On May 29, 2017 Eyes on Animals inspectors conducted an unannounced visit of a goat fattening farm in North Brabant, the Netherlands. Eyes on Animals discovered many dead and sick male kids on the farm. The situation was alarming so we called the Dutch authorities (NVWA) immediately, who sent a team to the location within a couple of hours. Due to the alarming poor … [Read more...] about As result of Eyes on Animals inspection, all goat fattening farms checked by Dutch authorities
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Serious welfare problems at a goat farm in the Netherlands
Today Eyes on Animals visited a goat farm in North Brabant. We parked our car and headed towards the farmers’ home to introduce ourselves to the farmer. Because the windows of the stable were open, we could see inside the stable while walking towards the main door. We immediately saw that the condition in the stable was alarming. A significant proportion of the kids … [Read more...] about Serious welfare problems at a goat farm in the Netherlands
Visit to one of the biggest goat milk farm in the Netherlands
On May 29th we made an unannounced visit to one of the biggest goat milk farms in the Netherlands: PeBe in Schaijk. Our impression of the stable was positive. There was a lot of daylight because the side windows were open and there were windows in the roof. This gave a lot of fresh air. The goats were kept on a thick layer of straw and were given quite a lot of space to … [Read more...] about Visit to one of the biggest goat milk farm in the Netherlands
Training of Official Veterinarians in Katowice, Poland
Today we gave a training workshop on the EU animal-transport legislation to the Regional Veterinary Inspection in Katowice, as they requested. This is our first training for Veterinary Officials in Poland, we are very pleased that our training-courses for the ITD (Polish Road Transport Inspection) are having such a broad effect. 100 Veterinary Officials are participating … [Read more...] about Training of Official Veterinarians in Katowice, Poland
Visit of calf slaughterhouse Fuite Veal
Today we visited Vuite Feal, a calf slaughterhouse in Tubbergen (NL). Fuite Veal is a relatively new slaughterhouse. We were allowed to observe the entire slaughterhouse: The unloading of trucks, the lairage, the raceway and the stunning area. The handling of the calves went smoothly and without too much distress, but we did have some recommendations to improve the … [Read more...] about Visit of calf slaughterhouse Fuite Veal
Unannounced visits to slaughterhouses East Netherlands
On May 2, 2017 we visited five slaughterhouses: Gosschalk in Epe, Poultry slaughterhouses Remkes in Epe, Jan van 'Ee in Stroe, Van Bor in Nijkerkerveen and the duck slaughterhouse Tomassen Duck in Ermelo. It involved unannounced visits, which made us run the risk that there was no time for us, and the chance that we would not be welcome. We were willing to take this risk … [Read more...] about Unannounced visits to slaughterhouses East Netherlands
Unannounced visits to slaughterhouses East Netherlands
On May 1, 2017, we visited three slaughterhouses unannounced: poultry slaughterhouse ESBRO in Wehl, Heinz's pork and beef slaughterhouse in Zelhem and calf slaughterhouse Fuite Veal in Tubbergen. At poultry slaughterhouse ESBRO, there was initially no time and interest in our visit. After talking briefly with the company leader and indicating what our goal was (giving … [Read more...] about Unannounced visits to slaughterhouses East Netherlands
Eyes on Animals is putting the law finally into practice!
Eyes on Animals is putting the law finally into practice! Thanks to the Eyes on Animals and TSB|AWF training-courses that we developed and give to the highway police, bad animal-transport companies are being fined and animals are being helped! Recently, during one of our practical training courses in Poland, Eyes on Animals, TSB|AWF and the official Polish road inspectors … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals is putting the law finally into practice!
Practical training of Official Polish Road Inspectors in Lublin, Poland
It is our fifth day of work with the ITD (Official Road Inspectors) from Lublin area, accompanied by Veterinary Inspectors. This time we only catch one livestock truck passing by to stop and check, but it was a very important inspection because there were may violations. The curtains to protect the birds from adverse weather are inappropriate, not allowing proper … [Read more...] about Practical training of Official Polish Road Inspectors in Lublin, Poland
Practical Training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) in Lublin – Day 4, Poland
The weather is not supporting our work today: we are stopping and inspecting livestock lorries with the Polish Road Transport Inspectors in wind, rain and hail. The first stopped truck is empty, documents and construction are OK. The second one, a national pig truck, raises our doubts about loading density, but after careful calculations we see that there are no … [Read more...] about Practical Training of Official Road Inspectors (ITD) in Lublin – Day 4, Poland
