Shut down slaughterhouses: Facilities

1. Benalla Abattoir
Benalla VIC, exposed March 2023
One of three facilities exposed by Farm Transparency Project in early 2023, for using excruciating carbon dioxide gas chambers to suffocate pigs prior to slaughter. The slaughterhouse also kills calves from the dairy industry, and sheep.
One of three facilities exposed by Farm Transparency Project in early 2023, for using excruciating carbon dioxide gas chambers to suffocate pigs prior to slaughter. The slaughterhouse also kills calves from the dairy industry, and sheep.
One of three facilities exposed by Farm Transparency Project in early 2023, for using excruciating carbon dioxide gas chambers to suffocate pigs prior to slaughter. The slaughterhouse also kills calves from the dairy industry, and sheep.
One of three facilities exposed by Farm Transparency Project in early 2023, for using excruciating carbon dioxide gas chambers to suffocate pigs prior to slaughter. The slaughterhouse also kills calves from the dairy industry, and sheep.
2. Australian Food Group Abattoir
Laverton North VIC, exposed March 2023
One of three facilities exposed by Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in early 2023, for using excruciating carbon dioxide gas chambers to suffocate pigs prior to slaughter. An FTP investigator spent 9 hours hidden in a maintenance area above the chamber, to film the gassing of the pigs. The slaughterhouse was a supplier...
One of three facilities exposed by Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in early 2023, for using excruciating carbon dioxide gas chambers to suffocate pigs prior to slaughter. An FTP investigator spent 9 hours hidden in a maintenance area above the chamber, to film...
One of three facilities exposed by Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in early 2023, for using excruciating carbon dioxide gas chambers to suffocate pigs prior to slaughter. An FTP investigator spent 9 hours hidden in a maintenance area above the chamber, to film the gassing of the pigs. The slaughterhouse was a supplier for major supermarket Woolworths. In...
One of three facilities exposed by Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in early 2023, for using excruciating carbon dioxide gas chambers to suffocate pigs prior to slaughter. An FTP investigator spent 9 hours hidden in a maintenance area above the...
3. JBS Pork Australia (formerly Diamond Valley Pork)
Laverton North VIC, exposed March 2023
Formerly owned by Rivalea which was acquired by JBS in 2021. Branding changed to JBS in 2025. One of three facilities featured in our 2023 investigation into the gas stunning of pigs in Australian slaughterhouses. Diamond Valley Pork kills up to 1 million pigs per year, roughly 20% of the national total. Staff: 300...
Formerly owned by Rivalea which was acquired by JBS in 2021. Branding changed to JBS in 2025. One of three facilities featured in our 2023 investigation into the gas stunning of pigs in Australian slaughterhouses. Diamond Valley Pork kills up to 1 million...
Formerly owned by Rivalea which was acquired by JBS in 2021. Branding changed to JBS in 2025. One of three facilities featured in our 2023 investigation into the gas stunning of pigs in Australian slaughterhouses. Diamond Valley Pork kills up to 1 million pigs per year, roughly 20% of the national total. Staff: 300Pigs processed per hour: between 620...
Formerly owned by Rivalea which was acquired by JBS in 2021. Branding changed to JBS in 2025. One of three facilities featured in our 2023 investigation into the gas stunning of pigs in Australian slaughterhouses. Diamond Valley Pork kills...
4. BMK Food Slaughterhouse
Murray Bridge East SA, exposed July 2023
Uses a carbon dioxide gas chamber to suffocate hundreds of pigs per day. Investigated and exposed by Farm Transparency Project in mid 2023 - the first gas chamber footage captured in South Australia since Big River Pork in 2014. Pigs are forced into the gas chamber using a painful electric prodder. Often...
Uses a carbon dioxide gas chamber to suffocate hundreds of pigs per day. Investigated and exposed by Farm Transparency Project in mid 2023 - the first gas chamber footage captured in South Australia since Big River Pork in 2014. Pigs are forced...
Uses a carbon dioxide gas chamber to suffocate hundreds of pigs per day. Investigated and exposed by Farm Transparency Project in mid 2023 - the first gas chamber footage captured in South Australia since Big River Pork in 2014. Pigs are forced into the gas chamber using a painful electric prodder. Often the prodder is used on...
