Asalet is at the World Halal Summit in Istanbul networking with people (Halal food.companies, Halal certifying organizations etc...) and telling them how crucial it is that the halal food business takes farm-animal welfare during slaughter into much more serious consideration. He is also using this opportunity to explain what we do, what we have seen, and how electric and … [Read more...] about EonA at World Halal Summit in Istanbul
slaughterhouses
Presentation to official Dutch slaughterhouse inspectors about new improved electric pig stunning design (as more humane alternative to CO2 gas)
Today we talked to slaughterhouse inspectors from the Dutch government (NVWA) about how we, together with Dr. Temple Grandin in our team, helped redesign a large pig slaughterhouse to drastically improve automatic electric stunning in order to create a viable, realistic and more humane stunning method to CO2 gas stunning so that we can finally phase out the need for CO2 … [Read more...] about Presentation to official Dutch slaughterhouse inspectors about new improved electric pig stunning design (as more humane alternative to CO2 gas)
Installation of electric stunner at Halal sheep abattoir in Istanbul, Turkije
After the horrible disappointment of not being able to help the 47 Romanian cattle stuck at the EU/Turkey border (where they were left to wait for 2 weeks and then slaughtered while fully conscious at a slaughterhouse in Edirne that did not allow us in to at least stun the animals first), we have some better news. Today Asalet and Jack from Eyes on Animals set up an … [Read more...] about Installation of electric stunner at Halal sheep abattoir in Istanbul, Turkije
Introducing and teaching electric stunning at sheep slaughterhouses in Turkey
Hopeful news! We have successfully convinced another slaughterhouse in Turkey to adopt stunning- a sheep slaughterhouse is ready to electric stun the sheep to render them unconscious before restraining and slaughtering them. In Turkey it is common to hoist animals alive and hang them up by one leg fully off the floor, and then they have their throats cut while fully … [Read more...] about Introducing and teaching electric stunning at sheep slaughterhouses in Turkey
Interview with Jan Voordouw, a professional slaughterman who volunteers for Eyes on Animals
Jan Voordouw is a slaughterman by profession and also a volunteer for Eyes on Animals. He believes that as long as animals are slaughtered, they must at least be treated with utmost respect so that suffering and fear can be kept to an absolute minimum. Thanks to him, we have trained slaughtermen in Turkey on how to stun cattle first with a captive bolt pistol, so they do … [Read more...] about Interview with Jan Voordouw, a professional slaughterman who volunteers for Eyes on Animals