Online Week of Action: South Australian slaughterhouses
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On the 10th July, we submitted formal complaints to the South Australian government about all three of the slaughterhouses we have exposed over the past month. As part of their investigation, we have supplied hundreds of hours of footage and given evidence to the Department for Environment and Water. Yet, despite clear evidence of illegal activity and violations of state and federal animal welfare regulations, the slaughterhouses remain open and operational.
These places should have been shut down as soon as they were reported. We encourage all our supporters to call the Department this week and ask why illegal slaughter is being allowed to happen in South Australia, and whether they will support a federal parliamentary inquiry into the lack of legal protection for farmed animals.
Contact the Department: (08) 8204 1910
Contact the Minister, Susan Close: (08) 8226 8520
We will keep exposing these places, one-by-one, until there is nowhere left for the industry to hide, and until every one of their brutal secrets is revealed
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Take action to call for a Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into the lack of legal protection for farmed animals.
What we want
Legal protection for farmed animals
Most of what is done to farmed animals in farms and slaughterhouses is only legal because of exemptions to our animal welfare laws which mean that what would be illegal if it was done to a dog or a cat, is legal when done to a pig or a cow. We are calling for legal protection for farmed animals which recognises their sentience and ability to feel and suffer, starting with a federal inquiry into animal slaughter methods and the lack of legal protection for farmed animals
A just transition to slaughter-free food production
The technology which would allow us to transition away from commercialised animal slaughter already exists. Through a combination of plant-based food innovation and the emerging cell-based meat industry, we are more than capable of feeding our country without current levels of suffering and violence. Our government needs to move away from meat, dairy and eggs towards slaughter free food production. This includes:
- Investing in slaughter-free food production including plant-based and cell-based protein development.
- Redirection of the millions of dollars in public funding currently funnelled into meat, dairy and eggs away from slaughter-based food production and into alternatives
- Supporting vulnerable workers to escape the slaughter industry. Developing a just transition for workers in these violent industries, linked to high levels of mental illness and brutality, into alternative roles.
Tell the Federal Minister for Agriculture to support legal protection for farmed animals
Thank you for taking action!
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