Today Eyes on Animals was hired by Hunland Transport, one of Europe's largest animal-transport companies with its headquarters in Hungary, to give our animal-welfare training course to 15 of their drivers. Our training course consists of 3-hours of theory to cover how to best take care of animals during loading, the journey and unloading and how to avoid delays and … [Read more...] about Training course given to Hunland livestock drivers
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EonA lecture on animal-welfare to delegation from Indonesia
STC-Nestra hired Eyes on Animals to give a talk in Harderwijk (NL) about our animal transport inspections and how animal-welfare can be improved to a delegation of 7 animal- scientists and meat-industry people from Indonesia that they were hosting. We showed the on-going problems but also best practices in Europe and also discussed concerns regarding certain practices in … [Read more...] about EonA lecture on animal-welfare to delegation from Indonesia
Brainstorming with Rondeel about changing to a more humane catching-method
Today Eyes on Animals brainstormed with egg-producing company Rondeel on how to switch to upright catching (EonA Dutch method) and further reduce stress during catching and loading. Normally, chickens are grabbed by their legs (3-5 per hand) and then stuffed headfirst into transport crates. With the EonA Dutch method, the chickens are picked up a maximum of two at a time, … [Read more...] about Brainstorming with Rondeel about changing to a more humane catching-method
EU conference in Grange (Ireland): Designing Better Conditions for Animal Transport
Eyes on Animals was invited to this conference by EU-contacts who are responsible for animal transport. In the Netherlands NVWA is the organisation that handles these transports and likewise every member of the EU has its own department. We gave a presentation in which we suggested improvements that need to be installed, or already have been installed, in livestock … [Read more...] about EU conference in Grange (Ireland): Designing Better Conditions for Animal Transport
Rondeel is moving towards a more humane catching method!
After more than a year of 'tough dialogue' with the poultry industry, EonA finally succeeded: Rondeel – an egg producing company – has decided that they are going to develop a new way of catching based on the EonA Dutch method we have been teaching (keeping birds upright instead of grabbing them by their legs and stuffing them into crates while upside down). Their decision … [Read more...] about Rondeel is moving towards a more humane catching method!