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2020

  • December 12, 2020: Joop, a Dutch online news opinion website, published an article today about the new Eyes on Animals film showing Dutch cows heading via Spain to Libya and Lebanon, where they are slaughtered under brutal conditions. 
  • December 11, 2020: The online news site “Europa nu” publishes an article about the request of Eyes on Animals and partner organizations to the European Commission to put a stop to the export of live animals for slaughter in countries where slaughter conditions are known to be forms of torture. The new film Eyes on Animals published show how Dutch cattle end up being brutally slaughtered in Libya and Lebanon.
  • December 11, 2020: The Dutch paper “NoordHollands Dagblad” publishes an article about the request of Eyes on Animals and partner organizations to the European Commission to put a stop to the export of live animals for slaughter in countries where slaughter conditions are known to be forms of torture. The new film Eyes on Animals published show how Dutch cattle end up being brutally slaughtered in Libya and Lebanon.
  • December 4, 2020: The Ferret, an independent media cooperative in Scotland, publishes a big article about the fact that Scotland risks “lagging behind” England and Wales on animal welfare by not matching the UK Government’s pledge to ban the export of livestock for slaughter and fattening.
  • December 01, 2020: Bionext, a chain organization for organic agriculture and food, publishes on their website an article about the recent TV show “Radar” which covered the Eyes on Animals’ investigation into the welfare of kids from the goat dairy industry.
  • November 5, 2020: Natur, a German magazine, publishes an article with some photos from Eyes on Animals in Turkey, about the animal transports from Germany to other countries.
  • November 3, 2020: The Ferret, an independent media cooperative in Scotland, publishes a big article about the fact that P&O Ferries has continually breached its own animal welfare policy by aiding the export of Scottish animals abroad for fattening. 
  • September 2, 2020:  The Independent, an Irish newspaper, published an article about the export of unweaned calves from Ireland to continental Europe. Due to pressure from Eyes on Animals (that exposed the violations taking place on this route when done by truck and ferry), the industry is looking for ways to make the trip take less long and now proposes transporting the calves by plane. 
  • September 05, 2020: The Times, the main daily newspaper in the UK, published an article about the complaint that Eyes on Animals has filed with the European Commission about Ireland’s department of agriculture, food and the marine. The complaint centres on Irish calves’  long export journeys without food, which is in breach of EU Regislation 1/2005. The Irish department said it will co-operate fully with the commission in relation to any enquiries made.
  • August 21, 2020: Pluimveeweb, an online newsite for poultry producers, published an article about Eyes on Animals’ visit to a Dutch broiler producer that invested in a good system of using cool underground water to keep the temperature inside his barn cooler during heat waves and thus limit heat stress among his birds. 
  • August 21, 2020: PigBusiness, an online newsite for all people from the pig industry, published an article about the steps Dutch pig slaughterhouses put into place, after pressure and guidance from Eyes on Animals, to better protect the pigs from extreme heat stress when they arrive and have to wait in line to be unloaded.
  • July 31, 2020: The Guardian prints an article about Eyes on Animals’ successful efforts in making stunning animals prior to cutting their throats more accepted in Turkey in order to reduce animal suffering during slaughter. 
  • July 12, 2020: The Sunday Times writes an article about P&O ferries policy against live export and Eyes on Animals revealing that in practice sometimes they are facilitating it: P&O ‘hoodwinked’ into breach of its own animal export policy.
  • .July 7, 2020: The Times, the main daily newspaper in the UK, published an article about the unlawful trade of unweaned calves from Ireland to France, that Eyes on Animals, L214 and Ethical Farming for Ireland investigated and got confirmation from the EU about its unlawfulness.
  • July 1, 2020: Poultry slaughterhouse Remkes has, per the recommendations of Eyes on Animals, painted the surface of their parking lot white to reduce the chance of heat stress for the birds waiting in the poultry trucks. A nice article about this appeared in their personnel magazine: Tegen de warmte
  • June 28 2020: The Times writes an article about animal welfare campaigners, including Eyes on Animals inspectors, condemninginhumane export of Scottish sheep across Europe: Animal welfare campaigners flock to condemn ‘inhumane’ export of Scots sheep across Europe.
  • June 18, 2020: The European Federation of City Farms published their second newsletter of 2020. On page 7 you can read an article about The Netherlands taking the same decision now as several Federal States of Germany took last year to stop approving long transport journeys of live animals to countries outside the EU that would require a 24-hr rest break! 
  • June 10, 2020: Mijn Geheim, a Dutch magazine, runs an interview with EonA inspector Margreet Steendijk about her work, and the ill stray dog that she rescued during one of our investigations of EU animal transports heading into Turkey. Read page 1, page 2 and page 3.
  • June 7, 2020: The Ferret, an independent media cooperative in Scotland, publishes a big article about the horrible state of welfare of poultry in transport. Observations from Eyes on Animals inspections of poultry transports are discussed and the training courses we now give chicken catchers.
  • June 07, 2020: The Scottish newspaper, The National, publishes a big article about the horrible state of welfare of poultry in transport. Observations from Eyes on Animals inspections of poultry transports are discussed and the training courses we now give chicken catchers.
  • Mai 29, 2020: Animals Today published a blog about the decision taken by the Dutch Minister of Agriculture to ban the live animal export to countries outside of the EU if a 24-rest stop is required. Animals Today agrees that this decision was wise, but long overdue because organizations like Eyes on Animals and AWF|TSB had already sent warnings about this problem years ago. As well, the rest of the other Member States still need to take this decision. Read the blog here.
  • Mai 26, 2020: The Animal Reader publishes an article about our investigations into the welfare of goat kids and publishes a video- interview with Eyes on Animals. Click HERE.
  • Mai 2, 2020: The Leeuwarder Courant, the daily newspaper of the Friesland province in The Netherlands, published an article about the abuse of young calves Eyes on Animals and L214 uncovered while trailing calves from Ireland via France to the Netherlands. The farmer who imported the calves we trailed admits it is horrible and the Dutch Minister of Agriculture promises to take action.
  • April 9, 2020: The Ferret, an independent media cooperative in Scotland, publishes an article in which Peter Stevenson of Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) states that very young calves from Scotland, who are transported to Spain, are not given food or drink and that the transport is inhumane and illegal. This after research by Eyes on Animals and 2 sister organizations about the transport of Irish calves to the Netherlands.To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 08, 2020: RTÉ, Ireland’s national television and radio broadcaster, publishes an article with video showing abuses and infringements during the transport of Irish calves, which are transported to the Netherlands via France. To read this article and watch the video, click HERE.
  • April 3, 2020: Zembla, the important investigative journalism program, publishes an article with video recordings of an inspection by Eyes on Animals and two sister organizations, which show the mistreatment of calves on their way to the Netherlands. To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 3, 2020: 20 Minutes, the news & media website, posts an article with shocking video from animal welfare organizations L214 and Eyes on Animals, denouncing the transport conditions of thousands of young calves being transported from Ireland via France to be fattened on intensive farms in the Netherlands. To read this article and watch the video, click HERE.
