Today we made an unannounced visit to the pig slaughterhouse VION in Boxtel. The purpose of this visit was to check the pig trucks and to discuss with the drivers possible improvements to the trucks to improve animal -welfare. The loading density of the pigs on the trucks we checked on was in accordance with the EU legislation, nevertheless we thought that the pigs in some … [Read more...] about Checking pig trucks in line at VION slaughterhouse, Boxtel (NL)
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Meeting with the Dutch authorities (nVWA)
Today Eyes on Animals met with government officials and inspectors from the nVWA at their headquarters in Utrecht. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the complaints we sent in about livestock transport violations and poor conditions on several farms and to catch up on other on-going issues such as best-practices, chicken-catching, livestock truck design and on-farm … [Read more...] about Meeting with the Dutch authorities (nVWA)
Eyes on Animals and TSB/AWF give a talk to Dutch authorities about livestock truck design and animal-welfare
Roughly 40 officials from the Dutch government, responsible for checking on livestock trucks on the road and handing out the approval certificate of the livestock vehicle, attended our 2-hour presentation on "truck-design". We showed photos and videos showing how the design of the truck and its water systems, dividers, fans, floor space etc... can have a huge impact on the … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals and TSB/AWF give a talk to Dutch authorities about livestock truck design and animal-welfare
Transport company Blom en Zonen expose poultry to freezing cold winds
On the 14th of January, a concerned-person driving along the A2 highway in the Netherlands filmed a poultry truck from the company Blom en Zonen on its way to a slaughterhouse. Click HERE to watch the footage. It was 3 degrees Celcius out and with the vehicle moving, conditions were made even colder for the poultry on board, being exposed to freezing winds. According to … [Read more...] about Transport company Blom en Zonen expose poultry to freezing cold winds
Trailing Drost truck with German cattle via Holland to UK
An inspection team from Eyes on Animals and AWF|TSB was out on the road in the night of December 10th to conduct random inspections of animal transport trucks. We trailed a truck belonging to the Dutch transport company Drost that left a station in the Netherlands where cows can get milked and headed to the UK. The truck took the long boat crossing from Hoek van Holland to … [Read more...] about Trailing Drost truck with German cattle via Holland to UK