We just made an updated version of our video “ Calming the Catch”, explaining how “spent” laying hens are caught to be transported to slaughter, and what steps we have successfully taken to initiate change. Now there are two large Dutch egg companies that have adapted the “ EonA Dutch” method of catching, and we are working on convincing more and more. … [Read more...] about EonA’s new video about improving welfare during chicken-catching
animal welfare trainings
Practical training of ITD (Road Police Inspectors) of Radom, Poland
AWF|TSB and EonA were in eastern Poland today to help the ITD (official Polish Road Police Inspectors) with checking livestock trucks passing by on the road. We stopped one international cattle truck and several national poultry trucks. We were pleased that the quality of the poultry vehicles this time is better than previous years and their compliance with Regulation … [Read more...] about Practical training of ITD (Road Police Inspectors) of Radom, Poland
Inspection of horse market and horse lorries, Day 2 Skaryszew, Poland
Day 2, sale of warm blooded horses and ponies The AWF|TSB and Eyes on Animals team is present again today at the horse market. The usually calmer second market day is sunny, but still bitterly cold. About 40 riding and carriage horses are brought in for sale and a few ponies. One horse is in bad condition. The new owner promised to initiate proceedings against the … [Read more...] about Inspection of horse market and horse lorries, Day 2 Skaryszew, Poland
Inspection of horse market and horse lorries, Day 1 Skaryszew, Poland
The TSB|AWF and Eyes on Animals team returned, for the 4th time, to the yearly horse market in Skaryszew to evaluate whether anything improved since our inspection last year. Chances for change were good with a new Mayor elected last autumn and in February we gave a training course on the animal-welfare legal requirements to the local Polish officials responsible for … [Read more...] about Inspection of horse market and horse lorries, Day 1 Skaryszew, Poland
Animal welfare training at Jekal, Van den Broek and Den Ouden at Kipster
Today we gave an animal welfare training to three catching teams: Jekal, Van den Broek and Den Ouden. When the training was finished, the catching teams had collectively caught more than 21,000 chickens using the Swedish way. Because this catching method is now being used on a larger scale in the Netherlands compared to Sweden, we now call it the: EonA Dutch method. … [Read more...] about Animal welfare training at Jekal, Van den Broek and Den Ouden at Kipster