Hopeful news from Turkey: the Halal slaughterhouse near Ordu that we trained in May on how to use a stunner and convinced them to at least render cattle unconscious prior to hoisting and cutting their throats is still stunning the cattle. This has meant a huge decrease in the level of suffering. We are regularly in Turkey to make people aware of the urgent need to … [Read more...] about Slaughterhouse near Ordu (TR) continues to use stunner to render cattle uncouscious
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Visit to Van der Linden poultry slaughterhouse in Beringe (NL)
Today we paid an announced visit to Van der Linden poultry slaughterhouse. Van der Linden took time out of their busy schedule to show us the process from beginning to end, and to answer all our questions. In the lairage, big fans with water-misters had been fitted on the ceiling. There were also fans on the floor. The water-misters help cool the air. However, in … [Read more...] about Visit to Van der Linden poultry slaughterhouse in Beringe (NL)
Interview with Lesley Moffat for the podcast-show “See differently’
For the podcast-show “See differently” Christel van Raaij has a personal interview with Lesley Moffat, director and founder of Eyes on Animals. Lesley tells about her youth in Canada, Temple Grandin, eating cheese while being a vegan and about the work of Eyes on Animals; why it is so important to not judge people, and work on improvements together. Listen to the … [Read more...] about Interview with Lesley Moffat for the podcast-show “See differently’
Training and implementing stunning at 2 cattle slaughterhouses in Ardahan, Turkey
On August 24th and 25th we introduced stunning at 2 more Turkish slaughterhouses, this time in Ardahan, Turkey (far north-east). Together with a local representative from the Turkish welfare NGO "HAYTAP" we met with the city mayor, slaughterhouse managers and state vet to discuss animal welfare. Afterwards we educated them, plus the slaughtermen, on how a captive bolt … [Read more...] about Training and implementing stunning at 2 cattle slaughterhouses in Ardahan, Turkey
Upright catching of Kipster-hens in Beuningen (NL)
Tonight we were at a Kipster laying-hen farm in Beuningen (NL) - where 22,000 "spent" hens were being caught for transport to slaughter. A television-crew from a well-known German channel were there as were some of our German colleagues. At Kipster, all hens are caught using the EonA upright method (max. 2 hens at a time and always held upright and … [Read more...] about Upright catching of Kipster-hens in Beuningen (NL)