Today, Eyes on Animals was in Germany to conduct a training session and oversee the upright catching and loading of 3,000 laying hens. This initiative was organized at the invitation of the German Tierschutzlabel. For the poultry farmer, it was the first time that (a portion of) his hens were caught upright. This method was also new to many of the catchers. The … [Read more...] about Training and supervision of upright catching in Germany
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Training presentation on chicken-catching to German chicken farmers
Today we gave a 1-hour online training presentation to 16 German poultry farmers that produce under the German animal-welfare criteria from the "Tierschutzlabel" about how to improve the way broilers and layers are caught. We covered the gentle upright method techniques. They were very interested and some already apply stricter measures when their birds are caught. We are … [Read more...] about Training presentation on chicken-catching to German chicken farmers
Upright Catching in the United States
For the first time in history, hens on a large American poultry farm have been caught and loaded according to the Eyes on Animals method - upright and not dangling upside down by one leg. This involved a poultry farm of Kipster, which also uses the upright catching method for their hens in the Netherlands. We trained the catching teams (primarily catchers from Mexico) … [Read more...] about Upright Catching in the United States
Training to Aeres school students and teachers on poultry welfare during catching and upright method
This morning we gave a presentation about the welfare of chickens during catching and the upright method of catching at Aeres MBO school in Barneveld. Afterwards there was a positive and lively discussion with students and teachers. A representativefrom Baader company (that designs and builds poultry transport containers, among other … [Read more...] about Training to Aeres school students and teachers on poultry welfare during catching and upright method
Training chicken-catchers, NL
This afternoon Eyes on Animals was asked by a large and progressive chicken- catching company to give an animal-welfare training course to their employees. The purpose was to educate their catchers on poultry behaviour, their sentience and physiology and how to catch birds keeping them upright instead of by their legs upside down. We also covered how to load the birds in … [Read more...] about Training chicken-catchers, NL
