In the Netherlands, when ducks need to be transported for slaughter, they are lifted by their necks/heads and thrown or tossed into containers. The roughness of this process was captured on video by Animals Rights a few years ago. In Czechia, it’s not allowed to hang ducks by their necks. Their regulations explicitly state that ducks must be supported, with a hand under the body and an arm around the body to keep the wings close to the body.
Read the Czech regulation here >>
Eyes on Animals finds it incomprehensible that the Dutch authorities tolerate the practice of catching ducks by their necks. In our view, this contradicts the Council Regulation 1/2005. We hope that our authorities will critically examine this and take an example from countries like Czechia.