Uses a carbon dioxide gas chamber to suffocate hundreds of pigs per day. Investigated and exposed by Farm Transparency Project in mid 2023 - the first gas chamber footage captured in South Australia since Big River Pork in 2014....
5. Menzel's Meats
Kapunda SA, exposed August 2023
Menzel's Meats is a multi-species slaughterhouse in Kapunda, South Australia, which kills pigs, goats, sheep and cows/cattle. Unlike larger slaughterhouses, Menzel's does not use a gas chamber for pigs. Instead, for smaller pigs, sheep and goats, an electric stunner is used, while larger pigs and cows are shot with...
Menzel's Meats is a multi-species slaughterhouse in Kapunda, South Australia, which kills pigs, goats, sheep and cows/cattle. Unlike larger slaughterhouses, Menzel's does not use a gas chamber for pigs. Instead, for smaller pigs, sheep and goats, an electric stunner...
Menzel's Meats is a multi-species slaughterhouse in Kapunda, South Australia, which kills pigs, goats, sheep and cows/cattle. Unlike larger slaughterhouses, Menzel's does not use a gas chamber for pigs. Instead, for smaller pigs, sheep and goats, an electric stunner is used, while larger pigs and cows are shot with a rifle. Pigs are herded...
Menzel's Meats is a multi-species slaughterhouse in Kapunda, South Australia, which kills pigs, goats, sheep and cows/cattle. Unlike larger slaughterhouses, Menzel's does not use a gas chamber for pigs. Instead, for smaller pigs, sheep and goats,...
6. Snowtown Abattoir
Snowtown SA, exposed August 2023
Snowtown slaughterhouse, located in Snowtown, South Australia, kills goats, sheep and cows/cattle. The sixth slaughterhouse exposed as part of our Shut Down Slaughterhouses campaign. Crowded into a small room, goats and sheep are dragged one at a time onto the kill platform, where their throats are brutally cut open...
Snowtown slaughterhouse, located in Snowtown, South Australia, kills goats, sheep and cows/cattle. The sixth slaughterhouse exposed as part of our Shut Down Slaughterhouses campaign. Crowded into a small room, goats and sheep are dragged one at a time onto...
Snowtown slaughterhouse, located in Snowtown, South Australia, kills goats, sheep and cows/cattle. The sixth slaughterhouse exposed as part of our Shut Down Slaughterhouses campaign. Crowded into a small room, goats and sheep are dragged one at a time onto the kill platform, where their throats are brutally cut open without any attempt at stunning....
Snowtown slaughterhouse, located in Snowtown, South Australia, kills goats, sheep and cows/cattle. The sixth slaughterhouse exposed as part of our Shut Down Slaughterhouses campaign. Crowded into a small room, goats and sheep are dragged one at...
7. Corowa Slaughterhouse
Redlands NSW, exposed October 2023
In February 2014 a small group of investigators entered Corowa slaughterhouse in NSW, which was at that point in time, the largest pig slaughterhouse in the southern hemisphere. At this stage, no one had ever filmed inside of a pig gas chamber before, with only rumours and whispers standing against the...
In February 2014 a small group of investigators entered Corowa slaughterhouse in NSW, which was at that point in time, the largest pig slaughterhouse in the southern hemisphere. At this stage, no one had ever filmed inside of a pig gas...
In February 2014 a small group of investigators entered Corowa slaughterhouse in NSW, which was at that point in time, the largest pig slaughterhouse in the southern hemisphere. At this stage, no one had ever filmed inside of a pig gas chamber before, with only rumours and whispers standing against the industry's promises of peaceful, humane...
In February 2014 a small group of investigators entered Corowa slaughterhouse in NSW, which was at that point in time, the largest pig slaughterhouse in the southern hemisphere. At this stage, no one had ever filmed inside of...
8. Tasmanian Quality Meats Abattoir
Cressy TAS, exposed December 2023
On the outskirts of the town of Cressy, 30 minutes from Launceston, a series of corrugated iron buildings sits alongside a fast-flowing creek. This is Tasmanian Quality Meats, a multi-species slaughterhouse which specialises in the killing of tiny, days old bobby calves who have been discarded as waste from any of...
