Today the EonA/AWF team was joined by Dr. Tahsin Yesilderet – veterinarian professor and trainer in humane slaughter, to re-visit Çekmece Et slaughterhouse. We had visited this slaughterhouse in 2010 and in June of 2013 where serious welfare problems were observed, including the dragging of a downer bull out of a truck, cattle slipping and falling and cattle being hoisted … [Read more...] about Follow-up inspection of Çekmece Et slaughterhouse in Hadimkoy (Turkey)
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Meeting with Gimdes Halal Certification Label, Istanbul (Turkey)
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)
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)
Meeting with German veterinarian specialized in reducing suffering at slaughter
Dr. Ellen Eser did her PhD on the animal welfare situation at Turkish slaughterhouses in 2006, in which she evaluated 96 slaughterhouses there. Since then she has worked for BSI, a German company specialized in improving welfare during slaughter and giving trainings to slaughter personnel. She is an expert on equipment and behavioural techniques to reduce stress … [Read more...] about Meeting with German veterinarian specialized in reducing suffering at slaughter
Inspection of Euro-Meat slaughterhouse, Mouskroen (BE)
Today the Eyes on Animals/Animal Welfare Foundation team that is working on getting welfare improvements at the Turkish slaughterhouses, drove to Mouskroen in Belgium to visit Euro-Meat Group. We were told that this Belgian plant had taken significant steps to reduce the suffering of animals during Halal slaughter. Perhaps there were some ideas we could pass on to the … [Read more...] about Inspection of Euro-Meat slaughterhouse, Mouskroen (BE)