slaughterhouses

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