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Visit to poultry farmer to speak about upright catching of his birds

February 24, 2022

Today Eyes on Animals visited a poultry farmer in Groningen to talk about catching methods for chickens. He wanted to know more about the upright catching method and what exactly this would mean to him in practice. Because of the prevailing bird flu, we were not able to enter the poultry shed, however we were able to look in through the windows. The sheds and chickens … [Read more...] about Visit to poultry farmer to speak about upright catching of his birds

Filed Under: farm, Our inspections Tagged With: animal welfare improvements, chicken transport, chicken-catching

UK MP tables amendment to new UK Animal Welfare Bill to also protect hens during catching!

January 25, 2022

Henry Smith, MP of the Conservative Party in the UK (the party in power), is asking to phase out the current rough method of catching poultry (by their legs and holding them upside down, 4 to 5 per hand). He wants poultry to be caught gently and upright, loaded upright and given more headspace in the transport containers. … [Read more...] about UK MP tables amendment to new UK Animal Welfare Bill to also protect hens during catching!

Filed Under: Good news, News Tagged With: animal welfare improvements, chicken transport, chicken-catching

New film by Eyes on Animals showing how spent hens are caught in Europe

December 10, 2021

Screenshot New film by Eyes on Animals schowing how spent hens are caught in Europe

Eyes on Animals has been documenting how spent laying hens are caught and loaded in Europe. This is just some of the footage and it is not even the worst. Spent hens raised on large farms are caught like this around the world and sadly even European officials and Member States have been tolerating it, despite it clearly being in violation of EU legislation. EU … [Read more...] about New film by Eyes on Animals showing how spent hens are caught in Europe

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: chicken transport, chicken-catching

More than 60 Canadian chicken/egg-industry stakeholders attend the EonA and WAP webinar on the gentle upright method of catching

December 7, 2021

Together with World Animal Protection in Toronto, Canada, we hosted a successful Chicken Catching Webinar. 62 stakeholders from the Canadian poultry industry attended, from major slaughterhouses to major egg companies and even national supermarkets and Canadian government inspectors ! Eyes on Animals gave a talk about the new gentle method of chicken catching which we … [Read more...] about More than 60 Canadian chicken/egg-industry stakeholders attend the EonA and WAP webinar on the gentle upright method of catching

Filed Under: Good news, News Tagged With: chicken transport, chicken-catching, live animal transports

Chickens Rondeel Wintelre partially not caught upright

October 25, 2021

Tonight, a team from EonA performed a random check at Rondeel in Wintelre during the catching of their spent hens. In the previous week, we tried to contact the director of Rondeel several times but were unsuccessful. Finally, we left him a voicemail message announcing our plan to visit. That we would not participate in the catching, as we had done the previous 3 years, … [Read more...] about Chickens Rondeel Wintelre partially not caught upright

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New film on the fate of Irish unweaned calves on “illegal” export routes that EU tolerates

Ireland continues to break EU feeding laws for unweaned calves during transport when they export … [Read More...] about New film on the fate of Irish unweaned calves on “illegal” export routes that EU tolerates

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Eyes on Animals and Ruurehoeve dairy farm on Canadian TV

The French-Canadian TV show “La Semaine Verte” reported on Eyes on Animals’ project with farmer … [Read More...] about Eyes on Animals and Ruurehoeve dairy farm on Canadian TV

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