Today the Eyes on Animals/Animal Welfare Foundation team that is working on getting welfare improvements at the Turkish slaughterhouses, met in Tilburg to get a tour of the Vion cattle slaughterhouse. The purpose of today´s visit was to see the equipment used, to get ideas for how we could reduce the suffering of cattle being handled in the Turkish slaughterhouses. … [Read more...] about Visit of Vion cattle slaughterhouse in Tilburg (NL)
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Visit to slaughterhouse in Someren
Eyes on Animals has paid an unannounced visit to slaughterhouse Tomassen in Someren in the Netherlands today. They let us in at once and we were allowed to watch the slaughter process from up close. The NVWA (Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority) veterinarian and the foreman/slaughterman gave a detailed explanation. On the moment we arrived … [Read more...] about Visit to slaughterhouse in Someren
Slaughterhouse Van Kemenade in Asten refuses EonA
Today Eyes on Animals inspectors wanted to visit slaughterhouse Van Kemenade in Asten in the Netherlands. Four years ago we visited this slaughterhouse as well. Pigs that could hardly walk were accepted. An employee kicked the animals to get them to walk in the direction of the slaughter box. Also, cold water was poured over them and one pig was stunned in front of the … [Read more...] about Slaughterhouse Van Kemenade in Asten refuses EonA
Meeting with the Turkish Political Party for Animals
Soon animal suffering taking place in Turkey will be brought up to the political level! Turkey now has a Political Party for Animals made up of competent professionals. Tonight the team from EonA/AWF met with the spokeswoman from the party to become acquainted and see how we could cooperate on certain projects. We discussed what we had seen inside the … [Read more...] about Meeting with the Turkish Political Party for Animals
Visit of another Turkish slaughterhouse
Today the EonA/AWF team met with the director of a Turkish slaughterhouse who was open enough to let us view the unloading and slaughter of cattle in his plant. He was curious of our opinion and open to cooperation. This plant received many cattle trucked in from the EU. He told us that some were arriving so dehydrated that their lungs were stuck to the chest … [Read more...] about Visit of another Turkish slaughterhouse