The team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation were at Tekirdag slaughterhouse in Turkey today. This slaughterhouse made a very important improvement - it stopped live hoisting the cattle. It has replaced the horrible trip-floor box (watch this video to understand why this restraint box commonly used in Turkey is so bad : https://youtu.be/On-qkoXeKwc) with a … [Read more...] about Inspection of Tekirdag slaughterhouse, Turkey
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Eyes on Animals guest speaker at Lely conference for dairy farmers from around the world
Eyes on Animals was invited by Lely to give a talk to 70 large dairy farmers from all over the world (Russia, Canada, USA, Japan, Denmark, Estonia, Germany and Poland). We were asked to give a talk about consumers ' concerns regarding the welfare of animals in the dairy industry. We decided to focus our talk on the need for the dairy sector to take more responsibility for … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals guest speaker at Lely conference for dairy farmers from around the world
Visit poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe (NL)
This morning a team from Eyes on Animals visited Remkes poultry slaughterhouse in Epe (NL). Remkes mainly slaughters breeder broilers. The birds are rendered unconscious with the Anglia Autoflow CO2 gas stunning system. In this system birds are stunned while they are still inside their transport crates. Therefore many stressful procedures, like manual or automatic … [Read more...] about Visit poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe (NL)
Calf slaughterhouse Vitelco (NL) places rubber mats in pens for fragile animals
After our suggestion, calf slaughterhouse Vitelco (NL) has placed rubber mats in the isolation pens for fragile/suspect calves. At Dutch slaughterhouses, the authorities (NVWA) insist that suspect animals (for example animals with an infection, wound or abscess) only be slaughtered at the end of the day under the belief that they could cause contamination of the … [Read more...] about Calf slaughterhouse Vitelco (NL) places rubber mats in pens for fragile animals
Poultry slaughterhouse Heijs in Leek (NL) not interested in visit of Eyes on Animals
Today we brought an unannounced visit to poultry slaughterhouse Heijs in Leek. We hoped to share ideas on how to reduce suffering during the transport, handling and stunning of poultry. The director told us he wasn’t interested in talking to Eyes on Animals directly. He rather wanted us to talk to Nepluvi (stakeholder for poultry industry). Our experience is that talking … [Read more...] about Poultry slaughterhouse Heijs in Leek (NL) not interested in visit of Eyes on Animals
