slaughterhouses

Eyes on Animals has paid an unannounced visit to slaughterhouse Tomassen in Someren in the Netherlands today. They let us in at once and we were  allowed to watch the slaughter process from up close. The NVWA (Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority) veterinarian and the  foreman/slaughterman gave a detailed explanation. On the moment we arrived … [Read more...] about Visit to slaughterhouse in Someren

Today Eyes on Animals inspectors wanted to visit slaughterhouse Van Kemenade in Asten in the Netherlands. Four years ago we visited this slaughterhouse as well. Pigs that could hardly walk were accepted. An employee kicked the animals to get them to walk in the direction of the slaughter box. Also, cold water was poured over them and one pig was stunned in front of the … [Read more...] about Slaughterhouse Van Kemenade in Asten refuses EonA

Soon animal suffering taking place in Turkey will be brought up to the political level! Turkey now has a Political Party for Animals made up of competent professionals. Tonight the team from EonA/AWF met with the spokeswoman from the party to become acquainted and see how we could cooperate on certain projects. We discussed what we had seen inside the … [Read more...] about Meeting with the Turkish Political Party for Animals

Today the EonA/AWF team met with the director of a Turkish slaughterhouse who was open enough to let us view the unloading and slaughter of cattle in his plant. He was curious of our opinion and open to cooperation. This plant received many cattle trucked in from the EU. He told us that some were arriving so dehydrated that their lungs were stuck to the chest … [Read more...] about Visit of another Turkish slaughterhouse

The EonA/AWF team met with the government veterinarian and private slaughterhouse veterinarian from this plant earlier in the week. We introduced both organizations and explained our hope to visit their slaughterhouse and discuss any points we think they could improve on to increase animal-welfare. Today we were told via telephone that the boss refuses to show us inside … [Read more...] about Unsuccessful attempt to visit Narmanlar slaughterhouse in Esenyurt. Turkey

This afternoon we are invited to visit another Turkish slaughterhouse where many of the EU sheep and cattle were being slaughtered in since 2010. It is a large slaughterhouse. Conditions are alarming. The floor of the raceway is very slippery. There is a 90 degree angle that the cattle have to take to enter the kill box, resulting in them balking and even trying to … [Read more...] about Inspection of another cattle slaughterhouse in Turkey

Today the EonA/AWF team observed the slaughter of cattle in a slaughterhouse in Turkey, known to be the final destination for many EU cattle. Today cattle originally from Australia and the Ukraine were being killed. As with all cattle slaughterhouses in Turkey, the animals are not rendered unconscious first. In fact, here they are put into boxes with a slanted floor … [Read more...] about Inspection of cattle slaughter in a Turkish plant

The EonA/AWF team asks for permission to visit Apikoglu slaughterhouse in Tepeoren (Turkey) but we are refused. They do not want us to observe the slaughter process or comment on the equipment and installations they use. We are very disappointed by this non-transparent attitude as we were hoping that via cooperation improvements to animal welfare could be … [Read more...] about Unsuccessful attempt to visit Apikoglu slaughterhouse in Tepeoren Turkey

This week the team from EonA/AWF is in Turkey to check on conditions for animals at Turkish slaughterhouse. We have planned to ask for permission to visit as many Turkish slaughterhouses as possible where many EU cattle and sheep end up, after their long journeys from Hungary, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Poland and Estonia. We know that the transport conditions from the … [Read more...] about Inspection of a Turkish slaughterhouse where many EU animals are slaughtered

    Today we were invited to return to Compaxo pig slaughterhouse in Zevenaar to view some of the welfare-improvements they had put into place since our last visit over 2 years ago when we made various recommendations. Compaxo has now installed extra lighting at the end of the stunning chute, as pigs move better from dark to light, and thus would require … [Read more...] about Visit to Compaxo pig slaughterhouse in Zevenaar (NL)