More good news from Turkey. After several visits and long talks, another slaughterhouse in Turkey sees the major benefits of stunning their sheep and cattle before cutting their throats. Stunning animals, by using a captive bolt pistol for example, renders the animals insensitive to pain during the slaughter process. This is a step forward, as normally the animals are … [Read more...] about Small cattle and sheep slaughterhouse in Istanbul adopts pre-stunning
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Positive News from Turkey
The slaughterhouse in Istanbul where we taught its workers a few months ago how to use a stunner to at least render the animals unconscious before cutting their throats updated Asalet from Eyes on Animals again today via video call. They are still stunning the animals and are grateful for the stunner we leased out to them. Via open communication, education and training, we … [Read more...] about Positive News from Turkey
EonA brings more stunning equipment to Turkey and Ghana
Eyes on Animals has been busy this week in Turkey and helping WACPAW in Ghana. Asalet in Turkey just officially made a lease transfer of one of our captive bolt pistols to a (Halal) slaughterhouse in North-Eastern Turkey. Not all customers of this slaughterhouse want meat from animals stunned but more and more are open to it after Asalet explained how the captive bolt … [Read more...] about EonA brings more stunning equipment to Turkey and Ghana
Largest Islamic group in Turkey publically announce that pre-stunning animals during slaughter is acceptable (is Halal)
Ismailaga Cemaati, the largest Islamic group in Turkey, has recently published a video on the topic of animal slaughter. They announce that stunning animals (rendering them unconscious prior to slitting their throats) is acceptable and Halal. The animal did not die on its own and blood still flows out, and thus there are no hindrances to using stunners on animals in Halal … [Read more...] about Largest Islamic group in Turkey publically announce that pre-stunning animals during slaughter is acceptable (is Halal)
Follow-up inspection of Turkish slaughterhouses by Eyes on Animals
Animals often arrive severely injured at the Turkish slaughter houses, unable to stand or walk and suffering horribly. Yet they are forced to walk to the area where they’ll be slaughtered. Using a chain, they are then hoisted in the air by one leg only to have their throats slit without being stunned first and while still fully conscious. Eyes on Animals does its … [Read more...] about Follow-up inspection of Turkish slaughterhouses by Eyes on Animals
