Animals team, joined by Dr. Ellen Eser (humane slaughter specialist/trainer and veterinarian from Germany) met with the Animal Welfare Officer and Owner of Ivo Hendriksen slaughterhouse in Lichtenvoorde. Last month a team had observed the slaughter of young piglets here and today we wanted to discuss our report and propose some … [Read more...] about Follow-up inspection meeting at Ivo Hendriksen slaughterhouse, Lichtenvoorde

Today Eyes on Animals and Dr. Ellen Eser, a Humane-Slaughter expert and welfare-trainer met with V-Cons. V-Cons is a Belgian company that produces equipment for conventional and Halal slaughterhouses. This company tries to put thought into their designs in order to limit suffering as much as possible and requested to meet with us to brainstorm on new ideas. Scientific … [Read more...] about Meeting in Amsterdam with V-Cons Slaughter Equipment company

In January Eyes on Animals rang the doorbell at the van Rooi slaughterhouse in Helmond, called the main office and wrote emails to get permission to visit their slaughterhouse but to no avail. No one called us back or responded to our emails. Our director knew Martin van Rooi quite well from previous years, so we found this strange. For this reason, today we dropped by … [Read more...] about 11.02.2014 Discussion with van Rooi (owner of pig collecting station and slaughterhouse) (NL)

Eyes on Animals together with Groothedde Vaassen (Dutch company that imports and distributes pig and cattle meat to Jumbo) and a student from Wageningen were invited to Toennies to check on their slaughterhouse. Reason for the visit was a film that Eyes on Animals made comparing electric and CO2 stunning of pigs (to watch the film click HERE). We were curious if there are … [Read more...] about Inspection Toennies pig slaughterhouse, Germany

Today Eyes on Animals paid a visit to slaughterhouse Diepeveen in Herveld to ask permission to view the slaughtering of young pigs. The slaughtering process had just finished but we were still allowed to enter. They informed us that they also do Halal slaughter. Inside we saw the installations and a restraint box they made to perform Halal slaughter for cattle. We … [Read more...] about Diepeveen Slaughterhouse, NL

Today the EonA/AWF team gave a Power-Point and film presentation to a team of 5 officials from the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture responsible for drafting the upcoming national legislation on the welfare of animals at the time of slaughter. This legislation will be based on the EU legislation. The team and others have received training from the OIE to prepare them for … [Read more...] about EonA/AWF meeting with Turkish Ministry of Agriculture officials

This afternoon we met with the Managers of Cemsan, a company in Turkey that makes slaughter equipment. They are now making a “kill-box” that does not require cattle to be hoisted alive by one leg during slaughter without stunning. It is a type of squeeze chute that can either rotate 90 degrees or 180 degrees. They are advising to their slaughterhouse customers to invest … [Read more...] about Meeting with Cemsan Slaughterhouse and Machine Equipment, Ankara (Turkey)