  • April 2, 2020: Animal welfare organization Animals Today Nederland publishes an article after research by Eyes on Animals, L214 and Ethical Farming Ireland, that the import of tens of thousands of Irish calves during the COVID-19 crisis continues unabated and that animal welfare rules are being violated. To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 2, 2020: Agriland, Ireland’s largest Farmers’ News Portal, publishes an article in which it calls on its farmers’ organizations to not only name the things that are good but also the things that are not going well. This in order to protect the welfare of their livestock and their own collective interests. To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 02, 2020: Foundation 30 Millions d’Amis publishes an article about the suffering of very young calves during their transport from Ireland, via France to the Netherlands, after research by Eyes on Animals and L214.To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 02, 2020: French newspaper Liberation publishes an article on the transport conditions of three-week old calves transported from Ireland to the Netherlands. To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 2, 2020: Newspaper The Guardian publishes an article with video from an inspection of Eyes on Animals and 2 sister organizations which shows how Irish calves are beaten and kicked in France. To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 2, 2020: France Bleu, the network of regional and local radio stations in France, publishes an article of our research on the transport conditions of young calves. These calves are transported from Ireland, via the port of Cherbourg and the cattle transit centre in Couville (Manche), to fattening farms in the Netherlands. A journey of almost 50 hours. To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 02, 2020: Dinheiro Rural, a Brazilian magazine, publishes an article on the investigation by Eyes on Animals and L214 about the violations of and non-compliance with transport rules for young calves transported from Ireland to the Netherlands via France.  To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 02, 2020: Le Républicain Lorrain, the French regional newspaper, publishes an article with video after a study by L214 and Eyes on Animals on calf transport conditions throughout Europe.To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 2, 2020: The French newspaper Le Parisien, publishes an article about our investigation revealing the violations and mistreatment involved in the export trade of Irish dairy calves from Ireland via French control posts to Dutch veal factory farms. To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 02, 2020: CNews, the French 24-hour news channel, posts an article on the investigation of L214 and Eyes on Animals with the charges of long journeys of calves across Europe. L214 and Eyes on Animals, as well as 36 other international NGOs, have written to the European Commission demanding a ban on the transport of animals more than three hours by sea and the export of animals to third countries. To read this article, click HERE.
  • April 1, 2020: Dutch daily newspaper De Limburger publishes an article in which 35 animal welfare organizations, such as Eyes on Animals, express their concern regarding animal welfare during livestock transport abroad. This may cause hours of delay at the various border crossings resulting in high mortality among chickens and high risk of suffering for other animals due to lack of water and food. In a joint letter to Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission, they insist on a variety of measures to be taken. To read this article, click HERE.
  • March 23, 2020: The Dutch agricultural magazine Pigbusiness published an article about the efforts that Westfort slaughterhouse in Ijsselstein is putting into place to become a slaughterhouse with the most “humane” practices possible, and that they asked Eyes on Animals for advice. Click HERE.
  • March 19, 2020: The European Federation of City Farms publishes the first newsletter of 2020. On pages 8 and 9 an abridged version of Eyes on Animals’ most important successes and work at home and abroad. To read this article click HERE.
  • March 18, 2020: Farming Independent publishes an article on the export of unweaned Irish calves to France. Eyes on Animals and other animal rights organizations join forces to challenge the legal export of calves as capacity increases. To read this article click HERE.
  • March 4, 2020: Green News, an Irish agricultural news site, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals accusation that export trade of unweaned calves from Ireland to Cherbourg, France, is in violation of the maximum EU times calves of this age can be withheld from nutrition/feed. Read the article HERE.
  • February 27, 2020: The Maritime Executive publishes an article about the export of unweaned young calves from Ireland to Europe and the major welfare problems associated with it. Eyes on Animals and L214 findings are covered in it. Read the article HERE.
  • February 4, 2020: The online news site Pluimveeweb has published an article about catching chickens at Demeter poultry farm Boerveenshof. On the recommendations of Eyes on Animals, the chickens were caught upright (max two at a time) for the first time instead of upside down by one leg. This method eliminates a lot of stress and pain to the animals. Poultry service Smeding did the actual catching. Rolf Kanninga and the catching team were happily surprised by calmness in the barn and the fast pace of catching. With a slightly larger team, catching took the same amount of time as before. Read the article HERE.
  • January 31, 2020: Pluimveeweb, the online news site for the Dutch poultry industry, has published an article about poultry farm Boerveenshof. They will have their chickens caught upright for the first time, instead of upside down by one leg. EonA recommended this method to them in order to improve animal welfare. Poultry service Smeding will carry out the actual catching. Boerveenshof is now the first Demeter company to use this method. Click HERE to read the article.
  • January 21, 2020: Also, at Joop (Joop is the online opinion page of BNNVARA with news, contributions from opinion makers and debate between guests) extensive attention is given to the suffering of farm animals during international livestock transport and the systematic unnecessary suffering of these animals through systematic violations of the law. Click HERE.
  • January 20, 2020: Article in The Guardian about the increase of demand for live animals in the Middle East. In this article Eyes on Animals is mentioned about our work in Turkish slaughterhouses and we quote: In Turkey, steady work by Eyes On Animals and other groups has led to the acceptance of the use of stun guns in some abattoirs, and in October last year Ismailağa Cemaati, the largest Islamic group in the country, publically announced that stunning animals prior to killing them is acceptable and halal. Click HERE to read the article.
  • January 20, 2020: Foodlog, an independent news platform with topics about agriculture and food among others, publishes an article about us handing out a compliment to Rondeel and Kipster, because these poultry companies have started using the Dutch EonA method to catch chickens. Click HERE to read the article.
  • January 20, 2020: Article in The Guardian “Animals farmed investigations: the huge global trade in live animals” about the fact that almost 2 billion live farm animals are transported around the world annually, journeys that can last days to weeks. With content from Eyes on Animals. Click HERE to read the article.
  • January 20, 2020: Article in the Guardian “It would be kinder to shoot them: Ireland’s calves set for live export”. About the hundreds of thousands of calves born in Ireland as a by-product of dairy farming and the suffering these animals face. With commentary and images from research done by Eyes on Animals and others. Click HERE to read the article.
  • January 17, 2020: Article in Netzfrauen.org “Grausames Geheimnis” der Milchindustrie. Comprehensive reporting on the suffering of calves during long-distance transport. With a lot of material from Eyes on Animals researching this. Read this extensive German article HERE.

