EonA team members Madelaine, Kees, Jan and Lesley finishing up a 2-day training of all employees working at a pig slaughter plant. Together with the help of Temple Grandin and the open- attitude of this plant we got major improvements in place over the past 3 years. This plant did not want to switch to CO2 gas because of its aversive effect but wanted to see if electric … [Mehr...] about Day 2: Training employees and improving automatic electric stunning of pigs as a more humane alternative to CO2
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Training employees and improving automatic electric stunning of pigs as a more humane alternative to CO2
Today we were busy all day giving welfare trainings to small groups of employees of a large pig slaughterhouse. Tomorrow we will return as 50 employees in total are participating. We worked with this slaughterhouse for the past 3 years to drastically improve the design of automated electric pig stunning and the way pigs are moved through it, in an effort to help phase out … [Mehr...] about Training employees and improving automatic electric stunning of pigs as a more humane alternative to CO2
Die WACPAW/EonA organisieren eine große Tierschutzkonferenz in Nordghana
Die WACPAW und Eyes on Animals organisierten in Bolgatanga ( nördliche Region Ghanas) eine Konferenz zum Thema Verhaltensweisen und Wohlergehen von Tieren. Der Schwerpunkt lag auf der Bekämpfung von Tierquälerei, insbesondere im Handel mit Hunde- und Eselfleisch. An dem Workshop nahmen 55 Teilnehmer teil, darunter auch Lehrkräfte, Tierärzte, Fleischer, Viehzüchter, … [Mehr...] about Die WACPAW/EonA organisieren eine große Tierschutzkonferenz in Nordghana
EonA participates in BTSF week-long training on animal transport regulations for official vets, Warsaw, Poland
An EonA team just finished participating and giving 2 short talks at the Better Training for Safer Food week-long training course organized by the EU commission, in Warsaw. It is a group of about 30 official veterinarian inspectors from all over Europe, who are responsible for checking on animal transports departing for export or arriving at slaughterhouses, control posts … [Mehr...] about EonA participates in BTSF week-long training on animal transport regulations for official vets, Warsaw, Poland
Training the gendarmes on the EU rules protecting animals during transport, France
Today Eyes on Animals and the French NGO Welfarm gave a training course to the French gendarmerie brigade near Massy, south of Paris. The day started off with 4-hrs of theory and was followed by 4 hours at France's largest highway toll, where we would stop any animal trucks that passed. Several small private horse trailers were inspected and conditions were good, but we … [Mehr...] about Training the gendarmes on the EU rules protecting animals during transport, France