Eyes on Animals successfully organized getting a pneumatic stunner in place at a slaughterhouse so cattle will no longer have their throats cut while still sensitive to pain. We asked Toennies and Hunland to finance the cost of it. Now all … [Read more...]
01.07.2018 Improvements in Ghanaian pig slaughterhouses
Our efforts from last October are paying off ! Last fall we trained over 150 Ghanaian slaughterhouse workers and agricultural students on what steps can be taken to reduce animal-suffering during slaughter. This training was done in the … [Read more...]
06.06.2018 Checking arrival of pigs at Vion Boxtel in summer heat, NL
Today was very hot outside and thus a team from Eyes on Animals made an unannounced visit to Vion slaughterhouse in Boxtel to check if the slaughterhouse was well prepared to protect pigs from heat stress. The outside temperature is 27 - 28 … [Read more...]
09.04.2018 Less noise in restraining box Vitelco calf slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouse Vitelco has adjusted their restraining box from pneumatics towards hydraulic. This resulted in a significant noise reduction. This is an important step for animal welfare because noise, especially sudden and hissing ones, can … [Read more...]
05.04.2018 Wouters slaughterhouse reduces stress in their slaughterhouse
Wouters has made some improvements in their slaughterhouse to reduce stress amongst the cattle. At Wouters cattle are slaughtered for the Halal market. They first have their throats cut and only after are stunned with a captive bolt pistol … [Read more...]
30.03.2018 Visit to ESBRO poultry slaughterhouse in Wehl
Today, Eyes on Animals made an unannounced visit to slaughterhouse ESBRO in Wehl. At the slaughterhouse, 240,000 broiler chickens are slaughtered every day, including broiler chickens with a Better Life star label and Gildehoen broiler … [Read more...]
29.03.2018 Flanders Meat Group slaughterhouse, Zele, BE
Eyes on Animals was invited by the manager of this slaughterhouse to give our opinion about the conditions inside and what we think could be further improved on. Since early 2017 the cattle are all pre-stunned, also for Halal as the local … [Read more...]
28.03.2018 Eyes on Animals guest speaker at Leuven University Debate on “Non-Stun Ritual Slaughter”, Belgium
Eyes on Animals was asked to give a talk on the topic on non-stun Ritual slaughter. What were our observations in the field, what are the on-going challenges, what is the best way to get people in dialogue to make progress and reduce animal … [Read more...]
28.03.2018 Improvements at cattle slaughterhouse Flanders (BE)
Eyes on Animals visited the Flanders cattle slaughterhouse of Flanders Meat Group in Zele, Belgium, at the invitation of the veterinarian. We encountered some problems that could be improved. The veterinarian himself also had some ideas and … [Read more...]
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