2019

  • November 4, 2019: Brabants Dagblad, a Dutch regional newspaper, published an article about the Hedel horse market and Eyes on Animals inspection of it.
  • September 2019: Referans, a Turkish-languaged monthly magazine from Germany, published Asalet’s essay on the importance of stunning animals prior to slaughter. Asalet is our inspector working primarily in Turkey, trying to reduce the suffering of animals during slaughter there. See pages 52 to 57 HERE.
  • September 15, 2019: The Independent, an Irish newspaper, published an article about speciecism and that we need to also show respect to animals. The author mentions Eyes on Animals investigations. Click HERE.
  • July 24, 2019: The Volkskrant, a national Dutch newspaper, publishes an article about the heat stress problems that occur for animals on farms and during transport. Eyes on Animals’ work is referenced. Click HERE.
  • July 23, 2019: The Turkish newspaper Edirne Gercek publishes an article about the horrible suffering we see at slaughterhouses in Turkey and how we are trying to help the animals there. Click HERE.
  • July 21, 2019: Cumhuriyet, a large Turkish newspaper publishes an article about how animals are slaughtered and Eyes on Animals’ efforts to relieve some of their pain and spread awareness about animal welfare. Click HERE.
  • Summer 2019 issue: Dier, the magazine put out by the Dierenbescherming (Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals) publishes an interview with Lesley, director of Eyes on Animals. Click HERE.
  • June 25, 2019: Hart van Nederland, a very popular news show, joined Eyes on Animals to inspect pig trucks waiting in line at Dutch slaughterhouses during the heat wave. Click HERE to watch the show (it is the first item).
  • June 25, 2019: NOS, the national news, publishes an online article about the current heat wave and the need for the authorities and industry to take action to prevent animals on transport from suffering. Eyes on Animals is interviewed. Click HERE.
  • June 24, 2019: Pig Business magazine publishes an article about the challenges of switching the slaughter shifts in the Netherlands to night-time instead of day-time during heat waves, to at least prevent animals from suffering from heat stress. Eyes on Animals inspections and opinion on this topic is covered. Click HERE.
  • June 24, 2019: BrabantsDagblad publishes an article about the dangerous effect the current heatwave has on the welfare of animals being transported to slaughterhouses in the Netherlands and what action is needed. Eyes on Animals is interviewed. Click HERE.
  • June 24, 2019: Omroep Brabant, a Dutch newspaper, publishes an article about the extreme high temperatures in the Netherlands this week and the consequences it has on the welfare of animals being transported to slaughter. Eyes on Animals opinion about this serious concern is covered. Please click HERE.
  • May 23, 2019: Het Belang voor Limburg, a Belgian newspaper, publishes an article about Kipster egg company adopting the more humane method of catching hens one at a time and upright (Eyes on Animals taught his company this method and convinced manager to change). Click HERE.
  • May 12, 2019: The Sunday Times publishes an article about the ferry line Stena being criticized for accepting live calf exports on board, especially after Eyes on Animals and L214 exposed the horrors in this trade. Click HERE.
  • May 8, 2019: the Irish online news site Joe publishes the response of the ISPCA on the investigation done by Eyes on Animals and L214 into the mistreatment of Irish dairy calves. Click HERE.
  • May 8, 2019: Farmers Journal, an Irish weekly farming newspaper, about the abuse of Irish calves exported via France to other MS countries. Click HERE.
  • May 7, 2019: Irish Farmers Journal, Ireland’s weekly farming newspaper, writes that Irish farmers are outraged over the cruelty inside a French control post – documented by L214 and Eyes on Animals.
  • May 7, 2019: The Guardian publishes the outcome of the investigation of Eyes on Animals and L214 into the transport of unweaned Irish calves and the call by MEPs for more unannounced checks, tougher penalties and minimizing of transport times. Click HERE.
  • May 7, 2019: the ISPCA, Irish animal welfare organization, reports on the investigation into the mistreatment of Irish dairy calves during transport out of Ireland and call for the government to explore alternatives to live export of calves. Click HERE.
  • May 6, 2019: Animals Today, Dutch news website about animals, publishes the press release of Eyes on Animals and the French organization L214 about the mistreatment of unweaned calves during live transport from Ireland to the rest of Europe. Click HERE.
  • May 6, 2019: Independent, the Irish daily newspaper, publishes an article about the call by The Green Party to ban the live export of cattle. This call comes after footage of the abuse of calves, collected by EoA and L214, was released. Click HERE.
  • May 6, 2019: the British Daily Mail publishes an article with many samples from the footage collected by Eyes on Animals and L214 during our investigation into the animal abuse during their transport of unweaned calves from Ireland to the mainland. Click HERE.
  • May 6, 2019: the British Daily Star reports on our investigation, together with the French L214, into the mistreatment of unweaned calves during their transport from Ireland to the rest of Europe, via France. Click HERE. 
  • May 6, 2019: the British Mirror reports the horrors unweaned calves undergo in France where there are supposed to be allowed to rest and feed while on transit from Ireland to Europe. Footage collected by Eyes on Animals and L214 is published as well. Click HERE.
  • May 5, 2019: the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw publishes an Opinion Letter written by a Dutch MEP about the Eyes on Animals and L214 investigation exposing the horrible treatment of unweaned calves during transport. Click HERE.
  • May 4, 2019: Plant Based News, British vegan website publishes article about the outcome of the investigation by Eyes on Animals and L214 about the mistreatment of very young calves on transport from Ireland to Europe. Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: Trouw, a Dutch newspaper, publishes a summary of the investigation by Eyes on Animals and L214 into the abuse of young calves during transport from Ireland to the European mainland. Click
    HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: Transport Online, a Dutch online transportation news site, published an article about the investigation by Eyes on Animals and the French L214 into the mistreatment of unweaned calves during transport from Ireland to The Netherlands. Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: Agriland, Irish farming news portal, cattle and dairy farmers respond to the outcome of the investigation done by Eyes on Animals and L214 into the mistreatment of unweaned calves on transport from Ireland. Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: in the tabloid The Irish Sun, a spokesperson for the Irish Department of Agiculture, Food and Marine responds to the investigation by Eyes on Animals and L214. Clik HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: The French newspaper Le Dauphine publishes an article about the Eyes on Animals and L214 investigation revealing the mistreatment of unweaned calves being exported from Ireland via France to other countries. Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: The popular news site France Blue reports on Eyes on Animals and L214 filing a complaint against the manager of a control post near Cherbourg where Irish calves were being seriously mistreated.  Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: La Presse de la Manche publishes an article about the Eyes on Animals and L214 investigation of unweaned calves exported from Ireland via France to other countries, and their serious mistreatment during the voyage. Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: Le Parisien, a popular daily French newspaper, had joined Eyes on Animals and L214 while trailing Irish calves exported via France to the Netherlands. Read the article they wrote about our investigation together. Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: Ouest France newspaper publishes an article about the abusive treatment of Irish calves  at a control post near Cherbourg harbour, revealed by the investigators of Eyes on Animals and L214. Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: Moustique, a Belgium weekly paper, publishes an article about the mistreatment of Irish calves exported via France to the Netherlands, revealed by Eyes on Animals and L214 investigators. Click HERE.
  • May 3, 2019: The animal-news site 30 Millions d’amis reports on the Eyes on Animals and L214 investigation showing the horrible treatment of unweaned calves exported from Ireland via France. Click HERE.
  • April 29, 2019: Le Point Veterinaire, a French veterinarian journal, printed an article about Eyes on Animals’ success at improving the way laying hens are being caught by several Dutch egg companies. Click HERE.
  • April 8, 2019: Dier, the magazine published by the Dutch National Animal Welfare Society (Dierenbescherming) printed an article about Eyes on Animals’ inspections of pigs being transported on very hot summer days to slaughter in the Netherlands. It covers the serious welfare problems we see arising and the steps we are pressuring industry to take.
  • March 30, 2019: The Dutch newspaper Noord Hollands Dagblad publishes an opinion article written by Eyes on Animals’ inspector Madelaine Looije, about how people should also think about the suffering of animals being transported to slaughterhouses in the summer heat when they are enjoying their BBQs.
  • March 26, 2019: The daily Dutch newspaper Trouw published an article about the report Eyes on Animals and Dierenbescherming released today about the suffering of farm animals being transported to Dutch slaughterhouses on hot summer days. This report is being used to pressure industry to be better organized for upcoming summers. Click HERE to read the article.
  • March 26, 2019: Pluimveeweb, an online poultry news site, published an article about the report by Eyes on Animals and Dierenbescherming asking for stronger measures to be taken to combat animal suffering during transport on days with high temperatures. Read the article HERE.
  • March 26, 2019: The Dagbad van het Noorden, a paper from the north part of the Netherlands, published an article about the report Eyes on Animals and the Dierenbescherming released today, about the suffering of animals during their transport in hot weather. Recommendations to reduce some of this suffering are covered and the article mentions that both NGOs want the responsible minister to take action now. Read it HERE.
  • March 26, 2019: The Dutch paper Nieuwe Oogst publishes an article about the Eyes on Animals and Dierenbescherming report about the suffering animals experience during transport to slaughter in hot and humid weather and our recommendations to combat this, one of them being that slaughterhouses should adopt different working procedures during heat waves. Read the article HERE.
  • March 19, 2019: The Irish Independent newspaper published an article about Minister Creed doing his best not to back down under pressure from Irish farmers desperate to export more unweaned calves. The Eyes on Animals investigation showing violations in this trade is discussed. Click HERE.
  • March 05, 2019: The online news site for the Dutch poultry industry, “Pluimveeweb” published an article about the EonA Dutch poultry-catching method which is being adopted more and more by Dutch egg companies. The EonA Dutch catching method was introduced by Eyes on Animals as an alternative for the commercial catching method that causes a lot of pain and stress to birds. Read the article HERE.
  • March 05, 2019: The online news site for the Dutch pig industry, “Pigbusiness” published an article about the new “tropical-slaughter-schedule” that Van Rooi pig slaughterhouse will try to put into place next summer. This new slaughter schedule will avoid that pigs be transported during the hot hours of the day. Eyes on Animals will push other slaughterhouse to follow their example. Read the article HERE.
  • March 03, 2019: La France Agricole, a French agricultural paper, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals closely working with Dutch egg companies Kipster and Rondeel to improve the way laying hens are caught for transport to slaughter.
  • February 10, 2019: The Ferret, an investigative Journalism Platform in Scotland, publishes an article on official inspection reports that revealed 300 serious welfare breaches during domestic live transport. Eyes on Animals was interviewed.
  • January 13, 2019: The Sunday Times reported on violations that were again committed by Irish calf transporters. The violations were detected by Eyes on Animals. Read the full article HERE.
  • January 10, 2019: The Limburger, a Dutch newspaper publishes an article about poultry farm “Kipster” (The Netherlands) where Eyes on Animals helped catching 11.000 birds in the more humane “EonA Dutch way”.  The EonA Dutch catching method reduces stress and pain significantly as birds are caught upright – max two at a time – instead of the traditional method of grabbing them at their feet and holding them upside down. Click HERE.
  • January 07, 2019: Foodlog publishes an article about the egg company Kipster that chose to work with Eyes on Animals to reduce some of the suffering hens experience during catching and transport. The EonA Dutch upright method was applied, instead of the conventional method where birds are grabbed by one leg, left hanging upside down, and together with 2-3 others stuffed into transport crates.

