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When we arrive at the Syntex farm at 21:30, it is already pitch-black. There are a lot of lights on, but all is quiet. The lairage area, where the blood is taken from the mares, is empty. There are approx. 14 individual stalls made of wood and alleys leading up to them. In the covered passageway between the stalls and the office/laboratory…

At 7:15 we arrive at the horse slaughter plant in Entre Rios that we already visited last week. It is still dark. There are several groups of horses in the lairage area. Conditions are very crowded and it is therefore not surprising that the horses are observed biting each other. A worker starts moving a group of horses to the slaughter area. He…

On Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th of April, Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation organized, together with Redrock and Austrade (Australian Trade Commission) the second animal welfare seminar for slaughter animals in Turkey. The conference and training on "Improving Animal Welfare and Meat Quality in Turkey" was held at Ankara…

On Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th of April, Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation organized, together with Redrock and Austrade (Australian Trade Commission) the second animal welfare seminar for slaughter animals in Turkey. The conference and training on "Improving Animal Welfare and Meat Quality in Turkey" was held at Ankara…

On Monday the 13th and Tuesday the 14th of April, Eyes on Animals and Animal Welfare Foundation organized, together with Redrock and Austrade (Australian Trade Commission) the second animal welfare seminar for slaughter animals in Turkey. The conference and training on "Improving Animal Welfare and Meat Quality in Turkey" was held at Ankara…

On our way to Tucuman, we pass a truck loaded with horses. The open-roof vehicle is a typical Argentinean livestock transporter and does not offer the animals any protection from sun and rain. In Argentina, the same trucks are used for cattle and horses. They are completely inappropriate to transport horses as the trap-doors, when they are opened,…

In the morning, we meet with a slaughter horse dealer in a small town near Salta in the north of Argentina. He is the main dealer in this area and has two horse collecting stations. He tells us that he sends only about three trucks per month to slaughter at this time of the year, as they have not yet started bringing the horses down from the…

Today we meet with a slaughter horse dealer in a small town near Santiago del Estero. He says that he has 30 horses at his collecting station at the moment and will have a truck full in a few days. In conversation he mentions a person he works with from La Banda, who organizes the transport, paperwork and does all the dealings with the…

We return to the slaughterhouse Lamar at 3:00 at night. More pens are now also filled with horses that have been delivered in the meantime. The pens look overcrowded and the horses do not have enough space. Animals often show aggressive behaviour in crowded conditions. Most of the horses are calm and resting, but we note a black horse that…