On the 24th and 25th of May Eyes on Animals was in Brussels to participate in the Focus Group meeting on the transportation of cattle, poultry and pigs. Our colleague organization TSB|AWF was present at the meeting on the transport of horses. The meetings are an initiative of the European Commission with the aim to develop a "Guide to good practice in animal transport”. As … [Read more...] about Participation in the Focus Group Meeting on Animal Transport in Brussels
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EonA and TSB|AWF at the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture in Turkey
Today the EonA and TSB|AWF team met with several authorities from Dyanet (aka Ministry of Religious Affairs) and the Ministry of Agriculture. The purpose of the meetings were to show the authorities our recent footage taken during our visits of slaughterhouses in Turkey and to discuss our concerns about the level of unnecessary animal-suffering and propose steps that they … [Read more...] about EonA and TSB|AWF at the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture in Turkey
Third visit of Başkent Slaughterhouse, Ankara
Today we visited Başkent slaughterhouse again. We shared some updates and then made a little tour in the plant. The last time we had visited this plant they had made a number of improvements we had recommended during our first visit. Please see HERE. Unfortunately today, during our third visit, we couldn't observe any further positive changes this time. Today we were … [Read more...] about Third visit of Başkent Slaughterhouse, Ankara
Improvement to Pezzaioli water troughs
A few months ago we met with Pezzaioli, a popular manufacturer of livestock trucks used throughout Europe and now also some other parts of the world, to inform them that they had to improve the design of their automatic water troughs for cattle. During our transport inspections at the EU/Turkish border, we found that cattle couldn't get to the water easily. The flap, … [Read more...] about Improvement to Pezzaioli water troughs
Eyes on Animals part of EU project on guidelines for better animal-welfare during transport, Brussels
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
