Today we brought an unannounced visit to poultry slaughterhouse Heijs in Leek. We hoped to share ideas on how to reduce suffering during the transport, handling and stunning of poultry. The director told us he wasn’t interested in talking to Eyes on Animals directly. He rather wanted us to talk to Nepluvi (stakeholder for poultry industry). Our experience is that talking … [Read more...] about Poultry slaughterhouse Heijs in Leek (NL) not interested in visit of Eyes on Animals
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Meeting with Tamale slaughterhouse Assembly Members, Ghana
Update from our project in Ghana: our colleagues from WACPAW met with the Assembly members in charge of Tamale slaughterhouse to discuss in detail our suggestions on how they can reduce the stress and suffering of animals. WACPAW left the meeting feeling positive that the slaughterhouse will adopt several major changes and possibly also start stunning the animals prior to … [Read more...] about Meeting with Tamale slaughterhouse Assembly Members, Ghana
Cape Coast Campus slaughterhouse now renders animals unconscious before slaughter, Ghana
More improvements in Ghana to report on : after the UDS slaughterhouse in Tamale now the Cape Coast Campus slaughterhouse is using the captive bolts we gave them to stun the animals (cattle, shee, goats and pigs) before slaughter. We know slaughter is never a pretty site but imagine what it looks like when animals are left fully conscious while having their throats slit. … [Read more...] about Cape Coast Campus slaughterhouse now renders animals unconscious before slaughter, Ghana
Visit of Vitelco calf slaughterhouse (NL)
On the 13th of October we visited Vitelco Calf slaughterhouse in Den Bosch. Vitelco slaughters 350,000 rosé and white meat calves each year. The unloading went smoothly because, from the truck, the calves could immediately walk into the lairage. There were no sharp turns or dead corners that could cause confusion. To move the calves to the stunner, use was made of the … [Read more...] about Visit of Vitelco calf slaughterhouse (NL)
UDS campus slaughterhouse in Tamale now stuns animals, Ghana
Eyes on Animals bought 4 captive bolt pistols and 8000 cartridges to bring to Ghana. Today our team, with the coordination of WACPAW, officially donated one to UDS slaughterhouse in Tamale. It is part of the UDS school campus. It is here where slaughtermen can in the future be trained on how to use captive bolt pistolds so that more and more Ghanaian slaughterhouses can … [Read more...] about UDS campus slaughterhouse in Tamale now stuns animals, Ghana