2018

  • December 18, 2018: The Irish Examiner newspaper publishes an article about the suffering of animals during long-distance export to countries outside of the EU and mentions Eyes on Animals investigations. Click HERE.
  • November 06, 2018: Worlds Best News prints a very flattering article about Eyes on Animals and our efforts on the ground to make this world a gentler place for animals. Click HERE.
  • October 28, 2018: University of Cape Coast bulletin publishes an article about our training course on how to decrease animal suffering during slaughter and our donation to the campus abattoir of 2 captive bolt pistols, cartridges and knife sharpeners. Click HERE.
  • October 23, 2018: ATL FM news in Ghana reports on the animal welfare workshop we gave to butchers, livestock handlers and vets at the Cape Coast campus abattoir. Click HERE to read the article.
  • October 18, 2018: The Scottish Sun publishes an article about the agony of Scottish unweaned calves on transport to Spain. Our Inspector Nicola Glen is also being interviewed. Click HERE.
  • October 04, 2018: France Bleu reports on our trailing of French cattle transported to Turkey and being transported much further inland than indicated on the official journey log, approved by the French authorities. The exporter and transporter committed fraud. Click HERE.
  • October 03, 2018: Omroep Brabant newspaper publishes an article about the Gouden Vogel (Golden Bird) prize they won, for reporting on the suffering of pigs being transported to slaughterhouses in Brabant during the heat wave, together with Eyes on Animals. Click HERE.
  • September 27, 2018: Pluimveeactueel, a Dutch news platform for the egg and poultry-meat industry publishes an article about how Rondeel egg company is 100% convinced by Eyes on Animals that the upright “EonA Dutch” method of catching birds is more humane than the standard method (upside down, 4 per hand) and that they have now switched over permanently. Click HERE.
  • September 12, 2018: The Guardian publishes an articled about the truth behind the export of unweaned calves from Scotland, based on BBC documentary and Eyes on Animals research exposing the trade routes. Click HERE.
  • September 11, 2018: BBC reports on the breaking news that P&O ferries have decided to ban livestock transports from using their ferries, due to the welfare problems associated with the long-distance export of animals. This decision is thanks to Eyes on Animals research exposing, via BBC, the dark side of the trade in unweaned animals. Click HERE.
  • September 11, 2018: The Times prints an article about the need to ban the export of unweaned calves, based on BBC and Eyes on Animals research. Click HERE.
  • September 11, 2018: The Scottish Sun prints an article based on BBC’s documentary about the fate of unwanted calves born on dairy farms in Scotland that BBC investigated with Eyes on Animals’ help. Click HERE.
  • September 10, 2018: The Volkskrant, a daily Dutch newspaper publishes an article about how new born calves are separated from their mothers on dairy farms, and that there is an alternative and much more humane option of keeping them together as some dairy farmers already do. Eyes on Animals is interviewed. Click HERE.
  • September 10, 2018: BBC publishes an article about the fate of Scottish calves born on dairy farms and the long-distance journeys they face. Eyes on Animals helped with revealing these routes. Click HERE.
  • September 10, 2018: BBC publishes an article based on our research about what happens to unwanted new-born calves born on Scottish dairy farms, and the stress this causes both cows and calves. Click HERE.
  • September 10, 2018: BBC publishes an article about the long export journeys unwanted Scottish calves are sent on, based on journey logs collected by Eyes on Animals. Click HERE.
  • September 10, 2018: BBC UK news publishes an article with embedded videos about their investigation with Eyes on Animals uncovering the tragic fate of most unweaned calves comign from the dairy industry. Click HERE.
  • September 04, 2018: Le Parisien, the popular French magazine, printed an article about our recent investigation of French cattle being exported to Turkey. The European exporter had written down Edirne (Turkish town right beside the border ) as the final destination but in reality the cattle were transported hundreds of kilometers further into Turkey. The European exporter, transporter and Turkish importer are all responsible for this fraud. Click HERE.
  • September 03, 2018: Agri-Expo emagazine published an article about the welfare of laying hens, and mentions that the Dutch egg company Kipster switched to the more humane verison of catching hens (supporting the body upright instead of holding them upside down by their legs) due to the influence of Eyes on Animals. Click HERE.
  • August 13, 2018: Pluimvee, a Dutch publication for poultry producers, publishes an article about Rondeel, an egg company that is based in the Netherlands but branching out internationally. The director of Rondeel talks very positively about how Eyes on Animals convinced them to stop using the cruel standard methods of catching and loading hens and helped them switch over to the EonA Dutch method. Click HERE.
  • August 08, 2018: The Daily Mail prints an article about the suffering pigs experience, even ones slaughtered for welfare-friendly labels, when stunned using CO2 gas. The scientific video Eyes on Animals made about CO2 stunning are embedded in the article.
  • July 31, 2018: Nepszava, a Hungarian newspaper, publishes an article about our concerns and observations during live animal export. Click HERE.
  • July 30, 2018: BBC Turkey publishes an article about our inspections of animal trucks at the EU|Turkey border and the on-going serious welfare problems. Click HERE.
  • July 30, 2018: The Guardian newspaper joined us while we checked on animals being exported from Europe into Turkey. Click HERE.
  • July 30, 2018: Oda TV in Turkey publishes an article on their news website about our work exposing the suffering involved in the transport of animals from Europe to Turkey. Click HERE.
  • July 27, 2018: RTL4 has published an extensive article including footage on their website about Eyes on Animals findings during the heatwave in The Netherlands. Pigs greatly suffer from stress when they are transported to slaughterhouses. The heat protocol, which was developed by the industry, fails to prevent the suffering. Read the article HERE (only in Dutch).
  • July 27, 2018: Omroep Brabant the online newsite published an article about the findings of Eyes on Animals during the recent heatwave in The Netherlands. Eyes on Animals documented many pigs suffering from heat stress during the waiting times at slaughterhouses and how the heat protocol, developed by the industry, is failing to protect the pigs. Read the article HERE.
  • July 27, 2018: Hart van Nederland the online newsite published an article about the findings of Eyes on Animals that many pigs are suffering when held in the trucks whilst waiting in front of the slaughterhouses. The heat protocol, developed by the sector, is not robust and therefore failing to prevent animal suffering. Read the article HERE.
  • July 21,  2018: The recent trailing of Eyes on Animals, that revealed several violations by Irish calf transporters, has reached the front page of the popular newspaper Independent. The article plus video , can be viewed HERE.
  • July 10, 2018: RTE Irish newspaper publishes an article about penalties given to Irish calf exporters that Eyes on Animals revealed breaking the law. Click HERE.
  • July 09, 2018: Today we held a mini-conference with Turkish journalists. Many Turkish newspapers reported on our inspections of animal transport and slaughter. Article 1, article 2, article 3, article 4 and article 5 (see page 1 and page 2).
  • June 21, 2018: Farm Ireland publishes an article about the violations Eyes on Animals detected during an export of unweaned calves from Ireland to the Netherlands. Click HERE.
  • June 18, 2018: EXTRA, an Irish news site, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals investigation of the export trade of calves from Ireland to the Netherlands, showing non-compliance. Click HERE.
  • June 18, 2018: The Irish Daily Mail publishes an article on their front cover (see page 2 and page 3) about the very young Irish calves exported to veal farms in The Netherlands that Eyes on Animals investigated. Click HERE.
  • June 07, 2018: GreenNews, an Irish paper, publishes an aricle about our investigation of Irish calves being transported to mainland Europe in breach of the maximum transport hours. Click HERE.
  • June 04, 2018: Agropolska news published an article with photos about the horrible mink truck we (EonA and TSB|AWF) investigated going from the Netherlands to fur farms in Poland. Click HERE.
  • June 01, 2018: The Irish Examiner paper publishes an article about the Eyes on Animals investigation illustrating non-compliance in the export of unweaned Irish calves to veal farms in the Netherlands. Click HERE.
  • June 01, 2018: Cenyrolnicze news published an article about our (EonA and TSB|AWF) investigation of a truck transporting mink in very poor conditions from the Netherlands to Poland. Click HERE.
  • May 01, 2018: Remkes slaughterhouse published an article in their internal magazine about how they appreciated the advice from Eyes on Animals on how they could reduce stress for the poultry arriving at their slaughterhouse. Click HERE.
  • April 24, 2018: Nieuweoogst newspaper prints an article about our investigation showing that there are many violations taking place in the export trade of Irish calves to the mainland. Click HERE.
  • April 21, 2018: Pluimveeweb, a popular Dutch news site for poultry producers, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals success at convincing Rondeel egg company to abandon the cruel standard method of catching and loading hens (by the foot, hanging upside down, 4-5 hens per hand) and adopt the more humane method of catching them and loading them upright with support under the breast. It is the first company in Europe, possibly in the world, to do this! Click HERE.
  • April 20, 2018: De Kalverhouder, a Dutch news site for the calf industry, publishes an article about our trailing of calf trucks from Ireland exposing the violations they commit. Click HERE.
  • April 20, 2018: Trouw, the National Dutch daily newspaper, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals success at convincing Rondeel egg company to abandon the cruel standard method of catching and loading hens (by the foot, hanging upside down, 4-5 hens per hand) and adopt the more humane method of catching them and loading them upright with support under the breast. It is the first company in Europe, possibly in the world, to do this! Click HERE.
  • April 18, 2018: Boerderij Vandaag, a farmers magazine, published an article about the first-ever poultry farm “Rondeel” (in The Netherlands) to make the switch to the more humane EonA Dutch catching method. The EonA Dutch catching method reduces stress and pain significantly as birds are caught upright – max two at a time – instead of the traditional method of grabbing them at their feet and holding them upside down. Eyes on Animals had been in negotiations with Rondeel about this for the past year, and last week Eyes on Animals inspectors, the Rondeel farmer and chicken catchers from Den Ouden Oirschot company (that were trained by EonA a few months before) finally applied it in practice. Read the full article here. 
  • January 29, 2018: Stackyard, a farmers journal, published an article on their website about the “End Live Exports Parliamentary Reception” held at the House of Commons, where Eyes on Animals presented details on the reality of the trade for the animals involved in long distance transport. Click HERE to read the full article.

2017

  • October 03, 2017: GhanaWeb, the general online news site of Ghana, published an article about Eyes on Animals’ training course in Ghana and the importance of reducing the suffering of farm animals during transport and slaughter.
  • August 06, 2017: La Croix, a daily French newspaper, publishes an article about the scandalous use of Fipronil in Dutch laying-hen factories and the recall of millions of eggs because of this. Eyes on Animals helped with providing information to the French journalist and is quoted. Click HERE.
  • July 01, 2017: Die Kleine Zeitung, an Austrian newspaper, prints an article about the EU´s lack of action against the horrible suffering of animals during live export from the EU to Turkey as proven by Eyes on Animals and AWF|TSB. Click HERE.
  • June 03, 2017: Omroepbrabant news reports on the Eyes on Animals inspection of a goat fattening farm in Brabant (NL) where our inspectors discovered dead and dying baby goats among those still living. Click HERE to read the full article and see the footage.
  • April 30, 2017: In the Turkish daily newspaper Hurriyet, a well-known Turkish colomnist Ayse Arman wrote about the importance of reducing suffering during slaughter by using stunning techniques. She explains Corlu slaughterhouse is trying now to use a stunner and Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation, along with Prof. Tamer, have been explaining the benefit of pre-stunning animals before cutting their throats throughout Turkey. Click HERE.
  • April 05, 2017: The daily Dutch newspaper AD publishes an article about Eyes on Animals investigation into the high number of pregnant Dutch dairy cows that are being slaughtered even when they have fully developed calves inside. Read it HERE.
  • March 31, 2017: HUMO, a well-read weekly Belgian magazine, prints an article about 4 animal-welfarists, including Madelaine Looije from Eyes on Animals, about their experience inside slaughterhouses. Read HERE.
  • March 01, 2017: The Guardian publishes an article about the horrors revealed by several NGOs, including Eyes on Animals, of long-distance transport of animals for slaughter in third countries. Click HERE.
  • February 28, 2017: HLN news in Belgium published an article about the suffering of animals that Eyes on Animals’ inspectors document during long-distance transport from Europe to third countries. Click HERE.

