EonA team in Germany checked on German piglets heading to Romania by the Hungarian company Hunland (that we gave a welfare-workshop to 30 of its drivers last year). The piglets had just been loaded and were heading on a long 20 hour journey to a farm in Romania to be fattened. Fortunately, the drivers were cooperative and stopped to let us check on the loading conditions … [Read more...] about Inspection of Hunland truck with German piglets for Romania
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The cruel reality behind horse meat in The Netherlands
Most horses that are killed for the meat that is sold in Dutch supermarkets and snackbars have suffered under extremely cruel conditions. This becomes clear from a large international investigation conducted by Eyes on Animals together with Tierschutzbund Zürich (Switserland) and Animals’ Angels USA. The Netherlands imports meat from almost 60.000 horses yearly … [Read more...] about The cruel reality behind horse meat in The Netherlands
Loading of broilers by machine
Today the team from Eyes on Animals brought a work visit to a large poultry farm, containing 175.000 broiler chickens spread over 7 barns. The broiler chickens that are ready for transport to the slaughterhouse are mechanically caught at this farm by a machine. The machine has a conveyer belt system, which makes sure that the chickens are in an upright position when placed … [Read more...] about Loading of broilers by machine
Inspecting chicken crates of GPS transport company, NL
The team from EonA noticed from the highway that chickens were being loaded at a chicken-farm in the surroundings of St. Oedenrode. Usually this happens at night. We took a small detour to pay this this farm a visit. We weren’t allowed to look inside the farm to watch how the chicken-catchers caught and loaded the birds but we were granted permission to inspect the … [Read more...] about Inspecting chicken crates of GPS transport company, NL
Presentation to Dutch banks about animal-transport
Eyes on Animals gave a presentation today at a meeting for banks in The Hague, made possible by the Dierenbescherming (national Dutch animal protection organisation). In July of last year a report about Dutch bank groups and animals transport was published. The report shows that banks that invest in animal transport and meat companies pay little attention to animal … [Read more...] about Presentation to Dutch banks about animal-transport