JULY 2025:
The footage shows pigs living alongside the decomposing bodies of dozens of dead pigs, with some becoming stuck in a giant pile of corpses.
Other footage from the same piggery shows pigs in 'eco sheds' on the property, which are sheds with two or three walls, with at least one side open to the elements. The pigs in these sheds are seen wading through mud and waste, which is often so deep that they are forced to swim. Some pigs had drowned in these sheds, likely after becoming stuck.
Pigs were filmed with massive, necrotic wounds where infection had eaten through skin down to the bone. One pig had a hole in their back that was roughly 10cm in diameter and packed with straw, mud and faeces. Piglets were also found living amongst the dead and rotting bodies of their littermates.
These visits took place over a month after this farm had been reported to the RSPCA by a member of the public, who was so horrified by the conditions that they knew they had to act.
Two days after RSPCA investigators attended Dublin piggery following a complaint made by Farm Transparency Project, civilian investigators returned to check conditions. Despite a statement from the RSPCA saying that 'immediate welfare concerns had been addressed' pigs were still found in awful conditions.
One small piglet was discovered with an ear so swollen and misshapen that it dragged their whole head to the side. The investigators were only able to visit a small number of sheds that night but they still found pigs living in filth and with serious injuries.
We can't trust the authorities to shut this place down, it's up to us.
AUGUST 2025:
Just under two months after investigators first stepped inside foot inside the nightmare that is Andgar piggery in Dublin South Australia, they went back. But, they didn't stop at Dublin...
As well as the piggery in Dublin, Andgar proprietors and its operators, the Goss and Tiss families, own three more piggeries in South Australia. Across these four sites, they cover the entire cycle of exploitation of a pig bred for meat, from farrowing to 6-month-old 'finisher' pigs, destined for the slaughterhouse.
In August, investigators visited each of these piggeries to document conditions and ensure Andgar could no longer continue to hide its operations behind closed doors.
Over August, we released one Andgar piggery each week, finishing with their flagship pig farm, Finniss Park, which was previously featured in the documentary Lucent.
SEPTEMBER 2025:
Fire kills hundreds at Dublin piggery.
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. Hundreds of pigs were burnt alive, dying in agony while trapped inside the sheds.
