The EonA/AWF team is back in Turkey to try to get welfare-improvements at the slaughterhouses there. Today Asalet and Lesley were invited to come to the office of Gimdes (a Halal Certification Labelling organization) to speak with their Imam and two of their certifiers. We showed them all of our footage of Turkish slaughterhouses that we openly inspected in June, as well … [Read more...] about Meeting with Gimdes Halal Certification Label, Istanbul (Turkey)
Our inspections
Meeting with managers of Dutch horse markets, the NVWA and Dierenbescherming
Following the horse market in Zuidlaren (NL) in October, today a meeting was held between representatives of the five largest Dutch horse markets (Hedel, Zuidlaren, Bemmel, Barneveld and Elst), an exporter, the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), the national welfare protection agency and a representative for Eyes on Animals and the Animal Welfare … [Read more...] about Meeting with managers of Dutch horse markets, the NVWA and Dierenbescherming
Brainstorming with SVO to start welfare-trainings for chicken catchers (NL)
Welfare improvements for “Dutch” chickens during transport are around the corner! After Eyes on Animals sent the EU and Dutch government many inspection reports showing injured birds due to poor loading conditions (see a video of some of our inspections HERE), the welfare of chickens during transport is definitely on the agenda of the Dutch government and industry itself! … [Read more...] about Brainstorming with SVO to start welfare-trainings for chicken catchers (NL)
Inspection of Halal slaughter at an abattoir in Clarens (Switzerland)
A team from TSB/AWF and EonA was invited to observe the Halal slaughter of sheep at a slaughterhouse in Clarens/ Switzerland. Once or twice per week a number of sheep is slaughtered Halal in this slaughterhouse. Today 60 sheep would be slaughtered Halal. Prior to slaughter the sheep are electrically stunned and then cut by a Muslim butcher. The sheep destined for slaughter … [Read more...] about Inspection of Halal slaughter at an abattoir in Clarens (Switzerland)
Unannounced visit to slaughterhouse Tomassen in Someren (NL)
Today Eyes on Animals inspectors paid an unannounced visit to slaughterhouse Tomassen slaughterhouse in Someren (Noord-Brabant, NL) again. In July we were also here and then we watched the slaughter process of cows. We wanted to return to inspect the slaughter of pigs. But today there were again only cows being slaughtered. We were again received in a friendly manner. The … [Read more...] about Unannounced visit to slaughterhouse Tomassen in Someren (NL)