• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • EYES ON ANIMALS – Watching out for their Welfare
  • English
  • Nederlands
  • Deutsch

Eyes on Animals

Watching out for their Welfare

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
DONATE
  • About us
    • What we do
    • Our team
    • Key Figures
    • Contact
  • News
    • Latest news
    • Good news
    • Bad news
    • Featured news
    • Subscribe to our newsletter
  • Inspections
    • Farms
    • Markets
    • Transports
    • Slaughterhouses
    • Special projects
    • Other
  • Training
    • Police
    • Truck drivers
    • Poultry-catchers
    • Slaughter personnel
    • Training Material
    • Request a training
  • Industry Tips
    • Animal transport
      • Cattle
      • Pigs
      • Poultry
    • Slaughterhouses
      • Cattle
      • Pigs
      • Poultry
      • Ritual slaughter
    • Educational videos
  • Publications
    • In the media
      • Print
      • Television
      • Radio
      • Videos
    • Newsletters
    • Special reports
    • Training Material
    • Annual reviews
  • Future Vision
  • Help us
Home » Our inspections » Inspection of Sawyerville livestock market, Quebec (CA)

Inspection of Sawyerville livestock market, Quebec (CA)

January 31, 2019

Today Eyes on Animals joined Canadian Coalition for Farm Animals to check on the condition and treatment of cattle at the livestock market in Sawyerville, Quebec. We were pleased to not observe any bovine in very poor condition, all appeared fit and mobile.

Nevertheless, the handling of the animals was at times unnecessarily aggressive, with most employees seen hitting the animals with hard plastic canes repeatedly, and even on their faces or when there was nowhere for them to move to. The raceway leading out of the market and into the outdoor lairage was also quite slippery due to the cold and icy conditions outside, causing almost each bovine to slip while being rushed outside. The overall environment was very stressful due to the level of noise everywhere. Right above the heads of the animals in the waiting pens were speakers set on high volume, with the loud, rambling voice of the auctioneer going on and on for hours. Many of the pens were also extremely crowded, with the animals having no room to move.

There was a great variation in the skill of the various employees, a couple were calm and smart with the animals, while the others were yelling, cursing and hitting. All-in all, the animals appeared nervous and tired going through this market. We also did not observe any water or feed.

We will write to the market director to suggest some improvements to make the environment inside the market less stressful, and most importantly insist that his employees be properly trained in humane handling.

  • share 
  • tweet 
  • share 
  • save 
  • email 

Filed Under: market, Our inspections Tagged With: animal welfare improvements, cattle market, livestock markets

Primary Sidebar

Search

Featured

hungry and exhausted calves on long distance transport

Calves not given any milk for over 30 hours

Investigations by Eyes on Animals, Ethical Farming Ireland and L214 reveal that young calves, … [Read More...] about Calves not given any milk for over 30 hours

Featured

A second slaughterhouse in Samsun (TR) interested in stunning

A positive video message from Asalet (Eyes on Animals Turkish trainer and inspector) in Samsun, … [Read More...] about A second slaughterhouse in Samsun (TR) interested in stunning

Our most recent newsletter

Dear friends and supporters,

Thanks to donors like you, we have been able to greatly intensify our efforts in Turkey.

We have been busier than ever giving animal-welfare training sessions at slaughterhouses.

 

Read more…

Subscribe to our newsletter

Eyes on Animals op Twitter

Twitter feed is not available at the moment.

ANBI

Footer

Donate with Paypal

Paypal Eyes on Animals
One-time donation:
Monthly donation:

Reading Material

  • In the Media
  • Newsletters
  • Special EonA reports
  • Legislative texts
  • ANBI

Our Amsterdam Office

Amsterdam House Hotel
Eyes on Animals main office is in downtown Amsterdam, at the Amsterdam House Hotel. The generous and warm-hearted hotel owner donated to Eyes on Animals, free of charge, a beautiful room where our inspectors can work, hold meetings and store their material.

Copyright © 2023 · Eyes on Animals | Website by Webkompaan