Welfare improvements for “Dutch” chickens during transport are around the corner! After Eyes on Animals sent the EU and Dutch government many inspection reports showing injured birds due to poor loading conditions (see a video of some of our inspections HERE), the welfare of chickens during transport is definitely on the agenda of the Dutch government and industry itself! … [Read more...] about Brainstorming with SVO to start welfare-trainings for chicken catchers (NL)
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Meeting with Cuppers, livestock-truck manufacturer, NL
Today Eyes on Animals together with Herman Klompjan (livestock driver and from Consultancy Animal Welfare Transport) visited Cuppers, a Dutch company that builds and repairs livestock trucks. Our reason for today's visit was to encourage them to be sure that all the livestock trucks they build provide easy access to the animals during transport. Why? Because the EC … [Read more...] about Meeting with Cuppers, livestock-truck manufacturer, NL
Trailing Van Hunnik spent breeding poultry truck from NL to Polish slaughterhouse
A team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation was conducting random inspections of livestock trucks tonight and spotted 3 poultry trucks being loaded at a farm in Gelderland. The trucks were from a company that we know regularly transports spent poultry to slaughterhouses in Poland. Being “spent”, these birds are often already in a compromised condition, so … [Read more...] about Trailing Van Hunnik spent breeding poultry truck from NL to Polish slaughterhouse
Meeting with transporters about access to animals
Today Eyes on Animals met with Sleegers Transport, Jaap de Wit Sr and Jr from Westfoort slaughterhouse and Herman Klompjan from Consultancy Animal Welfare (and previously Klompjan Transport) to discuss a topic that has become hot in the Netherlands - the fact that many of the new livestock trucks being built here do not have side access doors. This makes access to the … [Read more...] about Meeting with transporters about access to animals
Visit van Ravenhorst autoshop and vdBerg poultry exporter
Today we had an appointment at (truck) auto body specialist Van Ravenhorst with its director Dick van Ravenhorst and Rene van den Berg from Van den Berg Poultry. They explained how the automatic water system in poultry trucks works and we discussed animal welfare regarding poultry transportation. A month ago we followed a Van den Berg Poultry truck from a farm in the … [Read more...] about Visit van Ravenhorst autoshop and vdBerg poultry exporter