2016

  • October 31, 2016: The agricultural magazine “Pigbusiness” has published a 3-page article about the training courses that Eyes on Animals and Herman Klompjan give to livestock drivers. Livestock-transport company “Hunland” is also interviewed in the article ad states that there is no doubt that the training courses of Eyes on Animals are efficient and they have made several improvements to the design of their trucks now to improve animal-welfare. Read the article HERE and HERE.
  • October 29, 2016: Tekirdag Safak Gazette in Turkey publishes an article about our visit of Corlu slaughterhouse that now has a stunner and offers their customers the choice of stunning their cattle before cutting their throats.
  • October 18, 2016: RTV Drenthe online newsite publishes an article about the incident of a group of drunk young boys purchasing a sad-looking baby pony at the Zuidlaren horse market out of pity, but not having a proper home to bring him to. And Eyes on Animals, who was at the market and in discussions with these boys, opinion that alcohol and a livestock markt is an unacceptable mix.
  • October 18, 2016: Pow News publishes an article about the incident of a group of drunk young boys purchasing a confused baby pony on the stressful yearly horse market in Zuidlaren, without having a proper home for the animal to go to and Eyes on Animals opinion that alcohol and livestock markets are an unacceptable mix.
  • October 12, 2016: Sciences et Avenir, a French news website, published an article about the official statement of FVE, the European umbrella organization for veterinarians, that the animal suffering Eyes on Animals and AWF|TSB documented en route to Turkey are unacceptable and should immediately stop. Read the article HERE.
  • October 2016: The FVE (Federation of Veterinarians of Europe) published an official call to end the suffering of animals during long distance transports. The incentive was our documentation of serious animal suffering and violations during the transport of live animals from Europe to Turkey. Read FVE`s warning call HERE.
  • September 22, 2016: Corriere della Sere, the most important national daily newspaper in Italy, published an article and our film about our recent observations (June 2016) at the Turkish-Bulgarian border. On the ground over the years little has changed and the suffering of animals during export from Europe to Turkey continues despite our warnings to the EU Commission and all Member States. Read the article and watch the video HERE.
  • September 2016: Vet Journal, the Austrian veterinary magazine, publishes an interview with the brilliant Dr. Rabitsch. In this interview he discusses the training courses that he gives to the Polish highway police on behalf of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF (on animal-transport legislation) and the serious welfare-problems we have exposed regarding live exports to Turkey. Click HERE to read the article.
  • September 01, 2016: NOS, the national Dutch news, publishes an online article about agression and intimidation towards the Dierenbescherming and Eyes on Animals at the Dutch yearly horse markets.
  • September 01, 2016: Dagblad van het Noordern newspaper publishes an article about intimidation and agressive behaviour of some horse traders on the yearly Dutch horse market Zuidlaren and the fact that EonA will still inspect it in 2016.
  • September 01, 2016: Volkskrant, a Dutch national daily newspaper, publishes an article about Zuidlaren horse market setting up CCTV to finally try to prevent agressive horse traders from intimidating animal-welfare inspectors at the market after an incident with Eyes on Animals in 2015.
  • September 01, 2016: Horses, a Dutch horse-news site, publishes an article about the yearly horse fairs held in the Netherlands and the intimidation some horse traders use on the Dierenbescherming and Eyes on Animals inspectors.
  • August 28, 2016: NieuwsGrazer published an article about the Eyes on Animals’ inspections of trucks arriving with pigs to a Dutch slaughterhouse on a very hot day. Many of the trucks were overcrowded and temperatures inside above 35 degrees, showing that the new Dutch Transport Protocol to protect animals during hot weather is not yet working in practice.
  • August 26, 2016: TROUW, the Dutch daily national newspaper, prints an article about our observations of pigs being transported to Vion slaughterhouse in Boxtel (NL) during a heat wave
    and the need for better enforcement of the maximum temperatures and loading densities allowed.
  • August 26, 2016: Brabants Dagblad publishes an article about Eyes on Aniamls inspections of pig trucks arriving at Vion slaughterhouse in Boxtel (NL) during a heat wave.
  • August 24, 2016: BN de Stem prints an article about our inspections of pig arriving at a slaughterhouse in Boxtel (NL) and the suffering of the animals due to the fact that there was a heatwave and most trucks did not reduce their loading densities as they should have.
  • August 23, 2016: Global Meat News publishes an article about the conditions unweaned calves are transported and sent on long journeys without the ability to drink on board. The article is based on investigations of calf transports that Eyes on Animals and AWF|TSB conducted over the past 2 years. Click HERE to read the article.
  • August 17, 2016: The Nationen, a popular Norwegian newspaper for farmers and the agriarian sector, published a big article about the serious animal-welfare problems along the export route from Europe to Turkey, based on our inspections of livestock trucks over the past 5 years together with TSB|AWF at the Turkish border. Click HERE to read it.
  • August 16, 2016: Corriere della Sere, the most important national daily newspaper in Italy, publishes an article (and our film on their online news website) about our investigation into the long-distance transport of unweaned calves and lambs, that we conducted over the past 2 years with TSB|AWF. Read the article HERE.
  • August 3, 2016: SVT, the main Swedish television channel, publishes an opinion article on their website written by Dr. Johan Beck Friis from the Swedish Veterinary Association about the horrible animal suffering we exposed along the export route from Europe to Turkey. Dr. Johan Beck Friis from the SVA expresses his shock and disgust at how the EU and Turkey allow this type of suffering to happen year after year. Click HERE to read the article.
  • August 2, 2016: NRK, the Norwegian news agency, publishes an article about the serious welfare problems we witness during export of live animals from Europe to Turkey. They also publish our film showing the horrible transport conditions on their online news site. Click HERE.
  • August 2, 2016: Aftonbladet, an important Swedish newspaper reports on the horrendous animal suffering we uncovered during our investigations of livestock transport trucks at the EU/Turkey border. Click HERE.
  • August 2, 2016: SVT Nyheter, a Swedish national online news site publishes an article about our investigations at the EU/Turkey border showing cattle suffering horribly during the heat in overcrowded trucks with limited food and water. See HERE.
  • August 2, 2016: The Swedish political website Djurens Ratt publishes an overview of the statements made by Swedish MPs, MEPs and by the Minister of Rural Affairs about the horrendous animal-suffering Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF uncover each year during their field-work at the EU/Turkey border where thousands of animals are trucked through. Click HERE.
  • August 2, 2016: Sozcu, a national Turkish newspaper, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF investigation showing the horrendous suffering farm animals endure while being trucked from Europe to Turkey. Click HERE.
  • August 1, 2016: The Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter publishes an article about the suffering of animals along the export route from Europe to Turkey that Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF revealed during their inspections. Click HERE.
  • August 1, 2016: The Swedish newspaper METRO publishes an article about the suffering of animals along the export route from Europe to Turkey that Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF revealed during their inspections. Click HERE.
  • August 1, 2016: The Swedish newspaper ATL publishes an article about the suffering of animals along the export route from Europe to Turkey that Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF revealed during their inspections. Read the article HERE.
  • August 1, 2016: The Swedish newspaper “Expressen” published an article and our video on their paper- website about the horrendous conditions for animals that Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF documented at the EU/Turkey border: HERE.
  • June 26, 2016: Eureporter publishes on their front page an article about our inspections of animal- transport trucks on the EU – Turkey route and the systematic violations we have witnessed over the past 5 years. Click HERE.
  • June 16, 2016: The Irish newspaper The Journal publishes an opinion-article about the upcoming plans for Ireland to start exporting live cattle to Turkey being ethically unacceptable because of the horrors that Eyes on Animals and AWF|TSB uncovered along this problematic route. Read the article HERE.
  • June 16, 2016: Pluimveehouderij, a Dutch agricultural magazine for people from the poultry industry, publishes a large photo and article about the first-ever animal-welfare course for chicken catchers that Eyes on Animals (with support from the Dierenbescherming) gave to Gemril, the Netherland’s largest chicken-catching company. Click HERE and HERE.
  • May 2, 2016: TROUW, the national daily newspaper of The Netherlands, publishes our “Opinion” article about the need to re-think the way we produce dairy so that calves have better welfare by remaining in the herd, instead of being separated at birth and most going on trucks to veal farms at 2 weeks of age. Click HERE to read it.
  • April 14, 2016: An opinion article written by Ingrid Ramaan from Eyes on Animals is published in the Eindhovens Dagblad about the urgent need for effective fire prevention measures in all barns. Click HERE.
  • April 13, 2016: Nepszabadsag, a Hungarian daily newspaper, publishes an in-depth article about Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF inspections of livestock exports from Europe to Turkey and the on-going violations and animal-suffering taking place on this route. Click HERE to read it.
  • April 8, 2016: Omroep Brabant publishes an article about our vigil to pay respect to the 10,000 pigs that recently died in a major barn fire, as well as to all the other animals that burn to death due to inadequate fire prevention measures on large, intensive and modern farms. Click HERE.
  • April 8, 2016: The newspaper “Eindhovens Dagblad” published several articles about the vigil we organized to raise awareness about farm animals kept in barns with high degree of fire-risk and to pay respect to the 10,000 pigs that burned to death in a barn fire in Oirschot a couple of days earlier. Click HERE and also HERE.
  • April 8, 2016: Omroep Brabant agains reports on the vigil we organized to raise awareness about fire prevention and to pay respect to the 10,000 pigs that died in a massive barn fire 2 days earlier in Oirschot. Click HERE.
  • April 7, 2016: Omroep Brabant publishes an online article about the horrible suffering 10,000 pigs endured due to a major pig barn fire and the vigil Eyes on Animals organized to raise awareness about fire prevention in barns and to pay respect to the animal victims. Click HERE.
  • April 6, 2016: Boerderij, the popular Dutch agricultural newspaper for farmers, publishes an article about the Eyes on Animals Workshop we held for dairy farmers on how to make small and large steps to improve the welfare of animals. An important part of the workshop was about keeping the calves in the herd, instead of sending them off at 14 days of age to markets, on long-distance journeys and to intensive veal-farms. Click HERE.
  • March 2016: The Turkish-language magazine ” Referans”, distributed throughout Germany, Austria and Belgium to the Turkish community and mosques, printed a 6-page article about EonA and TSB|AWF´s efforts at reducing the suffering of animals during transport from Europe to Turkey and in the slaughterhouses in Turkey. The article illustrates the serious welfare problems and the urgent need for improvements. Read the article HERE.
  • March 26, 2016: Westmount Mag from Montreal (Quebec, Canada) publishes an article about Eyes on Animals; the ambitions of the director and the work that the teams of the organization do to help reduce the suffering of farm animals during transport and slaughter. Read the article HERE.
  • March 22, 2016: TROUW, the daily Dutch newspaper, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals’ inspections of how laying hens are caught and loaded onto transport crates and the serious suffering it causes. Read the article HERE.
  • March 15, 2016: The Westmount Independent, a weekly newspaper from Montreal (Canada) publishes an article about a talk the director of Eyes on Animals held together with Stephanie Brown from Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals about the current welfare problems in the livestock industry and our work on the ground. See Page 1,7 and 10.
  • March 12, 2016: FoodLog, a very popular website about food production, publishes our letter to the Belgium Minister of Animal Welfare about our investigations at the EU/Turkey border and the horrible animal suffering and violations taking place. Our letter urges Belgium to stop with plans to send also Belgium cattle along this route. Read HERE.
  • March 10, 2016: The online world news-site MO published a letter Eyes on Animals wrote to the Belgian minister of Animal Welfare. The letter was a request to the Minister to stop permitting the export of live cattle from Belgium to Turkey. Just a few weeks earlier Belgium started for the first time sending live animals by road to Turkey, despite warnings from EonA and TSB|AWF to the EU Commission and all Member States of the serious animal-welfare problems along this route and inability to conduct the export in compliance with the EU regulations, since turkey does not have any proper infrastructure for resting or humanely euthanizing animals falling sick or injured on route. Read the article HERE.
  • February 2016: Ruminant Performans, a Turkish magazine for veterinarians and the animal agricultural industry, publishes an article about the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF inspections of livestock trucks at the EU/Turkey border and the horrible suffering occuring during livestock transport. Click HERE and select page 66.
