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Slaughter industry

Training on stunning at a Halal sheep slaughterhouse in Ankara, Turkey

April 29, 2025

In late April 2025, Eyes on Animals (EonA) and specialists from Bristol University held a transformative two-day training session at a halal slaughterhouse in Turkey. The goal was to train slaughterhouse workers on how to use a head electric stunner in order to render sheep unconscious before slaughter—an approach that dramatically reduces pain and distress. Electric head … [Read more...] about Training on stunning at a Halal sheep slaughterhouse in Ankara, Turkey

Filed Under: Our training, Slaughter industry Tagged With: slaughterhouse design, slaughterhouses, stunning

Training on cattle behaviour and welfare at FamilyBeef slaughterhouse in Epe (NL)

April 24, 2025

Today, Eyes on Animals, together with MHS Consultancy, gave an animal welfare training to the staff of the FamilyBeef cattle slaughterhouse. Using photos and videos, we guided them through the sensory world of the cow:🔹 How does a cow see?🔹 What does she hear?🔹 What does her behaviour tell us? Hesitating or refusing to walk is rarely due to … [Read more...] about Training on cattle behaviour and welfare at FamilyBeef slaughterhouse in Epe (NL)

Filed Under: Our training, Slaughter industry Tagged With: animal welfare trainings, slaughterhouse design, slaughterhouses

Illustration of electric stunning at a halal sheep abattoir near Tekirdag, Turkey

February 27, 2025

Together with humane-slaughter specialists from Bristol university, Eyes on Animals re-visited this cattle and sheep slaughterhouse that EonA knows very well. Years ago we taught the use of captive bolt stunners on cattle. We were very pleased to see that the captive bolt stunner we gave them 4 years ago is still in use and gave them some more boxes of cartridges. Since … [Read more...] about Illustration of electric stunning at a halal sheep abattoir near Tekirdag, Turkey

Filed Under: Our training, Slaughter industry Tagged With: animal welfare improvements, slaughterhouses, stunning

Training on upright catching and stunning of poultry in Cape Coast, Ghana

February 7, 2025

Today the Wacpaw/EonA team visited Cape Coast (Ghana) to conduct training for workers at the Meat Unit Abattoir as well as Meat Science students on the humane catching and handling of poultry during slaughter. We also installed pneumatic poultry stunning equipment (the Zephyr phenumatic poultry stun gun) to ensure that poultry are rendered unconscious first before … [Read more...] about Training on upright catching and stunning of poultry in Cape Coast, Ghana

Filed Under: Our training, Slaughter industry Tagged With: chicken-catching, slaughterhouse design, slaughterhouses

Training large group of employees at high-throughput pig abattoir

February 4, 2025

On February 4 and 5, we provided trainings to almost 100 employees at a large pig abattoir in Western Europe. This high-throughput facility features an innovative, low-stress design for automatic electric stunning. Our presentation covered all crucial factors to move pigs as humanely as possible through the design, keeping noise, fear, and the risk of pain as low as … [Read more...] about Training large group of employees at high-throughput pig abattoir

Filed Under: Our training, Slaughter industry Tagged With: animal welfare trainings, slaughterhouses

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As small slaughterhouses disappear, transport distances increase

Eyes on Animals is observing a troubling trend: transport distances for culled cows and sows are … [Read More...] about As small slaughterhouses disappear, transport distances increase

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Dutch transport company Van Os implicated in serious transport fraud involving Irish calves

May 8, 2025

Once again, serious violations have been uncovered in the transport of calves from Ireland. Last … [Read More...] about Dutch transport company Van Os implicated in serious transport fraud involving Irish calves

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It’s not every day that an animal-welfare organization takes on the challenge of redesigning a large pig slaughterhouse and their animal handling techniques, but that’s exactly what we did in 2020.

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