The news struck like a bomb: the municipality of Ermelo wants to withdraw the permit of duck slaughterhouse Tomassen Duck-to-to-to-go because of ‘serious danger’ on criminal activities. The company, which has been under fire from local residents and animal activists for years, is in shock. For the first time, director Jeroen IJzerman (41) tells his story extensively. “This feels enormously unfair. It hurts.”

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