  • February 28, 2016: The French website Mediapart published an article based on the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF 5-year inspection-report of the serious animal suffering and violations committed during the transport of live animals from Europe, with focus on France, to Turkey. Read the article HERE.
  • February 28, 2016: The French website DD Magazine published an article based on the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF 5-year inspection-report of the serious animal suffering and violations committed during the transport of live animals from Europe, with focus on France, to Turkey. Our film about this export route is also shown. View the article HERE.
  • February 28, 2016: The Italian website La Repubblica published an article based on the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF 5-year inspection-report of the serious animal suffering and violations committed during the transport of live animals from Europe to Turkey. The article has many of the photos and videos our inspectors took while documenting the conditions on the ground. To view the article and visual material on their website, click HERE.
  • February 28, 2016: ‘The Sunday Times’, a popular British paper, placed an article about abuses of cattle transport by an Irish company. The reason for publishing was a documentation and a video made by Eyes on Animals TSB|AWF, in which the results of five years of inspection at the Turkish-Bulgarian border have been put together. During these inspections an Irish company, among other companies, was inspected and trailed. Several infringements were reported on. Click HERE.
  • February 27, 2016: The Italian website Leonardo published photos, videos and a comprehensive article about the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF which explains the suffering of farm animals from Europe on trucks to Turkey. View the article HERE.
  • February 26, 2016: Uomini e Trasporti, an Italian website that covers everything about transport, published an article about the systematic violations and animal suffering involved in the live-animal export route from Europe to Turkey. This article was written based on the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF. Read the article HERE.
  • February 26, 2016: The Polish website Ulica ekologiczna dedicated a significant news piece to the structural on-going violations to animal-welfare reported on by Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF. The inspection teams have published reports from the past 5 years that they have inspected livestock transports along the route between Europe and Turkey, where many Polish animal-transport companies are observed breaking the law and causing suffering. Click HERE.
  • February 25, 2016: The Italian website Fanpage published an article about the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF which documented the suffering of farm animals from Europe on trucks to Turkey. The Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF film about this route is also shown. View the article HERE.
  • February 25, 2016: The Italian website ANSA devotes an article about the findings in the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF report showing the horrible animal suffering and systematic violations to the animal-welfare legislation during transport of farm animals from Europe to Turkey. Read the article HERE.
  • February 25, 2016: Green Me, an Italian website, wrote a comprehensive article about the systematic violations and animal suffering involved in the live-animal export route from Europe to Turkey. This article was written based on the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF. They also published photos and video material from our inspections. View it HERE.
  • February 25, 2016: Agra Europa, an agribusiness website, has published an article about our request to stop the export of live animals to Turkey because of the inevitable animal-welfare problems and systematic violations along this route. Click HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: The Italian website Il Tempo published an article about the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF which illustrates the suffering of farm animals from Europe on trucks to Turkey and the on-going tolerated violations to European legislation on animal protection during transport. View the article HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: The Italian website Il Meteo published an article about the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF which illustrates the suffering of farm animals from Europe on trucks to Turkey and the on-going tolerated violations to European legislation on animal protection during transport. Click HERE to read the article.
  • February 24, 2016: The Italian website EcoSeven published an article about the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF which illustrates the suffering of farm animals from Europe on trucks to Turkey and the on-going tolerated violations to European legislation on animal protection during transport. Open the article HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: The Italian news-site Sassari Notizie wrote an article about the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF which illustrates the suffering of farm animals from Europe on trucks to Turkey. View the article HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: The Italian website Nelcuore published an article about the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF which illustrated the suffering of farm animals from Europe on trucks to Turkey. View the article HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: The Italian website La Stampa published a comprehensive article about the systematic violations and animal suffering involved in the live-animal export route from Europe to Turkey. This article was written based on the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF. They also published our film about this route. View the article HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: The Italian website Quotidiano published an article about the systematic violations and animal suffering involved in the live-animal export route from Europe to Turkey. This article was written based on the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF. Read the article HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: La Repubblica D Blog published a comprehensive article about the systematic violations and animal suffering involved in the live-animal export route from Europe to Turkey. This article was written based on the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF. In the article photos and videos from our inspections can also be found. Read the article HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: The Italian website AdnKronos published an article about the systematic violations and animal suffering involved in the live-animal export route from Europe to Turkey. This article was written based on the 5-year inspection report of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF. Read the article HERE.
  • February 24, 2016: Focus, a popular Italian news website published an article about the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF report showing 5 – years of systematic violations and animal suffering involved in the live-animal export route from Europe to Turkey. Read the article HERE.
  • February 23, 2016: The very popular French TV program, 30 millions d’amis, published an article and video footage on their website about the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF 5-year inspection-report of the serious animal suffering and violations committed during the transport of live animals from Europe to Turkey. Please see HERE.
  • February 23, 2016: The French website about animals, Animaux Online, published an article based on the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF 5-year inspection-report of the serious animal suffering and violations committed during the transport of live animals from Europe, with focus on France, to Turkey. Please view it HERE.
  • February 22, 2016: The internationally popular website Dodo.com reported extensively on the work of Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF at the Turkish-Bulgarian border. At this location livestock trailers have to often wait for days before they are allowed into Turkey. Click HERE.
  • February 22, 2016: The Polish lifestyle website Active & Eco published an article about the serious animal-welfare problems on the live-animal export route to Turkey from EU countries including via Poland. The article was based on the findings in the 5-year inspection report Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF recently released. Read the article HERE.
  • February 22, 2016: The popular French website MSN.com published an article based on the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF 5-year inspection-report of the serious animal suffering and violations committed during the transport of live animals from Europe, with focus on France, to Turkey. Read the article HERE.
  • February 21, 2016: In France popular magazine Paris Match paid extensive attention to the abuses during transport of European animals to Turkey. Moreover they added footage from videos to their website. A documentation and a video made by Eyes on Animals TSB|AWF, in which the results of five years of inspection at the Turkish-Bulgarian border have been put together, lead to publishing the article and footage. Click HERE.
  • February 21, 2016: The Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany’s largest newspaper, paid extensive attention to the abuses and structural infringements during export of European animals to Turkey, which have been documented by Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF. Several pictures and graphs from our 5 yr. documentation were used to underpin the article. Click HERE.
  • February 20, 2016: Figyelö, a Hungarian newspaper, wrote an extensive article about animal suffering during export of European animals to Turkey. The reason for publishing was a documentation and a video made by Eyes on Animals TSB|AWF, in which the results of five years of inspection at the Turkish-Bulgarian border were put together. Click HERE.
  • February 20, 2016: One of the largest newspapers of Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza’, wrote an article about serious abuses during transport of European animals to Turkey. A documentation and a video made by Eyes on Animals TSB|AWF, in which the results of five years of inspection at the Turkish-Bulgarian border have been put together, lead to publishing the article. Click HERE.
  • February 20, 2016: In Switzerland newspaper ‘Neue Zürcher Zeitung‘ has reported extensively about animal suffering during export of European animals to Turkey. A documentation and a video made by Eyes on Animals TSB|AWF, in which the results of five years of inspection at the Turkish-Bulgarian border have been put together, lead to publishing the article. Click HERE.
  • February 20, 2016: In Austria newspaper ‘Kleine Zeitung’ published an article about severe animals suffering during export of live animals to Turkey. The reason for publishing was a documentation and a video made by Eyes on Animals TSB|AWF, in which the results of five years of inspection at the Turkish-Bulgarian border have been put together. Click HERE.
  • February 19, 2016: PiepVandaag, a Dutch news website on animals, has published an article about our request to stop the export of live animals to Turkey and the inevitable animal-welfare problems along this route. Click HERE.
  • February 19, 2016: Drimble, a Dutch online news site, has published an article on structural infringements during export of European animals to Turkey. Click HERE.
  • February 19, 2016: The Dutch radio program Vara’s Vroege Vogels has published an article on their website about animal suffering and breaches of the law during export of live animals to Turkey. Click HERE.
  • February 19, 2016: The daily newspaper for the northern area of the Netherlands, de Dagblad van het Noorden, published an article about Eyes on Animals efforts to improve animal-welfare at the Zuidlaren horse market and put an end to it being combined with a festival where there is loud music and alcohol consumption. Click HERE.
  • February 18, 2016: VATD, a Dutch blog on animal welfare, wrote an extensive article about animal suffering during export of European animals to Turkey. Click HERE.
  • February 17, 2016: De Boerderij, a Dutch agricultural newspaper, published an article about our request to stop the export of live animals to Turkey because of the inevitable animal-welfare problems along this route. They also publish a video of one of our training-courses for livestock drivers in Hungary. Click HERE.
  • February 17, 2016: Zaman vandaag, an online news site, also reports on the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF 5yr documentation of live-animal exports to Turkey. Click HERE.
  • February 17, 2016: Trouw publishes a 2-page article on our observations of livestock trucks at the EU/Turkey border and the urgent need for a stop to be put on this export route, which cannot be done in compliance with EU legislation on animal-protection during transport. Click HERE.
  • January 2016: Performans, a popular Turkish magazine for the cattle and beef industry in Turkey, publishes an extensive article about Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF’s work at making the slaughter of animals in Turkey more humane. The article covers many of the current problems seen inside Turkish slaughterhouses and what is needed to reduce them. See as of page 30 HERE.
  • January 27, 2016: Eyes on Animals regularly writes a blog for the well-read Dutch agricultural newspaper “Boerderij”. Read this one – in the form of an open letter to Henk Bleker, president of Vee & Logistiek, about the transport of unweaned calves coming to an end once and for all (available only in Dutch). Click HERE to read the blog.
  • January 22, 2016: The Polish truck inspection authorities, WITD, wrote an article about the training course we gave them on how to check-on and enforce the EU animal-welfare transport regulation. Click HERE.
  • January 22, 2016: The NOS (Dutch daily news) prints an article about the Secretary of State from the Ministry of Economic Affairs wants to meet with Eyes on Animals to strengthen rules on animal-welfare at the horse markets. Click HERE.

