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HomeOur inspectionsslaughterhouses30.01.2009 Meeting with a slaughterhouse director in NL that is trying to improve things

30.01.2009 Meeting with a slaughterhouse director in NL that is trying to improve things

Today Eyes on Animals met with the director of the Westfort slaughterhouse in The Netherlands. He is taking effective measures to improve the quality of life of farmed pigs. The Milieukeur label is a labelling scheme for farmers to join that, among other things, do NOT castrate their male pigs and have reduced ammoniac levels in their barns. Ammoniac burns the eyes and throats of pigs and remains a serious cause of animal suffering on pig, and also poultry, farms. Last year only 20 farmers participated in this scheme, but this year 100 joined. Milieukeur pig meat can be found at COOP grocery and Keurslager stores across The Netherlands. For people who insist on eating pig meat, purchasing your meat from such labels at least guarantees that the pigs had a higher quality of life than standard production methods.

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Slaughterhouses

The lives of "farmed" animals, from fattening pig to breeding sow, and from veal-calf to dairy cow, end at the slaughterhouse. According to European law, animals must not endure unnecessary suffering when slaughtered. Sadly this is not always the case. Crippled animals are sometimes dragged or kicked towards the kill floor. Many are left to shiver in the winter on cold concrete floors for hours before being killed. At some plants the workers are not skilled or the equipment is faulty, leading to animals being improperly stunned and cut. Desensitized workers can be found hitting the animals and repeatedly using electric prods on sensitive areas. Slaughterhouses specializing in ritual slaughter (Halal and Kosher), do not stun the animals first and this causes additional pain. Eyes on Animals regularly visits slaughterhouses, unannounced and announced, to check on the condition of the animals arriving at the plant, how they are handled by staff workers, the quality of the installations and housing environment for the animals prior to slaughter, and the effectiveness of the stunning prior to slaughter. Eyes on Animals is in dialogue with the slaughterhouse about their observations and together with them tries to reach improvements to decrease animal suffering.