Great news from Turkey : Yet another Imam in Turkey is publicly promoting that animals be rendered first unconscious during slaughter and that stunners are perfectly acceptable in Islam. Animals should not be slaughtered by a knife to their throat while fully conscious and sentient. Eyes on Animals first met him 3 years ago to discuss this topic and 2 weeks ago, together … [Read more...] about Yet another Imam in Turkey speaks publicy in favour of stunning animals before cutting their throats
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EonA gives a presentation on the importance of stunning in Halal slaughterhouses at conference in Turkey
Today Eyes on Animals is back in the city of Samsun, located on the Black Sea in Turkey, at the Samsun Bar Association. Asalet was asked to give a presentation on captive bolt stunning devices. The Mayor of the province, Mr. Cemil Deveci, and the slaughterhouse operators were also present. There were many academics in attendance as well. Mr. Deveci himself was very … [Read more...] about EonA gives a presentation on the importance of stunning in Halal slaughterhouses at conference in Turkey
A second slaughterhouse in Samsun (TR) interested in stunning
A positive video message from Asalet (Eyes on Animals Turkish trainer and inspector) in Samsun, Turkey where he just worked in a second abattoir in the region interested in lezrning how to stun animals. In English he says: "Hello friends, Eyes on Animals and HAYTAP were at Bafra Slaughterhouse in Samsun. Here, we gave a training course on stunning the animals during … [Read more...] about A second slaughterhouse in Samsun (TR) interested in stunning
Slaughterhouse in Samsun (Turkey) learns how to stun animals
Success booked in Turkey ! A cattle slaughterhouse in Samsun followed our training in how to use a captive bolt stunner to render animals unconscious before cutting their throat. They are convinced to make the switch and an article about our work (see photo) and this plant was in the Samsun newspaper yesterday, a city of 800,000 people. Slowly, Eyes on Animals and Haytap … [Read more...] about Slaughterhouse in Samsun (Turkey) learns how to stun animals
Explaining how stunners work to more cattle slaughterhouses in Turkey
Today we spent another day visiting numerous Turkish cattle abattoirs to introduce the captive bolt stunner and educate on how animal suffering can at least be reduced when they are rendered first unconscious. More and more Halal consumers in Turkey are de-bunking the myth that Halal means slaughter with just a knife, and realizing Halal means "food safe to eat" and … [Read more...] about Explaining how stunners work to more cattle slaughterhouses in Turkey