Since 2013 Eyes on Animals has been working hard at improving slaughterhouses in Turkey. Several plants were keen to work with us and made improvements, such as making the floors anti-slip, installing water troughs in the waiting pens, making the walls of the raceway solid… But what was a much more challenging improvement to get in place was getting the animals rendered … [Read more...] about Six (Halal) slaughterhouses in Turkey now stun animals prior to slaughter
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Emir Adak Slaughterhouse and Sales in Istanbul will stun prior to slaughter
Good news from our team in Turkey ! Another slaughterhouse, this time for sheep, will stun most of the animals they slaughter prior to cutting their throat. Eyes on Animals taught the workers how to use and maintain a stunner and officially leased out one of our stunners for a period of 1 year. We will do a follow-up check in a few months and until then they will regularly … [Read more...] about Emir Adak Slaughterhouse and Sales in Istanbul will stun prior to slaughter
Combating heat stress at Westfort pig slaughterhouse
A covered parking lot has been built at Westfort pig slaughterhouse so that trucks waiting in line to unload pigs can do so in the shade. This will help decrease the risk of heat stress for the animals stuck on board the waiting trucks. The covered parking lot can accommodate 3-4 trucks. Fans and water misters have been installed along the roof as well, to reduce the … [Read more...] about Combating heat stress at Westfort pig slaughterhouse
Another cattle slaughterhouse in Turkey (Aydin pasa Et) adopts stunning
Positive news from our team currently in Turkey ! Another Turkish cattle slaughterhouse agrees to stunning ! Today the EonA team visited Aydin paşa Et slaughterhouse. The purpose of our visit was to show them what a captive bolt pistol looks like, how it works, and its welfare advantages of rendering an animal insensitive to pain before cutting its throat. The chief of … [Read more...] about Another cattle slaughterhouse in Turkey (Aydin pasa Et) adopts stunning
Meeting with Religious Authority and Ministry of Agriculture in Goenen, Turkey about captive bolt stunning
Today the Eyes on Animals team in Turkey held two meetings. One with the highest Religious Authority from Dyanet office in Goenen and one with an official from the Goenen office of Ministry of Agriculture. The city of Goenen has a cattle and sheep slaughterhouse where many animals pass through, in the past also ones form Europe. Eyes on Animals has been there many times. … [Read more...] about Meeting with Religious Authority and Ministry of Agriculture in Goenen, Turkey about captive bolt stunning