On the outskirts of the town of Cressy, 30 minutes from Launceston, a series of corrugated iron buildings sits alongside a fast-flowing creek. This is Tasmanian Quality Meats, a multi-species slaughterhouse which specialises in the killing of tiny, days old bobby...
On the outskirts of the town of Cressy, 30 minutes from Launceston, a series of corrugated iron buildings sits alongside a fast-flowing creek. This is Tasmanian Quality Meats, a multi-species slaughterhouse which specialises in the killing of tiny, days old bobby calves who have been discarded as waste from any of the 412 dairy farms in Tasmania. ...
On the outskirts of the town of Cressy, 30 minutes from Launceston, a series of corrugated iron buildings sits alongside a fast-flowing creek. This is Tasmanian Quality Meats, a multi-species slaughterhouse which specialises in the killing of tiny,...
9. The Local Meat Co
Claude Road TAS, exposed January 2024
Owned by 2024 Tasmanian of the Year, Stephanie Trethewey, and her husband Sam. Hidden camera footage shows ‘sustainable beef’ cows shot with a rifle up to eight times before losing consciousness and forced into the kill room using a hammer and a metal pipe. Investigators also captured footage of workers jabbing...
Owned by 2024 Tasmanian of the Year, Stephanie Trethewey, and her husband Sam. Hidden camera footage shows ‘sustainable beef’ cows shot with a rifle up to eight times before losing consciousness and forced into the kill room using a hammer and...
Owned by 2024 Tasmanian of the Year, Stephanie Trethewey, and her husband Sam. Hidden camera footage shows ‘sustainable beef’ cows shot with a rifle up to eight times before losing consciousness and forced into the kill room using a hammer and a metal pipe. Investigators also captured footage of workers jabbing sheep and cows with painful...
Owned by 2024 Tasmanian of the Year, Stephanie Trethewey, and her husband Sam. Hidden camera footage shows ‘sustainable beef’ cows shot with a rifle up to eight times before losing consciousness and forced into the kill room using...
10. Scottsdale Pork
Springfield TAS, exposed January 2024
New footage has been released showing the slaughter of pigs at Scottsdale Pork slaughterhouse, owned by members of the controversial religious group, the 'Exclusive' Brethren. The footage shows pigs being hit across the face and body, kicked and crushed with heavy metal doors by workers, as well as apparently conscious...
New footage has been released showing the slaughter of pigs at Scottsdale Pork slaughterhouse, owned by members of the controversial religious group, the 'Exclusive' Brethren. The footage shows pigs being hit across the face and body, kicked and crushed with...
New footage has been released showing the slaughter of pigs at Scottsdale Pork slaughterhouse, owned by members of the controversial religious group, the 'Exclusive' Brethren. The footage shows pigs being hit across the face and body, kicked and crushed with heavy metal doors by workers, as well as apparently conscious pigs being tipped into a...
New footage has been released showing the slaughter of pigs at Scottsdale Pork slaughterhouse, owned by members of the controversial religious group, the 'Exclusive' Brethren. The footage shows pigs being hit across the face and body, kicked...
11. Wal's Bulk Meats
Stowport TAS, exposed January 2024
Hidden camera footage captured in August-September 2023 reveals extreme animal suffering as well as broken or ineffective machinery and injuries to workers.  The footage shows the slaughter of pigs, cows, sheep and deer, who are stunned using a rifle or an electric stunner, which is revealed to be frequently broken and...
Hidden camera footage captured in August-September 2023 reveals extreme animal suffering as well as broken or ineffective machinery and injuries to workers.  The footage shows the slaughter of pigs, cows, sheep and deer, who are stunned using a rifle or an...
Hidden camera footage captured in August-September 2023 reveals extreme animal suffering as well as broken or ineffective machinery and injuries to workers.  The footage shows the slaughter of pigs, cows, sheep and deer, who are stunned using a rifle or an electric stunner, which is revealed to be frequently broken and amateurly repaired by workers. Cows...
Hidden camera footage captured in August-September 2023 reveals extreme animal suffering as well as broken or ineffective machinery and injuries to workers.  The footage shows the slaughter of pigs, cows, sheep and deer, who are stunned using a...