2015

  • December 2015: Lekker Vegetarisch, a popular Dutch magazine from the Dutch Vegetarian Association, prints an article about Eyes on Animals’ efforts to convince supermarkets to sell welfare-friendlier milk from dairy farms where the calves are not taking away at birth, but are left with their mothers in the herd for several months. (please note there is a mistake in the article, at Zonnehoeve farm the calves never go to a veal fattening farm after weaning, but remain in a herd with access to the outdoors in a terrific environment). Click HERE to read the article.
  • December 14, 2015: Dagblad van het Noorden publishes an article about how the Eyes on Animals inspection report of Zuidlaren horse market lead to parliamentary questions. Click HERE.
  • December 7, 2015: Dagblad van het Noord publishes an article about the Eyes on Animals inspection of Zuidlaren horse market and our on-going concerns regarding animal-welfare and the attitude of the managers of this market. Click HERE.
  • November 26, 2015: A Polish article about our training session of the official highway truck inspectors (ITD) in Szczecin was printed on their website. Click HERE.
  • October 2015: InfoVet, a important veterinarian magazine in Turkey, publishes a 3-page article about the work that Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation does to make concrete improvements inside Turkish slaughterhouses, so that animal suffering can be reduced. Click on the following to read it: Cover, Page 1, Page 2, Page 3.
  • October 21, 2015: De Telegraaf, the most-popular daily Dutch newspaper, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals work at improving horse welfare at the Zuidlaren horse market. Zuidlaren horse market is the biggest in Europe. Click HERE.
  • October 19, 2015: Brabants Dagblad, a newspaper for the southern region of the Netherlands, publishes an article about Hedel horse market and Eyes on Animals opinion on what is really needed to improve horse welfare. Click HERE.
  • September 2015: The Turkish livestock magazine “Ruminant Performans” publishes an article written by us about how poor treatment of animals during slaughter leads to poor meat quality and what is necessary to improve the welfare of animals inside Turkish slaughterhouses. Page1 and page 2.
  • September 2015: InfoVet, a Turkish veterinary magazine, publishes an article about the €1000 prize we will hand out, together with the Carlos Artsen Foundation, to a slaughterhouse-employee in Turkey that is able to make the most significant improvement to animal-welfare inside their plant. We are doing this to stimulate change there, spread best-practices and reduce suffering. Click HERE to read the article.
  • September 23, 2015: RTV Drenthe news and De Hoefslag, a news-site about horse issues, both publish articles about Eyes on Animals and our concern for the welfare of horses at the yearly held horse markets in The Netherlands. Links to RTV Drenthe and De Hoefslag.
  • September 20, 2015: Eyes on Animals sends an urgent letter of concern about the Zuidlaren horse market to Tynaarlo city council. Read an article about this in the RTV Drenthe news-site. Click HERE.
  • September 18, 2015: Dagblad van het Noorden, a Dutch newspaper, prints an Eyes on Animals opinion article about the yearly horse markets held in the Netherlands that we inspect, and our concerns for the welfare of the horses at them. Click HERE.
  • September 2015: The Poultry Site digital magazine, a review for poultry producers, prints an article about the welfare of poultry in transport with photos and quotes taken from Eyes on Animals inspections and recommendations. Click HERE to read it.
  • August 14, 2015: De Boerderij, an very popular agricultural newspaper in the Netherlands, prints our EonA blog about the export of animals from Europe to Turkey. Click HERE to read the article.
  • August 2015: Infovet, a journal for veterinarians in Turkey, printed an article about Eyes on Animals competition for improving welfare in Turkish slaughterhouses. Click HERE to read the article.
  • July 26, 2015: The NZZ, an important newspaper in Switzerland, mentions the film Eyes on Animals made about the CO2 stunning of pigs for slaughter and discusses the ethics of this method of rendering the animals unconscious. Click HERE to read it.
  • July 22, 2015: The Ministry of Agriculture in Suriname made use of the Eyes on Animals training-manual on how to reduce suffering and stress during catching and loading poultry for their courses for poultry-workers. The Suriname Ministry of Agriculture thanked us for sharing our educational material and sent us this article about the first course they gave on this subject! Click HERE.
  • April 13, 2015: Dagblad van het Noorden, a Dutch newspaper, publishes an article about the fact that the three main horse-markets in the Netherlands are going to publish “animal-welfare rules” together, after working hard with Eyes on Animals on setting higher standards. Click HERE.
  • February 18, 2015: The Daily Mail in the UK publishes an articles based on the scientific video Eyes on Animals made comparing electric and CO2 stunning of pigs and interviews Eyes on Animals and other experts on the subject. Click HERE to read it.
  • February 06, 2015: De Boerderij publishes an article about 2 livestock trucks with Dutch goats on board that Eyes on Animals found stuck at the Turkish border. Click HERE to read the article.
  • January 26 2015: The website Joop.nl publishes an opinion article where Eyes on Animals urges the Dutch government to ban the import of horse meat from North, Central and South America on ethical grounds. Click HERE to read it.
  • January 20, 2015: Eyes on Animals opinion article is published in the Dutch paper De Volkskrant about the need to stop the import of horse meat from North, Central and South America due to the serious breaches to basic animal-welfare. Click HERE to read the article.

2014

  • December 23, 2014: Several daily Dutch newspapers, including the Brabants Dagblad publishes an article about Eyes on Animals (and partner organizations) success in establishing an EU ban on the import of horse meat from Mexico, because of serious animal-welfare and traceability issues. Click HERE to read the article.
  • December 13, 2014: NRC, a respected national newspaper in the Netherlands, publishes an opinion-article about the effect the Eyes on Animals investigation into the welfare of cows and calves in the milk industry had on her. Click HERE to read it.
  • December 06, 2014: The Dutch daily newspaper Trouw prints an article about EonA and AWF/TSB ‘s success of getting an EU ban on the import of horse meat from Mexico. Click HERE to read it.
  • October 28, 2014: Kazan Manset, a Turkish newspaper publishes an article about EonA/AWF’s efforts to rescue a stray dog in poor condition and bring him to a shelter, and our work at improving welfare at slaughterhouses. Click HERE to read it.
  • October 23, 2014: RTV Noord publishes an article about Zuidlaren horse market in The Netherlands and Eyes on Animals work to supervise it and make improvements. Click HERE to read it.
  • October 21, 2014: De Persdienst, a Dutch newspaper, publishes an article about the fact that Eyes on Animals have observed horses that have had their tail docked being accepted for sale on Dutch horse markets. Tail-docking of equines is illegal in the Netherlands and livestock markets are not supposed to accept them. See page 3 of De Persdienst.
  • May 2014: ZOOM, the Istanbul Veterinarian Faculty Magazine publishes an article written by Eyes on Animals on how to decrease animal suffering during slaughter and better guarantee minimum welfare.
  • February 17, 2014: Daily Dutch paper METRO publishes an article about on-going animal welfare problems during transport with a photo and a statement from Eyes on Animals. Metro
  • January 15, 2014: After Eyes on Animals sent out a Press Release about our disapproval to the way injured pigs were treated after a livestock truck accident near Kortrijk (Belgium), a Belgian newspaper and several internet news agencies published articles about this. Click on the following to read the articles (all in Dutch): Krant van West Vlaanderen , Lokaal Nieuws , Vbro2

