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Worlds Best News Netherlands congratulates Eyes on Animals

December 6, 2018

World´s best news

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

Filed Under: Featured news Tagged With: animal transport, animal welfare investigation, live animal transports

Fantastic ! Omroep Brabant received the Animals Award 2018 for the categorie Media

October 3, 2018

Golden bird 2018

Fantastic ! Omroep Brabant received the Animals Award 2018 for the categorie Media. Omroep Brabant reported on our investigation documenting the suffering of pigs being transported to slaughterhouses during the heatwave this past summer in The Netherlands. We would like to thank everyone for voting for Omroep Brabant, courageous journalists who place importance also on … [Read more...] about Fantastic ! Omroep Brabant received the Animals Award 2018 for the categorie Media

Filed Under: Featured news Tagged With: animal welfare improvements, animal welfare inspection, animal welfare investigation

Inspection collecting-center with hundreds of kids (young goats) for export

March 20, 2018

Goat collecting center

Today we inspected a collecting center in Brabant. There were hundreds of kids (baby goats) present, destined for France. The kids were brought in small trailers and some in a bigger truck from the company Busser. Unfortunately we were not able to observe the conditions inside the collecting center closely because the owner asked us to leave his premises due to public … [Read more...] about Inspection collecting-center with hundreds of kids (young goats) for export

Filed Under: market, Our inspections Tagged With: animal transport, animal welfare inspection, animal welfare investigation, live animal transports

Documentary partly based on Eyes on Animals investigations has major political impact in Germany

November 22, 2017

Geheimsache Tiertransporte

Just one day after the broadcasting of Manfred Karreman's new documentary about the export of cattle from Europe to third countries (click HERE to watch the documentary), using Eyes on Animals footage and interviewing our director, a major discussion has erupted among German politics. The CDU party in Germany is writing the EU Commisssioner to ask for a ban on the … [Read more...] about Documentary partly based on Eyes on Animals investigations has major political impact in Germany

Filed Under: Good news, News Tagged With: animal transport, animal welfare investigation, live animal transports

Visit slaughterhouse in Tamale, Ghana

October 6, 2017

Slaughterhouse in Tamale

On the 6th of October we visited a slaughterhouse in Tamale, Ghana together with the local NGO WACPAW. The handling was extremely brutal. Animals were hit, tails were broken on purpose and necks were stretched backwards so the animals were forced to fall down. Also the design of the slaughterhouse was a catastrophe. Animals were killed all together in one big room. … [Read more...] about Visit slaughterhouse in Tamale, Ghana

Filed Under: Our inspections, slaughterhouses Tagged With: animal welfare improvements, animal welfare investigation, slaughterhouse design, slaughterhouses

As result of Eyes on Animals inspection, all goat fattening farms checked by Dutch authorities

May 29, 2017

Lambs

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

Filed Under: Good news, News Tagged With: animal welfare inspection, animal welfare investigation, dairy farming

Serious welfare problems at a goat farm in the Netherlands

May 29, 2017

High mortality among kids

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

Filed Under: farm, Our inspections Tagged With: animal welfare inspection, animal welfare investigation, dairy farming

Meeting with Ad van Geloven about imported horse meat in their products

April 7, 2016

Meeting with snack producer Ad van Geloven

Today Eyes on Animals met with snack producer Ad van Geloven about their continued import of horse meat from Argentina, where tens of thousands of horses each year suffer severely during transport and slaughter for the Dutch market. In addition, traceability and consequently food safety are very poorly regulated there. Dutch supermarkets have stopped selling this South … [Read more...] about Meeting with Ad van Geloven about imported horse meat in their products

Filed Under: other, Our inspections Tagged With: animal welfare investigation, horse meat

Trailing of calves from Emate (export station in Poland) to veal farm in The Netherlands

June 25, 2015

Calf in individual pen

Eyes on Animals trailed a truck from the company Keus en Mollink transporting calves from eastern Poland to a fattening farm overseen by Van der Beek in Barneveld, NL who organized this import. We question the general ethics of importing 2-5 week old calves from so far away especially when it is known that calves cannot drink on board during these long … [Read more...] about Trailing of calves from Emate (export station in Poland) to veal farm in The Netherlands

Filed Under: Our inspections, transport Tagged With: animal welfare investigation, live animal transports

The cruel reality behind horse meat in The Netherlands

March 23, 2014

Most horses that are killed for the meat that is sold in Dutch supermarkets and snackbars have suffered under extremely cruel conditions. This becomes clear from a large international investigation conducted by Eyes on Animals together with Tierschutzbund Zürich (Switserland) and Animals’ Angels USA.   The Netherlands imports meat from almost 60.000 horses yearly … [Read more...] about The cruel reality behind horse meat in The Netherlands

Filed Under: Featured news, special projects, transport Tagged With: animal welfare, animal welfare investigation, EU-import, Eyes on Animals, FVO, horse investigation, horse slaughterhouses, horse transports, horsemeat, horses, Netherlands, politiek, welfare

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Press-release: NVWA takes action against Irish transporters leaving calves without milk for too long

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) is taking enforcement action … [Read More...] about Press-release: NVWA takes action against Irish transporters leaving calves without milk for too long

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Improving broiler catching and loading: Eyes on Animals presents to the Better Chicken Business Network

August 1, 2026

Weeks of good stockmanship can be undone in just a few hours of rough catching and loading. Catching … [Read More...] about Improving broiler catching and loading: Eyes on Animals presents to the Better Chicken Business Network

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After years of our fieldwork and our enforcement requests, the NVWA (the Dutch government inspection authority) is finally taking action.

The NVWA has made it clear to the entire calf export-import industry between Ireland and the Netherlands: transporting unweaned calves for more than 30 hours without milk will no longer be tolerated.

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