Today the WACPAW/EonA team visited Bodom in Ghana’s Bono East region to continue our animal welfare education program, partnered with Mariah Walton (USAID Peace Corps Volunteer). We engaged 60 farmers, including 16 women farmers, sharing practical ways to improve the welfare of their farm animals. The farmers were open, eager to learn, and pledged to handle their … [Read more...] about Animal-welfare training to animal farmers in Bodom, Ghana
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Presentation on chicken catching at major conference for veterinarians and inspectors in Hannover
Today, we had the honor of being the first to present at a major conference in Hannover for German veterinarians and slaughterhouse inspectors! Our presentation focused on an important yet often overlooked topic: the catching and loading of poultry for transport. We shared our findings on how the design of transport crates and containers affects the risk of catching … [Read more...] about Presentation on chicken catching at major conference for veterinarians and inspectors in Hannover
Presentation to official Dutch slaughterhouse inspectors about new improved electric pig stunning design (as more humane alternative to CO2 gas)
Today we talked to slaughterhouse inspectors from the Dutch government (NVWA) about how we, together with Dr. Temple Grandin in our team, helped redesign a large pig slaughterhouse to drastically improve automatic electric stunning in order to create a viable, realistic and more humane stunning method to CO2 gas stunning so that we can finally phase out the need for CO2 … [Read more...] about Presentation to official Dutch slaughterhouse inspectors about new improved electric pig stunning design (as more humane alternative to CO2 gas)
Installation of electric stunner at Halal sheep abattoir in Istanbul, Turkije
After the horrible disappointment of not being able to help the 47 Romanian cattle stuck at the EU/Turkey border (where they were left to wait for 2 weeks and then slaughtered while fully conscious at a slaughterhouse in Edirne that did not allow us in to at least stun the animals first), we have some better news. Today Asalet and Jack from Eyes on Animals set up an … [Read more...] about Installation of electric stunner at Halal sheep abattoir in Istanbul, Turkije
Upright catching of broiler chickens introduced in Germany
Tonight, Eyes on Animals trained chicken-catchers from a catching company in Germany on the upright method of catching birds. The team consisted of eight Polish employees, so a Polish interpreter from Eyes on Animals was present to make sure that all the Polish catchers could understand well what we were teaching. The training took place at a large German broiler … [Read more...] about Upright catching of broiler chickens introduced in Germany