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2013

  • November 11, 2013: Article about our successes in decreasing suffering in slaughterhouses is published in 5 different newspapers in the Netherlands: De Gelderlander, De Stentor, Tubantia, Brabants Dagblad, BD De Stem. To read the article, click PART1 and PART2
  • October 16, 2103: Three Dutch newspapers (Het Eindhovens Dagblad, de Stentor and Tubantia)publish an article about our inspection of the Zuidlaren horse market in the Netherlands, one of the biggest in Europe. Click HERE to read it.
  • October 9, 2013: Several articles were published in Dutch agricultural journalist about another improvement Eyes on Animals achieved in a pig slaughterhouse in the Netherlands – this time videocamera surveillance. Click HERE to read the article published in De Boerderij and Click HERE to read the article in De Nieuwe Oogst.
  • August 24, 2013: Article about Eyes on Animals being against the possible export of live calves from The Netherlands to Turkey due to serious welfare problems en route and later inside Turkish slaughterhouses. Click HERE to read it.
  • February 23, 2013: Article about Eyes on Animals, their work and successes published in the Dutch weekly agricultural magazine, NieuweOogst. Click HERE to read it (only in Dutch).
  • January issue 2013: Eyes on Animals´director Lesley Moffat gets second place in the Red Hot Woman award from the magazine RED, for the work that Eyes on Animals does to improve animal-welfare. Click HERE for the cover and HERE for the article.

2012

  • November 30, 2012: Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation ask for Turkish media to come to the Bulgarian/Turkish border to write about the Latvian slaughter bulls, stuck on board a truck since over 1 week, that our team is desperately trying to help. Here are some of the articles that were published today, click on Article 1, Article 2, Article 3. Also article 4.
  • November 28, 2012: HaskovoNet, a Bulgarian newspaper prints an article about the Latvian “slaughter” bulls, stuck at the Turkish border that Animal Welfare Foundation and Eyes on Animals team documented. Click HERE to read it (in Bulgarian).
  • November 5, 2012: Brabants Dagblad, a daily Dutch paper from the region of Brabant, publishes an article about our inspection of this yearly market. It is Eyes on Animals second year working with the organizers of it to make it more welfare friendly. Click HERE to read it.
  • November 5, 2012: Nieuws Uit, an internet news site, publishes an article about Eyes on Animals’ involvement in supervising animal-welfare conditions at the Hedel horse market in the Netherlands. Click HERE to read it.
  • September 11, 2012: METRO, a popular daily Dutch paper, publishes an article about our inspections of Dutch animal transports during hot weather that we carried out for the Dutch Political Party for Animals. Click HERE to read the article.
  • September 6, 2012: Tosca Niterink (van Theo en Thea ooit) en Anita Janssen, cq de Rooie Reporter publish an article in the Dutch newspaper NRC about carrying out inspections for Eyes on Animals while walking the Sultan´s Trail across the Bulgarian/Turkish border. Click HERE to read it.
  • August 2012: Marianne Thiemes trip with Eyes on Animals. Click on the next articles to read about this: Agriholland article, Ravage Digital article, De Stentor article, Maasdriel Vandaag article Duurzaam Nieuws article, Partij voor de Dieren article
  • August 2012: Eyes on Animals, Animals Welfare Foundation and Welfarm gave our first set of trainings to the highway police in Hungary. We taught the theory of the EU animal-protection-during-transport legislation to the police and then inspected livestock trucks on the road together. To read an article about this, published in the Weekly Magazine for Hungarian police (Zsaru) CLICK HERE.
  • July 17, 2012: Boederij, a Dutch agricultural magazine, publishes an article about our cattlemarket inspection in Leeuwarden. To read the article CLICK HERE
  • March 13, 2012: De Boerderij, a Dutch agricultural magazine, publishes an article about a training session on animal-welfare during transport that we are about to give to truck drivers in Hungary that work for a Dutch transport company.
  • March 5, 2012: Radikal newspaper (Ankara/Turkey daily newspaper) prints an article about our observations at the border and our meeting with the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture.
  • February 3, 2012: Leeuwarder Courant (NL) article about the trade of EU animals to Turkey and our observations at the border.

2011

  • November 7, 2011: Omroep Brabant writes an article about the horse market in Hedel and the inspection on this market done by Eyes on Animals.
  • October 25, 2011: Sabah Newspaper (Turkey), Edirne Newspaper (Turkey), Gunden Millyet (Turkey), Sondakika(Turkey), Zaman (Turkey), Haberler (Turkey) and Hudut(Turkey) all print articles about the horrible animal suffering we observe during our inspections at the Bulgarian/Turkish border of EU animal trucks and our demand that there be a stable built.
  • July 25, 2011: Agrarische Dagblad (daily Dutch agricultural newspaper) runs an interview with Henk-Jan Keus from the Dutch livestock transport company “Keus en Mollink”. He announces to stop directly with transports to Turkey following our criticism of one of his transports across the Turkish/Bulgarian border, with animals suffering on board. We trailed this truck and conditions were very poor; with two unfit animals on board, inadequate water and filthy bedding.
  • July 23, 2011: Deutsch-Turkische Nachtrichten published an article about our investigation with the Animal Welfare Foundation and CIWF of European livestock trucks at the Bulgarian/Turkish border.
  • July 22, 2011: TROUW (Dutch daily newspaper) published an article about our investigation with the Animal Welfare Foundation and CIWF of European livestock trucks at the Bulgarian/Turkish border. Many animals suffered because the trucks and loading conditions were unacceptable, and also due to being blocked on board the trucks for hours and even days waiting at the border.
  • July 22, 2011: The Tages Anzeiger (Swiss German-language newspaper) publishes an article about our investigation with the Animal Welfare Foundation and CIWF of European livestock trucks at the Bulgarian/Turkish border.
  • July 21, 2011: Le Matin, (Swiss French-language newspaper) publishes an article about our investigation with the Animal Welfare Foundation and CIWF at the Buglarian/Turkish border.
  • July 2011: Several Turkish newspapers published articles about our investigation with the Animal Welfare Foundation and CIWF at the Bulgarian/Turkish border. Here are links to a sample of them:
    Article sample
  • July 2011: Vee & Vlees, a Dutch magazine for the country’s livestock industry, ran an interview with Eyes on Animals’ director Lesley Moffat.

2010

  • November 8, 2010: De Telegraaf (daily Dutch newspaper) wrote an article about our inspection of a horse and pony market in Hedel where violations to the European animal protection legislation took place. The loud music and party-atmosphere of the town-festival added a tremendous amount of stress to these noise-sensitive animals.
  • November 1, 2010: TROUW (Daily Dutch newspaper) article about our welfare-workshop for livestock chauffeurs from the Dutch transport company Sleegers. Click also here to see a screenshot of the article in the newspaper with photos.
  • August 2010: Agrarisch Dagblad (daily Dutch agricultural newspaper) article based on our press release about the 300 piglets that died from suffocation on board a truck during the heatwave in July and about our demand that transport of animals be forbidden during extreme temperatures.
  • August 2010:Vee & Vlees (magazine for the Dutch livestock industry) published an article about Eyes on Animals’ inspection of the cattle market in Leeuwarden. On the same page they published an article about the importance of giving cattle enough headspace if loaded on double-deckers, as a reaction to our request that cattle traders and transporters pay better attention.
  • March 2010: Manitoba Cooperator (Canadian newspaper) article in reaction to our taskforce letter urging Canadian slaughterhouses and supermarket chains to stop pig castration and follow suit what is happening in The Netherlands where boars are now left intact. Several weeks later, two “letters to the editor” were published in the same newspaper, as a reaction to this article. Both authors were Dutchmen from the pig industry.

2009

  • November 2009: Agrarisch Dagblad article based on our letter to the Dutch authorities and the AGD concerning a Dutch livestock transport company that attempted to smuggle sheep out of the UK in a closed-truck and declaring only carcass meat on board (thank you to Kent Against Live Export for drawing our attention to this Dutch exporter and helping with this complaint). Read the article about recent similar incidents in the British paper.
  • April 2010: Eyes on Animals received a reply from the Dutch authorities regarding our complaint, stating that they will send out two letters of warning to the transport company and if caught a third time, he will be fined €5000. Read an article that appeared in the British paper “The Protestor” about this.
  • November 2009: An interview with Eyes on Animals’ inspector and coordinator Lesley in the fall issue of the Dutch WSPA magazine, page 1 and page 2.
  • June 2009: Newspaper articles about our transport conference (financed by WSPA, Varkens in Nood and Stichting Hans van Eck) for official veterinarian transport inspectors from throughout Europe, held in Amsterdam June 23-24, 2009
  • Agrarisch Dagblad article part 1
  • Agrarisch Dagblad article part 2
  • Agrarisch Dagblad article part 3
  • Volkskrant article