A meter long queue of trucks full of overheated pigs, waiting for hours in the blazing sun; Vion confirms that these abuses took place last week at their slaughterhouse in Apeldoorn. The consequence of ‘poor communication’, according to Vion, which wants to prevent repetition. “In warm weather, better coordination is needed.”
The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) reported the abuses last week after animal welfare organization Eyes on Animals published images. According to the NVWA, this showed ‘a few pigs that showed symptoms of heat stress’: pigs that have a breathing rate higher than 50 breaths per minute at rest.
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