In 2015 Eyes on Animals was asked to be a stakeholder in a 3-year EU-project to identify best practices on how to better protect animals from suffering during transport. Today was the second meeting to work on these guidelines. Our knowledge and evidence from the field was important to show what really goes on in practice, both the bad practices and the improvements some … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals part of EU project on guidelines for better animal-welfare during transport, Brussels
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EonA workshop for dairy-industry players
On April 1st 2016 Eyes on Animals organized the workshop "From Good to Better: Small and big steps to improve a dairy farms' vitality". The purpose of the workshop was to connect people with each other and to inspire them with ideas to make changes on dairy farms to improve animal welfare. In total there were 37 participants from all over the country. They varied from … [Read more...] about EonA workshop for dairy-industry players
Eyes on Animals and TSB/AWF give a talk to Dutch authorities about livestock truck design and animal-welfare
Roughly 40 officials from the Dutch government, responsible for checking on livestock trucks on the road and handing out the approval certificate of the livestock vehicle, attended our 2-hour presentation on "truck-design". We showed photos and videos showing how the design of the truck and its water systems, dividers, fans, floor space etc... can have a huge impact on the … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals and TSB/AWF give a talk to Dutch authorities about livestock truck design and animal-welfare
Eyes on Animals in Egypt to assess and give advice on animal-slaughter
An Eyes on Animals team just returned from a 5-day mission in Egypt. In October 2015 an Egyptian business man approached Eyes on Animals to request our help in his wish to improve several slaughterhouses in Egypt. Eyes on Animals decided to take a chance, and sent an expert on humane slaughter to Cairo to carry out an assessment of his plan, assess the situation on the … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals in Egypt to assess and give advice on animal-slaughter
Improvements at Gönen slaughterhouse, Turkey
On January 13th 2016 the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF team returned to Gönen slaughterhouse in Turkey as they told us they had made several improvements since our last visit. In June 2013 we visited this plant for the first time (see HERE). We had observed cattle falling and being shoved and having their tail twisted, in order to move them forward. The floors were … [Read more...] about Improvements at Gönen slaughterhouse, Turkey