Biologische supermarktketen 'Odin' kiest voor een kleinschalige varkensslachterij waar dieren niet worden opgejaagd en hun stress verminderen ( video)

Odin kiest bewust voor kleinschalige varkensslachterij Thönes Naturverbund

Biologische supermarktketen ‘Odin’ heeft besloten haar varkens voortaan te laten slachten bij Thönes Naturverbund in Duitsland vanwege de lage slachtsnelheid en zorgvuldigheid waarmee met varkens wordt omgegaan.  

In 2015 bracht Eyes on Animals een bezoek aan Thönes Naturverbund en deelden wij onze positieve bevindingen via een websiteartikel en film. Thones Naturverbund heeft een eigen drijfgang ontwikkeld waarbij varkens in een bocht naar de verdover lopen en keuze hebben tussen twee ingangen (ze hoeven dus niet één kant op gedwongen te worden). Hierdoor is de stress bij het drijven, zeker ten opzichte van andere slachterijen die wij bezocht hebben, heel laag. Bovendien hebben de medewerkers, door de lagere slachtsnelheid, meer tijd per varken waardoor ze hun taak rustiger kunnen uitvoeren. Door deze positieve aandacht over de drijfgang bij Thönes Naturverbund, raakten ook andere slachterijen gemotiveerd om hun drijfgang te verbouwen en stress te verminderen – zoals o.a. slachterij Grossfurtner in Oostenrijk. 

De varkens worden bij Thönes Naturverbund bovendien elektrisch verdoofd; bewusteloosheid treedt dus direct in en gaat niet, zoals bij CO2 verdoving, gepaard met 20-30 seconden paniek, pijn en ademnood. Ook uit eigen onderzoek van Odin, waarbij verschillende slachterijen werden bezocht, kwam Thones Naturverbund als beste uit de bus.

Eyes on Animals is blij dat Odin zelf op onderzoek is uitgegaan en bewust heeft gekozen voor Thönes Naturverbund in plaats van een grootschalige slachterij waar dierenwelzijn ondergeschikt is aan snelheid.  

Bekijk hier onze film over Thönes Naturverbund >> 
Lees hier ons websitebericht over het bezoek aan Thönes Naturverbund >>

Lees hier het persbericht van Odin >>
Bekijk hier een film van DW News over de impact van slachtsnelheid >>

We did it !! Het Franse supermarktketen Carrefour stopt met de verkoop van hondenvlees

SUCCESS: Carrefour says dog meat is off their shelves – but we need YOU to hold them to it

15 June 2017

French supermarket chain Carrefour has removed dog meat products from two stores in China, but has failed to assure customers it won’t return.
On Tuesday, Animals Asia launched a petition beseeching French supermarket giant Carrefour to stop selling dog meat products in their China stores.

We first found dog meat in Carrefour stores back in 2012, and were promised they would be removed for good. But on a routine inspection in 2016 we discovered they were openly on display.
Our emails to the company’s headquarters in France went unanswered and a follow up check in May 2017 found nothing had changed – the company was still profiting from the dog meat industry.

After learning that Carrefour had not kept its word, tens of thousands of animal lovers around the world signed a petition and international media began asking questions. Within less than 24 hours, Carrefour responded by telling journalists the products were gone.

But how do we know they won’t come back?

As of now Carrefour has still not made a commitment to end dog meat sales forever – they still haven’t assured their customers that they will never again profit from the cruel dog meat industry.
Animals Asia’s Cat and Dog Welfare Director Irene Feng said:
“This is a huge win for the little people all over the world. Individually we were ignored by a multinational, billion-dollar brand, but together our effect was almost instant.
“And while it’s fantastic news that Carrefour has taken dog meat products off the shelves in these two stores, the company has 200 stores in China – we can’t check them all.
“Carrefour does not have a good track record when it comes to keeping its promises on dog meat. Their customers deserve a guarantee from Carrefour that it will adopt a 'no dog meat policy', and a commitment that it will never again support the cruel and corrupt dog meat industry.

“Since the latest findings of dog meat in their stores, we are yet to receive any correspondence from Carrefour. We were able to independently verify their claim that the dog meat products had been removed from the two stores in Xuzhou city, but we can’t be everywhere all the time.
“We’ll keep pushing for a guarantee from Carrefour that they have finally ended their relationship with the cruel and often illegal dog meat industry and it is very likely that to get this assurance, we will once again need the support of the global community.”
An estimated 10 million dogs are slaughtered annually in China for the meat industry. Yet despite these huge numbers, a long-running Animals Asia investigation could find no evidence of any large scale breeding facilities anywhere in the country.
The findings give weight to the widely held belief that most dogs which end up on the dinner plate are in fact stolen companion animals and strays snatched from the streets.
Animals Asia’s reports detailed evidence of illegality at every stage of the dog meat supply chain with many dogs poisoned and with no proof of origin or vaccination histories as required by law.

Working year round work to the end the dog meat industry

Animals Asia works every day of the year to end the dog meat industry in China through Ya Dong, a consulting agency wholly owned and advised by Animals Asia.
● Animals Asia - through Ya Dong - funds and supports local grassroots groups fighting the dog and cat meat trade on the ground in China

De Franse supermarktketen Carrefour verkoopt in China hondenvlees producten ( petitie)

Carrefour: STOP selling dog meat!

Bron:www.animalsasia.org

Animals Asia exposes French supermarket giant, Carrefour – which has over 10,000 stores across Europe – for selling dog meat products in China.

Animals Asia* first urged Carrefour to remove dog meat from its shelves in 2012. Yet despite Carrefour's promise to do so, the latest follow-up in May 2017, discovered two branches in the Chinese city of Xuzhou with dog meat products openly on sale, including 'turtle-juiced dog meat'.
In China, dogs and cats, many of them family pets, are snatched from the streets, forced into tiny cages, and transported long distances without food or water. When they arrive at China's notorious meat markets, they are then slaughtered in the most appalling ways.
We've given Carrefour every opportunity to stop selling dog meat, but instead they have continued to profit from this cruelty. No doubt this will come as a shock to their millions of customers in Europe and beyond.

Now we need you to let them know how you feel about the cruel dog and cat meat trade...

Sign the petition and urge Carrefour to stop selling dog meat...