In 2019, Eyes on Animals, together with the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals, wrote 10 action points slaughterhouses could do to reduce heatstress for animals on board arriving trucks. Recently we prepared a new report about the current state of affairs. Conclusion: although the slaughter and transport industry made some improvements, the biggest cause of … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals and the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals want law-abiding standards for transport during hot weather
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Eyes on Animals on Dutch TV show Kassa
Laying hens spend on average 18 months on the egg-farm before they are caught, loaded into transport crates and sent for slaughter. How are the hens, kept by the thousands, actually caught ? By “ chicken-catchers” who grab them by the leg, hold them upside down, 3-4 birds per hand and then stuff them into the small openings of the transport crates. The job is tough, … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals on Dutch TV show Kassa
Eyes on Animals asks industry to take measures against cold stress
Eyes on Animals has sent a letter to Dutch organizations Vee&Logistiek (representing animal traders and transporters), COV (representing the meat-industry) and individual slaughterhouses to take effective measures when animals are transported during cold weather. For example: Closing the side-shutters of the truck and adding a thick layer of bedding. The current … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals asks industry to take measures against cold stress
Positive Development in Better Monitoring Animal Handling in Slaughterhouses – AI Camera Surveillance
Deloitte, together with Eyes on Animals, the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (de Dierenbescherming) and Vion Foods have created an Artifical Intelligence Camera Surveillance Tool to effectively detect and correct animal-welfare problems. Although current camera systems can help identify animal handling issues, there are significant limitations. Only a random … [Read more...] about Positive Development in Better Monitoring Animal Handling in Slaughterhouses – AI Camera Surveillance
New film: From Holland to Hell: Dutch cattle slaughtered in Lebanon and Libya
Eyes on Animals is publishing today a new film they made, in cooperation with Animals International , Animal Welfare Foundation/Tierschutzbund Zuerich and Welfarm, about the fate of Dutch cattle exported out of the Netherlands. Teams documented this past summer how Dutch cattle (males born on dairy farms in Dwingeloo and Friesland) were tied up, forced to fall down and … [Read more...] about New film: From Holland to Hell: Dutch cattle slaughtered in Lebanon and Libya