Today Eyes on Animals was present at the Organic Food Exhibition (BioBeurs) in Zwolle, the Netherlands. We were invited to give a talk about how poultry can be caught and loaded in a much less cruel way than the universal current commercial method. We talked about the training course that we developed for chicken-catchers and the recent trainings we held to … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals gives a talk at the Organic Food exhibition in Zwolle, NL
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Improving design of poultry transport conatiners with Meyn, NL
During one of our training courses of Belgian highway police, we stopped a truck transporting Dutch broilers to slaughter and witnessed a number that were injured. The head of one bird was crushed from the drawer being shut above, several wings were caught between the metal bars and the upper floor and the humidity inside the truck was high. More attention for these risks … [Read more...] about Improving design of poultry transport conatiners with Meyn, NL
Dutch poultry transporter and organizer fined
Last summer, Eyes on Animals checked the arrival of poultry trucks to a large chicken slaughterhouse in the province of Utrecht. We saw poultry trucks parked in the sun for hours which caused chicken to literally die of the heat. The slaughterhouse director refused to talk to us. We therefore immediately called the Dutch authorities to file a complaint. Based on our … [Read more...] about Dutch poultry transporter and organizer fined
Chicken transport crates with the cruel flap-door now banned
For a long time crates with small flap doors were used to transport hens to slaughter. During our inspections of chickens being caught and loaded at the farm for transport to slaughter, we observed that these flap doors caused a lot of horrible injuries. Wings, heads and feet were often crushed. Recently the Dutch authorities made the decision to forbid these crates … [Read more...] about Chicken transport crates with the cruel flap-door now banned
Wilki replaces old broken poultry-crates with better ones
A few years ago, Eyes on Animals observed how the Belgian transport and slaughter company “Wilki” regularly picked up “ spent” laying hens on farms in the Netherlands. We were very disappointed by the condition and quality of the crates they were using. Many of the crates were broken, and thus were at risk of collapsing (crushing the birds inside) under the weight of the … [Read more...] about Wilki replaces old broken poultry-crates with better ones
