Today our teams were present at both sides of the Bulgarian-Turkish border. We were full of hope that there would be no transports in the blazing heat of this day, but sadly enough there were. Not only was this the hottest day, but also the … [Read more...]
29.06.2017 Day 4 Inspection of EU cattle trucks at the Turkish border
Today our teams have had a talk with the owners of the feeder bulls who have been in stables at the border here for three weeks. They have again asked us to urge the Bulgarian government to allow the animals to return to Bulgaria. The … [Read more...]
28.06.2017 Day 3 Inspection of EU cattle truckst at the Turkish border
Today we got permission to see the bulls that have been stuck at the Turkish border for three weeks. They are well looked after, have sheltered stables, have fresh water and get (good) food regularly. In general, they are in good condition … [Read more...]
27.06.2017 Day 2 of Inspection of EU cattle trucks at the Turkish border
Today, a team from EonA and TSB | AWF has again carried out an inspection at the border. We visited the feeder bulls at both of the locations where they have been for 3 weeks. The staff of the stables do their best, but during our visit we … [Read more...]
26.06.2017 Day 1 of Inspection of EU cattle trucks at the Turkish border
Today teams from Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF began inspecting EU livestock trucks passing the Bulgarian border and trying to enter Turkey. First we checked on Petline and Meat & Milk stables on the Turkish side, because we received … [Read more...]
08.06.2017 Access to poultry during transport now possible with Stork’s new containers
On Monday June 8th Eyes on Animals visited Plukon poultry slaughterhouse in Maasmechelen (Belgium). The broilers are now being transported in a new container system from Stork company. The new design of the transport containers have side … [Read more...]
30.05.2017 Inspection of emptying out of a laying-hen farm
Tonight a team from Eyes on Animals was conducting random inspections of animal transports on the roads in the Netherlands. We spotted two empty Polish poultry trucks heading towards a farm in Drenthe (NL). We followed in order to check on … [Read more...]
09.05.2017 EonA lecture on animal-welfare to delegation from Indonesia
STC-Nestra hired Eyes on Animals to give a talk in Harderwijk (NL) about our animal transport inspections and how animal-welfare can be improved to a delegation of 7 animal- scientists and meat-industry people from Indonesia that they were … [Read more...]
26.04.2017 Brainstorming with Rondeel about changing to a more humane catching-method
Today Eyes on Animals brainstormed with egg-producing company Rondeel on how to switch to upright catching (Swedish method) and further reduce stress during catching and loading. Normally, chickens are grabbed by their legs (3-5 per hand) … [Read more...]
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