Tell SA Authorities to Shut Down Dublin Piggery

Hundreds of pigs burned alive at Dublin Piggery - Time to SHUT IT DOWN

At 2.05pm Monday 15th September, Farm Transparency Project got an email from a local resident of Dublin, South Australia. While driving along Long Plains Road, he had seen fire coming from Andgar Piggery and CFS vehicles parked in the driveway. Winding down his windows, he could smell burning pigs. We instantly jumped into action, alerting the media and organising for two investigators to go to the scene with a drone to document what they could.
Later, the owner of the piggery Garry Tiss confirmed to ABC News that Two eco sheds were on fire, each holding roughly 250 pigs who were trapped in the flames. We have since learnt that witnesses saw the fire at around 10.40am that morning, but CFS were not called until 11.32am.

This is the same piggery that is currently under investigation by the RSPCA after investigators from Farm Transparency Project documented extreme cruelty inside the sheds, including a pile of corpses with living pigs still trapped inside, cannibalism and pigs with necrotic wounds. In July, the RSPCA conducted two raids, issuing 21 animal welfare notices and euthanising 14 pigs. Andgar Proprietors owns three more piggeries across South Australia including Brownlow Piggery where, last month, investigators filmed a mass grave where pigs had been dumped alongside rubbish.

In 2020, 1300 pigs were killed in another fire at Andgar's flagship piggery, Finniss Park in Mannum.

How many more pigs have to suffer die before Dublin Piggery is shut down for good?

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RSPCA South Australia, Deputy Premier of South Australia

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Dear Minister Close and Ms Lewis,
I am writing to express my outrage and concern following the fire at Andgar Piggery in Dublin, where up to 500 pigs perished by being burnt alive. This follows footage published by Farm Transparency Project across July and August which shows pigs living in horrific, cruel conditions at Andgar's piggeries in Dublin, Mannum, Two Wells and Brownlow. I have viewed the footage and photos and seen pigs drowning in mud and waste, piles of dead, rotting pig bodies with living pigs stuck amongst them, pigs with infected, necrotic wounds, a trench filled with corpses and pigs cannibalising the rotting bodies of long since dead pigs. 
The footage is available to view <a href="https://www.farmtransparency.org/videos?id=nm2hk2dinv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here.</a>
These appalling conditions are not only in clear contravention of South Australia’s Animal Welfare Act and Animal Welfare Regulations, the evidence of pigs cannibalising decomposing bodies poses a serious risk to public health.
The RSPCA have been investigating Andgar for months now, however it is still allowed to continue operating. Now that they have seen the full extent of the neglect and mistreatment, I hope to see immediate action taken to remove the surviving pigs from this farm and press charges for the multiple counts of animal cruelty that have been documented. 
I am adding my voice to the many people calling on the government to take meaningful action to put a stop to this cruelty. Given the level of neglect and suffering I have witnessed in these videos alone, I fail to see how any action except the complete closure of the Dublin Piggery and prosecution for animal welfare offences could be considered appropriate. 
I hope to hear from you soon,

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