Today, EonA had a meeting with the management of an important pig slaughterhouse operating on the European market. The purpose was to discuss how to optimize the slaughtering process using electric stunning.This slaughterhouse makes very well-founded use of electric stunning. Eyes on Animals also has a preference for electric stunning when slaughtering pigs instead of the … [Read more...] about Meeting with the management of a large and important slaughterhouse
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Visit at VION pig slaughterhouse in Boxtel
Today, we paid a surprise visit to VION pig slaughterhouse in Boxtel. The purpose of this visit was to see what measures had been taken to prevent or reduce heat stress in pigs arriving at the slaughterhouse. Many measures had been taken to lower the temperature for the trucks waiting in front of the slaughterhouse: a canopy provided shade, industrial fans were in place … [Read more...] about Visit at VION pig slaughterhouse in Boxtel
Visit to poultry slaughterhouse Plukon in Goor during heat
Due to today’s high temperatures we paid a surprise visit to Plukon poultry slaughterhouse in Goor . We received a warm welcome from the quality manager and we discussed the measures Plukon is taking to reduce heat stress in poultry. We also took a brief look at the trucks as they arrived on site. The air is cooled with water (honeycomb) in the lairage. This … [Read more...] about Visit to poultry slaughterhouse Plukon in Goor during heat
Visit to pig slaughterhouse VION Apeldoorn during the heat
Today we carried out an unannounced inspection at VION slaughterhouse in Apeldoorn because of the tropical weather. It was around 31°C in the shade and 37°C in the sun, with an air humidity of around 30%. We observed a waiting truck, visited the lairage and talked to the company manager about measures to combat heat stress. VION Apeldoorn had … [Read more...] about Visit to pig slaughterhouse VION Apeldoorn during the heat
Pali pig slaughterhouse makes efforts to reduce stress
Following a visit by Eyes on Animals in 2018, Pali pig slaughterhouse in Geldrop made several improvements to their slaughterhouse. Our main concern at Pali was the single-file raceway to the electric stunner and the high noise level in the slaughterhouse. Due to design errors and (optical) obstructions, the pigs hesitated to enter the raceway and congestion arose. A lot … [Read more...] about Pali pig slaughterhouse makes efforts to reduce stress
Grossfurtner pig slaughterhouse in Austria made major improvements
Following a visit by Eyes on Animals in late 2017, Grossfurtner completely rebuilt its slaughterhouse to bring animal welfare to a higher level and significantly reduce the levels of stress among pigs. These improvements make a world of difference to the pigs. Switching from CO2 to electric stunningWhile more and more slaughterhouses switch to CO2 … [Read more...] about Grossfurtner pig slaughterhouse in Austria made major improvements
WILKI sends overview of the adjustments for better animal welfare
For some time now, Eyes on Animals has been working with poultry slaughterhouse Wilki: first to improve their crates, which initially had small doorways which sometimes broke, resulting in many injured birds. WILKI replaced them all with new and improved crates. Secondly, they agreed to work on implementing some of our ideas to reduce stress during … [Read more...] about WILKI sends overview of the adjustments for better animal welfare
Eyes on Animals consulted with pig slaughterhouse Westfort after undercover images
Today, after an intensive inspection of their entire slaughter process, we discussed a number of points that we believe could be improved on. These points include: reducing the noise in the slaughterhouse to which pigs are very sensitive, improvements with regard to moving the animals forward, loading density in the waiting pens, stunning and euthanizing of the … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals consulted with pig slaughterhouse Westfort after undercover images
Further renovations at Kumasi pig abattoir, Ghana
Thanks to a generous donation from Varkens in Nood towards our on-going efforts to improve a very problematic pig slaughterhouse in Kumasi (Ghana), WACPAW (West Africa Center for the Protection of Animal Welfare) and Eyes on Animals were able to return last week to Kumasi to continue works on the infrastructure that we started in late October. The sides of the new … [Read more...] about Further renovations at Kumasi pig abattoir, Ghana
Another cattle slaughterhouse in Turkey switches over to stunning
Excellent breaking news from our team in Turkey: another cattle slaughterhouse here accepts stunning. Today we trained the butchers at a plant in western Turkey on how to use a captive bolt pistol and explained how it works on rendering cattle unconscious so that they at least feel less pain and fear during slaughter. They saw the benefit immediately to welfare … [Read more...] about Another cattle slaughterhouse in Turkey switches over to stunning