12. Gretna Meatworks
Rosegarland TAS, exposed January 2024
New footage captured in August-September 2023 by Farm Transparency Project shows that, in the seven years since first being exposed for horrific animal cruelty, nothing has changed. ------ Formerly known as Gretna Quality Meats. Exposed by Animal Liberation NSW in October 2016. Hidden cameras captured workers hitting and inadequately stunning animals, shooting...
New footage captured in August-September 2023 by Farm Transparency Project shows that, in the seven years since first being exposed for horrific animal cruelty, nothing has changed. ------ Formerly known as Gretna Quality Meats. Exposed by Animal Liberation NSW in October 2016....
New footage captured in August-September 2023 by Farm Transparency Project shows that, in the seven years since first being exposed for horrific animal cruelty, nothing has changed. ------ Formerly known as Gretna Quality Meats. Exposed by Animal Liberation NSW in October 2016. Hidden cameras captured workers hitting and inadequately stunning animals, shooting them with a rifle, and...
New footage captured in August-September 2023 by Farm Transparency Project shows that, in the seven years since first being exposed for horrific animal cruelty, nothing has changed. ------ Formerly known as Gretna Quality Meats. Exposed by Animal Liberation...
13. Gathercole's Wangaratta Abattoir
Wangaratta VIC, exposed March 2024
10 years ago, this slaughterhouse was one of the first investigated by the recently launched organisation, Aussie Farms (now Farm Transparency Project). At the time, investigators filmed pigs, cows, sheep and calves being beaten and violently slaughtered across two, blood-soaked kill rooms. A decade later, we returned and spent two months...
10 years ago, this slaughterhouse was one of the first investigated by the recently launched organisation, Aussie Farms (now Farm Transparency Project). At the time, investigators filmed pigs, cows, sheep and calves being beaten and violently slaughtered across two, blood-soaked kill...
10 years ago, this slaughterhouse was one of the first investigated by the recently launched organisation, Aussie Farms (now Farm Transparency Project). At the time, investigators filmed pigs, cows, sheep and calves being beaten and violently slaughtered across two, blood-soaked kill rooms. A decade later, we returned and spent two months installing cameras inside the multi-species...
10 years ago, this slaughterhouse was one of the first investigated by the recently launched organisation, Aussie Farms (now Farm Transparency Project). At the time, investigators filmed pigs, cows, sheep and calves being beaten and violently slaughtered across...
14. Summerland Poultry
North Kellyville NSW, exposed March 2024
The cruel slaughter of farmed rabbits at Summerland Poultry Slaughterhouse was exposed by Farm Transparency Project in 2024, following a hidden camera investigation.
The cruel slaughter of farmed rabbits at Summerland Poultry Slaughterhouse was exposed by Farm Transparency Project in 2024, following a hidden camera investigation.
The cruel slaughter of farmed rabbits at Summerland Poultry Slaughterhouse was exposed by Farm Transparency Project in 2024, following a hidden camera investigation.
The cruel slaughter of farmed rabbits at Summerland Poultry Slaughterhouse was exposed by Farm Transparency Project in 2024, following a hidden camera investigation.
15. Gippsland Meats
Bairnsdale VIC, exposed March 2024
A small slaughterhouse that kills rabbits, sheep and goats, and 'processes' hunted wildlife including kangaroos. Rabbit slaughter exposed in 2024 following a hidden camera investigation by Farm Transparency Project.
A small slaughterhouse that kills rabbits, sheep and goats, and 'processes' hunted wildlife including kangaroos. Rabbit slaughter exposed in 2024 following a hidden camera investigation by Farm Transparency Project.
A small slaughterhouse that kills rabbits, sheep and goats, and 'processes' hunted wildlife including kangaroos. Rabbit slaughter exposed in 2024 following a hidden camera investigation by Farm Transparency Project.
A small slaughterhouse that kills rabbits, sheep and goats, and 'processes' hunted wildlife including kangaroos. Rabbit slaughter exposed in 2024 following a hidden camera investigation by Farm Transparency Project.
16. Ralphs Meat Co
Seymour VIC, exposed April 2024
Ralphs Meat Co is an export abattoir for cattle, located just outside of Seymour in northern Victoria.  Hidden camera footage captured by investigators from Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in February 2024 shows ineffective stunning of injured and emaciated cows.  The daily slaughter of up to 500 cows, steers and bulls is documented,...
