On February 22nd a team of Eyes on Animals visited Halal slaughterhouse Wouters in De Hoef (NL). Wouters slaughters 1000 animals a week, mainly sheep and cattle. Animals are post-stunned. This means their necks are cut when they are fully conscious, but at least further suffering is reduced because directly after their throats are cut, they are stunned. During our … [Read more...] about Inspection of Wouters Halal slaughterhouse in De Hoef (NL)
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Visit to the calf slaughterhouse ESA in Apeldoorn
On February 15, 2018, the Eyes on Animals team visited ESA calf slaughterhouse in Apeldoorn. ESA is part of the veal integration VanDrie Group. At ESA 5,000 rosé and white meat calves are slaughtered per week. Our visit was at the invitation of the animal-welfare team within ESA. Their plan is to renovate the lairage, raceway and restraint box - whereby they will apply, … [Read more...] about Visit to the calf slaughterhouse ESA in Apeldoorn
Inspection of Tekirdag slaughterhouse, Turkey
The team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation were at Tekirdag slaughterhouse in Turkey today. This slaughterhouse made a very important improvement - it stopped live hoisting the cattle. It has replaced the horrible trip-floor box (watch this video to understand why this restraint box commonly used in Turkey is so bad : https://youtu.be/On-qkoXeKwc) with a … [Read more...] about Inspection of Tekirdag slaughterhouse, Turkey
Visit poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe (NL)
This morning a team from Eyes on Animals visited Remkes poultry slaughterhouse in Epe (NL). Remkes mainly slaughters breeder broilers. The birds are rendered unconscious with the Anglia Autoflow CO2 gas stunning system. In this system birds are stunned while they are still inside their transport crates. Therefore many stressful procedures, like manual or automatic … [Read more...] about Visit poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe (NL)
Meeting with Tamale slaughterhouse Assembly Members, Ghana
Update from our project in Ghana: our colleagues from WACPAW met with the Assembly members in charge of Tamale slaughterhouse to discuss in detail our suggestions on how they can reduce the stress and suffering of animals. WACPAW left the meeting feeling positive that the slaughterhouse will adopt several major changes and possibly also start stunning the animals prior to … [Read more...] about Meeting with Tamale slaughterhouse Assembly Members, Ghana