Today a team from Eyes on Animals made an unannounced visit to poultry slaughterhouse Storteboom in Putten (NL). At the time of our visit (13:15) the outside temperature was 39-40 degrees Celsius, with a relative humidity of 30%. Due to the holidays they did not have much time to give us a tour, however we were allowed to quickly observe the birds in the … [Read more...] about EonA visits Storteboom poultry slaughterhouse during heatwave
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EonA team visits poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe (NL) during heatwave
Today our team visited poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe. Remkes mainly slaughters broiler-breeders. Remkes has a covered parking area near the slaughterhouse where poultry trucks can park in the shade. Four fans are placed on either side of the parking area and another four fans are installed underneath the roof. Twelve fans in total. Special netting was … [Read more...] about EonA team visits poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe (NL) during heatwave
Visit to poultry slaughterhouse GPS in Nunspeet
Today Eyes on Animals visited poultry slaughterhouse GPS in Nunspeet. Various animal welfare measures had been implemented. There was blue light in the lairage. It is known that this has a calming effect on the chickens. The lairage can be cooled by means of fans with a misting system. Outside the abattoir there is a woody area where trucks can be in the shade … [Read more...] about Visit to poultry slaughterhouse GPS in Nunspeet
Inspection of Van Miert poultry slaughterhouse during heat-wave
This afternoon EonA paid an unannounced visit to van Miert poultry slaughterhouse in Breukelen. We had dropped by two weeks ago and called to ask for an appointment, but the management directors did not respond to us at all. EonA is trying to have poultry included in the Dutch Animal Transport During Extreme Weather Protocol and wanted to check on the welfare of the … [Read more...] about Inspection of Van Miert poultry slaughterhouse during heat-wave
Visit of a poultry slaughterhouse using a multi-stage CO2 gas stunning system
Today we visited a large poultry slaughterhouse in Putten. In this slaughterhouse birds are stunned using a multi-stage CO2 gas stunning system from the company Meyn. In this system birds are stunned while they are still inside their transport containers. Therefore many stressful procedures, like manual or automatic unloading of the birds from their transport modules as … [Read more...] about Visit of a poultry slaughterhouse using a multi-stage CO2 gas stunning system
