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
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Follow-up inspection meeting at Ivo Hendriksen slaughterhouse, Lichtenvoorde
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
Meeting in Amsterdam with V-Cons Slaughter Equipment company
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
11.02.2014 Discussion with van Rooi (owner of pig collecting station and slaughterhouse) (NL)
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)
Inspection Toennies pig slaughterhouse, Germany
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