This morning we dropped by the pig export station in Lunteren, called Vlastuin. Here pigs from different Dutch farms are collected and then several hours later, or even a couple of days later, reloaded and sent for export to countries such as Poland, Germany, Hungary and Romania. We had received numerous complaints from Dutch and German drivers that often 220 “slaughter” … [Read more...] about Visit of Vlastuin pig export station in Lunteren
Our inspections
Talk with Boonstra chicken transport about their recent accident
Today we dropped by Boonstra transport, the company that sadly had an accident with one of their poultry trucks a few weeks ago. To watch the footage click HERE. Fortunately their driver has recovered. However, 60-70% of the poultry on board (6-week old broiler chickens) died. The main cause was suffocation, because when the truck kilted over on its side, the chickens all … [Read more...] about Talk with Boonstra chicken transport about their recent accident
Random checks on livestock trucks on Dutch highways
A team from Eyes on Animals was on the highways in southern Holland to randomly check on livestock trucks bringing animals to slaughterhouses in the night. We observed, among others, 3 livestock trucks from the company Plukon bringing broiler chickens to slaughter. The trucks had material along the side to protect the birds from the cold winds, which was good, but like … [Read more...] about Random checks on livestock trucks on Dutch highways
Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey
Today our team from Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation (DE) and Welfarm Foundation (HU) continued to visit Hungarian assembly stations officially approved to dispatch animals for export to Turkey. We visited one of the largest stations today, owned by Agrarcoop. Our reason for chosing this station is because we have observed many Agrarcoop trucks at the Turkish … [Read more...] about Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey
Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey
Today teams of Eyes on Animals, Animal Welfare Foundation(DE) and Welfarm Foundation (HU) joined forces and made unannounced visits to three EU-certified assembly stations in Hungary. One improvement we managed to achieve in our efforts to decrease the suffering of Hungarian animals during long/distance transport to Turkey, is that transporters may only now load animals at … [Read more...] about Unannounced visit of stations in Hungary that collect animals for export to Turkey