A team of inspectors from EonA visited the equine market in Hedel in the early hours of November 8th. This market is held on a yearly basis. Alongside the horse market in Drenthe it forms one of the 2 biggest horse markets in Europe. This year there were 2145 equine being offered for sale. During the course of the event some … [Read more...] about Inspection of horse market in Hedel (NL)
Our inspections
Inspection of Rondeel egg farm in Barneveld
Rondeel is an egg- farm in Barneveld with 30,000 hens. The managers have tried to provide an environment that, as much as possible, permits the hens to express their natural behaviours such as foraging, dust-bathing, nest-building and perching. The hen's beaks are not trimmed and they have free access to the outdoors and the warm indoors. The farm is in the shape of a … [Read more...] about Inspection of Rondeel egg farm in Barneveld
Eyes on Animals meets with Dutch authorities (VWA) about double-deck cattle trucks where animals do not have enough headspace
Eyes on Animals met with three officials from the VWA, responsible for animal-welfare during transport and at slaughterhouses. The purpose was to discuss our recent reports and photos showing tall cattle on board double-deck lorries with inadequate headspace. We asked that their field-inspectors focus on this problem during their upcoming inspections so that all transport … [Read more...] about Eyes on Animals meets with Dutch authorities (VWA) about double-deck cattle trucks where animals do not have enough headspace
meeting with the Belgian Ministry of Health
Today Eyes on Animals met with an official veterinarian and authority on animal protection from the Belgian government. We discussed the Belgian sanction system for animal tansporters in violation and the urgent need for it to be strengthened. As well, that the Belgian police need to also be able to hand out administrative fines, not only p.v's which are often not … [Read more...] about meeting with the Belgian Ministry of Health
Visit of Janssen Neerkant pig collecting and export centre
Today we dropped by Janssen Neerkant's pig collecting and export centre in Brabant (NL). The purpose of our visit was to take photos of their new 17-meter loading ramp. Because the ramp is so long, the pigs no longer have a steep climb into or out of the truck, even from the fourth floor of the vehicle. Because pigs are bad climbers, this is a very good improvement to … [Read more...] about Visit of Janssen Neerkant pig collecting and export centre