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How well do German slaughterhouses protect animals from extreme heat? Our investigation shows that many slaughterhouses lack effective measures or that the measures in place are insufficient. This can be life-threatening for the animals. We call for effective heat protection and species-specific temperature limits to ensure that animals are not…

A heat wave is currently sweeping across Germany. At the same time, the grilling season is in full swing, demand for meat is high—and so is the number of animal transports to slaughterhouses. For animals already stressed by transport, the high temperatures pose an additional, significant burden.

Over the course of two weeks, we inspected three Argentine horse slaughterhouses and several collection points that supply them with horses. Once again, we found numerous injured, emaciated, dying, and dead horses. There was no medical care or humane euthanasia observed. The provision of food, water, and weather protection for the horses at the…

From January to September 2023, our field teams regularly monitored the EU-certified slaughterhouses Lamar and Land L in Argentina, which export horse meat to Switzerland. Many horses at these facilities are in a deplorable state: severely emaciated, badly injured, or sick. Animals in distress are left to die on their own. At Land L, we observe…

We have been observing the feedlot of the Bouvry slaughterhouse in Alberta regularly since 2012. Here, horses are fattened for six months before slaughter. At each inspection, we have found serious animal welfare violations. In April 2023, we are again on-site, together with our US partner Animals’ Angels, in order to verify if the situation for…

A TSB|AWF team returns to Uruguay in November 2022 in order to document how conditions for the horses vary before, during and after an audit of the EU Commission. The inspection takes place between the 21st and 25th November 2022. Based on our observations in 2018 and the EU audit report from that year, it is obvious that the slaughterhouses…

The team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation were at Tekirdag slaughterhouse in Turkey today. This slaughterhouse made a very important improvement - it stopped live hoisting the cattle. It has replaced the horrible trip-floor box (watch this video to understand why this restraint box commonly used in Turkey is so bad) with a new…

The team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation were at Tekirdag slaughterhouse in Turkey today. This slaughterhouse made a very important improvement - it stopped live hoisting the cattle. It has replaced the horrible trip-floor box (watch this <link https: youtu.be on-qkoxekwc>video to understand why this restraint box commonly used in Turkey is so bad) with a new…

The team from Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation were at Tekirdag slaughterhouse in Turkey today. This slaughterhouse made a very important improvement - it stopped live hoisting the cattle. It has replaced the horrible trip-floor box (watch this <link https: youtu.be on-qkoxekwc>video to understand why this restraint box commonly used in Turkey is so bad) with a new…