Today our team checked on a pig truck parked at a gas station along a highway in Poland. The loading density and headspace were acceptable and within the EU legal requirements. However, on the first floor there was not a partition set in place. During our quick check we heard a strange whining sound coming from the trailer and took a good look inside to identify which pig … [Read more...] about Inspection of pig truck in Poland
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EonA visit Frank and Frij free-range pig farm, NL
Diana Saaman left the big city of Rotterdam 15 years ago to start a small pig farm "Frank and Frij" where she could produce meat from pigs that were not confined in dark and boring environments as often found on factory farms. Tired of limited options in the supermarket, she put her animal-welfare ideals into practice. As long as people wanted to eat meat, the animals … [Read more...] about EonA visit Frank and Frij free-range pig farm, NL
Inspection of Hunland truck with German piglets for Romania
EonA team in Germany checked on German piglets heading to Romania by the Hungarian company Hunland (that we gave a welfare-workshop to 30 of its drivers last year). The piglets had just been loaded and were heading on a long 20 hour journey to a farm in Romania to be fattened. Fortunately, the drivers were cooperative and stopped to let us check on the loading conditions … [Read more...] about Inspection of Hunland truck with German piglets for Romania
Video investigation: stunning of pigs before slaughter
Throughout the years, Eyes on Animals inspectors have visited many slaughterhouses. We see many – major and minor – differences in the equipment used, as well as the handling of the animals. Differences are particularly noted in pig slaughterhouses- some plants use electrical stunning while others use CO2 to render the pigs unconscious before slaughter. We decided to lobby … [Read more...] about Video investigation: stunning of pigs before slaughter
Inspection of Heeswijk-Dinther pig collection centre, NL
Eyes on Animals visited the Heeswijck-Dinther pig collection centre in Brabant for the second time, again unannounced. Here pigs and sows are brought together from various regions, and a few hours later are reloaded and brought to slaughter - primarily to Vion slaughterhouse in Groenlo. During the previous visit in November 2013, there were two sows that arrived in such … [Read more...] about Inspection of Heeswijk-Dinther pig collection centre, NL
Eyes on Animals inspectors graduate from Pig Signals course
Inspectors of Eyes on Animals participated in a 4-day training course on Pig Signals, run by FarmulaOne (http://www.farmulaone.nl). Participants of this intensive course, which had both theoretical and practical components, came from as far away as Korea and Finland and were all involved in someway with the pig industry (feed company staff, pig nutrionist, farmer and us- … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals inspectors graduate from Pig Signals course
