Today the EonA/AWF team dropped by Aygüler Dericilik slaughterhouse in Kazan near Ankara in Turkey. This slaughterhouse is large and sells its meat to various companies, including Namet to all parts of Turkey east of Ankara. The plant is run by two brothers of which we met with one of them today. We explained to him our work and reason for being there. We showed him … [Read more...] about Inspection of Aygüler Dericilik slaughterhouse in Kazan (Turkey)
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Observation of cattle slaughter at Cemit slaughterhouse in Bursa-Cali (Turkey)
On the 14th of December the EonA/AWF held a meeting with the boss of this slaughterhouse that we had never been to before. He admitted to us then that his current slaughterhouse was very old and the installations needed to be modernized. They hoist animals alive, do not have any restraint box even for bulls etc.. We looked through the Temple Grandin book about … [Read more...] about Observation of cattle slaughter at Cemit slaughterhouse in Bursa-Cali (Turkey)
Follow-up inspection of Mutlular Entegre et Tesisleri slaughterhouse, Gönen (Turkey)
Today was a disappointing day. We returned to the slaughterhouse in Gönen that we visited in June to find out that nothing at all had been improved on. The Manager that we had spoken to back in June no longer worked there. The new manager agreed to meet with us and admitted he did not know about our report or letters of recommendations. Nevertheless, he seemed really … [Read more...] about Follow-up inspection of Mutlular Entegre et Tesisleri slaughterhouse, Gönen (Turkey)
Meeting with Manager, QA and Vet from Kayarlar slaughterhouse in Bursa-Gürsu (Turkey)
Today the EonA/AWF team met with the Plant manager, Quality Assurance Superviser and Veterinarian from Kayarlar slaughterhouse in Bursa-Gürsu. We had seen footage of how they slaughter cattle inside their plant and, like most other plants in turkey, here too bovines were being made to fall in trip-floor slaughter boxes and then hoisted alive by one leg. The plant manager … [Read more...] about Meeting with Manager, QA and Vet from Kayarlar slaughterhouse in Bursa-Gürsu (Turkey)
Follow-up inspection of Yilkay slaughterhouse in Bursa (Turkey)
When the EonA/AWF team visited this slaughterhouse for the first time in June 2013, we were shocked by the conditions inside. Not only because the cattle were slipping and being hoisted alive by one leg (which is typical in Turkish slaughterhouses) but because there was so much extra stress and suffering here - the bulls were covered in the blood of previously slaughtered … [Read more...] about Follow-up inspection of Yilkay slaughterhouse in Bursa (Turkey)