When we arrive at the horse auction in Kalona at 9:00, kill buyers Scott Kurtenbach and Keith Tongen are already present among others. In the outdoor pens we detect numerous horses with overgrown or cracked hooves. Several horses are lame and some have severe injuries to their legs. A white horse has a bleeding wound on its forehead, likely…

When we arrive at the horse auction in Kalona at 9:00, kill buyers Scott Kurtenbach and Keith Tongen are already present among others. In the outdoor pens we detect numerous horses with overgrown or cracked hooves. Several horses are lame and some have severe injuries to their legs. A white horse has a bleeding wound on its forehead, likely…

Scott Kurtenbach frequents all the large auctions known for selling slaughter horses, such as the Billings Horse Auction in Montana and the Kalona Livestock Auction in Iowa. He uses his own trucking company to transport the horses to the slaughter plant “Les Viandes de la Petite Nation” in Quebec, a staggering 1867 km away from his collecting…

Scott Kurtenbach frequents all the large auctions known for selling slaughter horses, such as the Billings Horse Auction in Montana and the Kalona Livestock Auction in Iowa. He uses his own trucking company to transport the horses to the slaughter plant “Les Viandes de la Petite Nation” in Quebec, a staggering 1867 km away from his collecting…

Scott Kurtenbach frequents all the large auctions known for selling slaughter horses, such as the Billings Horse Auction in Montana and the Kalona Livestock Auction in Iowa. He uses his own trucking company to transport the horses to the slaughter plant “Les Viandes de la Petite Nation” in Quebec, a staggering 1867 km away from his collecting…

We have handed over the results of our investigations to our partner organization in Belgium, GAIA, so they can support our efforts against the import of horsemeat from torturous production. Now GAIA has informed us about another success: The retailer Delhaize no longer sells horsemeat from overseas. After Lidl, Makro and Colruyt, Delhaize is now…

We have handed over the results of our investigations to our partner organization in Belgium, GAIA, so they can support our efforts against the import of horsemeat from torturous production. Now GAIA has informed us about another success: The retailer Delhaize no longer sells horsemeat from overseas. After Lidl, Makro and Colruyt, Delhaize is now…

We have handed over the results of our investigations to our partner organization in Belgium, GAIA, so they can support our efforts against the import of horsemeat from torturous production. Now GAIA has informed us about another success: The retailer Delhaize no longer sells horsemeat from overseas. After Lidl, Makro and Colruyt, Delhaize is now…

During the last week, two teams of TSB|AWF and Eyes on Animals have seen approximately 200 livestock trucks pass the Turkish border of Kapikule and inspected 118 thereof. The animals were coming from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Italy and Slovakia. Before the investigation, we had sent a warning to all exporting EU…