Eyes on Animals visited a slaughterhouse today that performs ritual slaughter. Eyes on Animals is principally against slaughtering animals without prior-stunning, but does give credit to the owner who has designed his plant and trained his employees so that there is less stress. In comparison to other ritual plants we have visited, it was indeed much better. Should ritual … [Read more...] about Ongoing investigation into animal treatment at slaughterhouses
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Ongoing investigation into animal treatment at slaughterhouses
For the past 3 days, a team of Eyes on Animals investigators has been visiting slaughterhouses in Benelux. The team observed unacceptable levels of animal stress and suffering, and several violations to the EU slaughter directive as well as to the Halal rules. Due to the nature of this investigation, further details are still confidential but Eyes on Animals will do … [Read more...] about Ongoing investigation into animal treatment at slaughterhouses
Ongoing investigation into animal treatment at slaughterhouses
For the past 2 days, an Eyes on Animals team has discreetly observed several slaughterhouses to a) check if the European animal slaughter legislation is being respected and b) to check if conditions are acceptable when no one is officially watching. Fortunately we have nothing illegal yet to report but it is part of a long ongoing investigation. … [Read more...] about Ongoing investigation into animal treatment at slaughterhouses
Inspection of a rabbit slaughterhouse in Benelux
Eyes on Animals inspected Benelux's largest rabbit slaughterhouse, located in Belgium but with 80% of its rabbits coming from the Netherlands. We were relieved that despite it being a halal plant, the rabbits are put through a stunner before being bled. The slaughter speed was also slow enough to give the stunners and cutters time to do their job properly without missing … [Read more...] about Inspection of a rabbit slaughterhouse in Benelux
Inspection of culled-dairy cattle awaiting slaughter at a small Dutch slaughterhouse
Eyes on Animals dropped by Van den Pesch Slachthuis, a small slaughterhouse in Brabant that is known to take culled-dairy cows. In the waiting pens we observed a number of cows in questionable shape, particularly one that was crippled with swollen joints on both her hind legs and one of her front legs. The slaughterhouse owner explained that they came from only 20-30km … [Read more...] about Inspection of culled-dairy cattle awaiting slaughter at a small Dutch slaughterhouse
