Today a team from Eyes on Animals visited pig farm Dykhoeve in Herwen. Farmer Jeroen keeps his pigs here in a more natural environment. The pigs walk in fields where they can dig the ground with their snouts and search for food. The pigs have wooden houses with plenty of straw, where they are free to go in whenever they want. The pigs houses are built on poles, which … [Read more...] about Visit pig farm Dykhoeve in Herwen
Our inspections
Visit poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe (NL)
This morning a team from Eyes on Animals visited Remkes poultry slaughterhouse in Epe (NL). Remkes mainly slaughters breeder broilers. The birds are rendered unconscious with the Anglia Autoflow CO2 gas stunning system. In this system birds are stunned while they are still inside their transport crates. Therefore many stressful procedures, like manual or automatic … [Read more...] about Visit poultry slaughterhouse Remkes in Epe (NL)
Meeting with poultry industry on compulsory IKB chicken catching course
Today Eyes on Animals had a meeting with representatives of the poultry industry (Avined, LTO, Nepluvi and chicken catching companies) about the upcoming mandatory IKB chicken catching course. As Eyes on Animals has much field experience and gives trainings to chicken catchers too, we initiated this meeting to exchange ideas and observations in the field. We were a bit … [Read more...] about Meeting with poultry industry on compulsory IKB chicken catching course
Meeting with Tamale slaughterhouse Assembly Members, Ghana
Update from our project in Ghana: our colleagues from WACPAW met with the Assembly members in charge of Tamale slaughterhouse to discuss in detail our suggestions on how they can reduce the stress and suffering of animals. WACPAW left the meeting feeling positive that the slaughterhouse will adopt several major changes and possibly also start stunning the animals prior to … [Read more...] about Meeting with Tamale slaughterhouse Assembly Members, Ghana
Visit of Vitelco calf slaughterhouse (NL)
On the 13th of October we visited Vitelco Calf slaughterhouse in Den Bosch. Vitelco slaughters 350,000 rosé and white meat calves each year. The unloading went smoothly because, from the truck, the calves could immediately walk into the lairage. There were no sharp turns or dead corners that could cause confusion. To move the calves to the stunner, use was made of the … [Read more...] about Visit of Vitelco calf slaughterhouse (NL)