For the first time, a parliamentary commission investigating animal-welfare and animal rights violations and solutions was established in Turkey. They convoked our friend Burak from “Animal Rights and Ethics Association” from Turkey to attend and give a talk. Burak showed several films Eyes on Animals and AWF made of Turkish slaughterhouses and gave a talk about the … [Read more...] about Parliamentary commission established in Turkey
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Eyes on Animals interviewed on Café Weltschmerz
Café Weltschmerz is a media platform where journalists, academics, politicians and scientists meet to have an in-depth conversation about a subject. Café Weltschmerz is known as "slow television". Recently Lesley Moffat, director of Eyes on Animals, was invited as guest to come and talk about Eyes on Animals and the work that the people in the organization do to reduce the … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals interviewed on Café Weltschmerz
Visit to dairy goat farm Van Diepen in Heerhugowaard
Today we made an unannounced visit to dairy goat farm Van Diepen in Heerhugowaard. The owner, Johan, took the time to speak with us and gave us a tour of the lamb section. Johan milks 500 goats. A few years ago he had a specialized stable built for the lambs and consciously chose to also fatten the male lambs (kids) himself. This is because of negative stories about goat … [Read more...] about Visit to dairy goat farm Van Diepen in Heerhugowaard
Sainte Hyacinthe market, Quebec, Canada
Today we returned to Sainte Hyacinthe market to observe their sale of culled-dairy cows and to check if this market, that previously had a very bad reputation, really was indeed much better than in 2004 (see old photo). Culled-cows can often be in very poor shape and are fragile to transport, as they have spent their short lives repeatedly pregnant and producing … [Read more...] about Sainte Hyacinthe market, Quebec, Canada
Worlds Best News Netherlands congratulates Eyes on Animals
Worlds Best News Netherlands congratulates Eyes on Animals about its work methods and successes. Read the (Dutch) article HIER! … [Read more...] about Worlds Best News Netherlands congratulates Eyes on Animals
