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Home » Our inspections » Goatfarm Twiegweerd not interested in visit from Eyes on Animals

Goatfarm Twiegweerd not interested in visit from Eyes on Animals

May 27, 2019

Today we made an unannounced visit to Twiegweerd goat farm in Zalk (NL).  In general, most goat farms are open to a visit from  Eyes on Animals. However, the farmer of Twiegweerd was suspicious and did not want to give us a tour of his farm.

The farmer was prepared to tell us a little about his farm. He milks 3000 goats. Every year  a1000 goat-kids are born. A number  of these goat-kids are fattened until 4 weeks or up to  a year old. The rest are  sent to slaughter at a  very young age. He  explained that the kids are given colostrum via a stomach-pump, as this  is quicker than  feeding them by hand. 

We asked about a milk goat that was sick and had been separated from the herd by the farmer. The farmer told us that he found her that  morning and would euthanize her sometime in the late afternoon, shortly before milking time. We expressed our concerns to the farmer – that  leaving her for this length of time would unnecessarily prolong her suffering, but sadly he did not really seem to care. 

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