{"id":34107,"date":"2021-09-09T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyesonanimals.com\/eona-at-the-toennies-forschung-workshop-on-the-search-for-a-more-humane-alternative-to-co2-during-pig-slaughter-de\/"},"modified":"2021-09-09T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T09:30:00","slug":"eona-at-the-toennies-forschung-workshop-on-the-search-for-a-more-humane-alternative-to-co2-during-pig-slaughter-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyesonanimals.com\/de\/eona-at-the-toennies-forschung-workshop-on-the-search-for-a-more-humane-alternative-to-co2-during-pig-slaughter-de\/","title":{"rendered":"EonA at the Toennies Forschung workshop on the search for a more humane alternative to CO2 during pig slaughter, DE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eyes on Animals participated in the „Open-Mind Workshop“ hosted by Toennies Research Institute. The purpose was to discuss the search for a suitable alternative to CO2 to stun pigs prior to slaughter. More and more large pig slaughterhouses switched over from electric stunning to CO2 in the past 25 years. No more risk of blood spots, pigs could be stunned all at the same time in a group, it was more time efficient (more pigs could be killed per hour) and easier to move the animals. Some supermarkets, like Tesco, even made CO2 stunning systems mandatory for their suppliers. But sadly, CO2 does not bring about unconsciousness immediately. The pigs endure 15-30 seconds of extreme breathing stress and pain from inhalation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n