Ralphs Meat Co is an export abattoir for cattle, located just outside of Seymour in northern Victoria.  Hidden camera footage captured by investigators from Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in February 2024 shows ineffective stunning of injured and emaciated cows.  The daily...
Ralphs Meat Co is an export abattoir for cattle, located just outside of Seymour in northern Victoria.  Hidden camera footage captured by investigators from Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in February 2024 shows ineffective stunning of injured and emaciated cows.  The daily slaughter of up to 500 cows, steers and bulls is documented, with many of those killed...
Ralphs Meat Co is an export abattoir for cattle, located just outside of Seymour in northern Victoria.  Hidden camera footage captured by investigators from Farm Transparency Project (FTP) in February 2024 shows ineffective stunning of injured and emaciated...
17. Game Meats Company Slaughterhouse
Eurobin VIC, exposed May 2024
UPDATE: The footage of animal cruelty captured at the Game Meats Company abattoir in Eurobin, Victoria, has been temporarily removed to comply with an order by the Federal Court of Australia. The slaughterhouse has been granted a temporary injunction by the court to block the publication of the damning footage.
UPDATE: The footage of animal cruelty captured at the Game Meats Company abattoir in Eurobin, Victoria, has been temporarily removed to comply with an order by the Federal Court of Australia. The slaughterhouse has been granted a temporary injunction by...
UPDATE: The footage of animal cruelty captured at the Game Meats Company abattoir in Eurobin, Victoria, has been temporarily removed to comply with an order by the Federal Court of Australia. The slaughterhouse has been granted a temporary injunction by the court to block the publication of the damning footage.
UPDATE: The footage of animal cruelty captured at the Game Meats Company abattoir in Eurobin, Victoria, has been temporarily removed to comply with an order by the Federal Court of Australia. The slaughterhouse has been granted a...
18. MD Foods Australia
Echuca VIC, exposed August 2024
On the banks of the Murray River, MD Foods slaughters thousands of sheep and goats every week in a purpose built killing factory. Previously known as Riverside Meats, the slaughterhouse was exposed twice by Animals Australia in 2013 and 2016, with footage showing abuse, poor stunning and suffering of sheep, cows, goats...
On the banks of the Murray River, MD Foods slaughters thousands of sheep and goats every week in a purpose built killing factory. Previously known as Riverside Meats, the slaughterhouse was exposed twice by Animals Australia in 2013 and 2016, with footage...
On the banks of the Murray River, MD Foods slaughters thousands of sheep and goats every week in a purpose built killing factory. Previously known as Riverside Meats, the slaughterhouse was exposed twice by Animals Australia in 2013 and 2016, with footage showing abuse, poor stunning and suffering of sheep, cows, goats and bobby calves. These investigations...
On the banks of the Murray River, MD Foods slaughters thousands of sheep and goats every week in a purpose built killing factory. Previously known as Riverside Meats, the slaughterhouse was exposed twice by Animals Australia in 2013...
19. Cedar Meats
Brooklyn VIC, exposed September 2024
In June 2024, investigators from Farm Transparency Project installed hidden cameras at Cedar Meats, capturing the handling and slaughter of thousands of animals, including newborn lambs and kids born in the holding pens of the slaughterhouse. The footage shows workers writing and drawing on the bodies of sheep and goats with...
In June 2024, investigators from Farm Transparency Project installed hidden cameras at Cedar Meats, capturing the handling and slaughter of thousands of animals, including newborn lambs and kids born in the holding pens of the slaughterhouse. The footage shows workers writing...
In June 2024, investigators from Farm Transparency Project installed hidden cameras at Cedar Meats, capturing the handling and slaughter of thousands of animals, including newborn lambs and kids born in the holding pens of the slaughterhouse. The footage shows workers writing and drawing on the bodies of sheep and goats with blood, animals appearing to have...
In June 2024, investigators from Farm Transparency Project installed hidden cameras at Cedar Meats, capturing the handling and slaughter of thousands of animals, including newborn lambs and kids born in the holding pens of the slaughterhouse. The footage...
20. Crows Nest Meatworks
Crows Nest QLD, exposed March 2025
Established in 2002 as the first export approved, multi-species slaughterhouse in QLD, Crows Nest Meatworks originally operated as a ‘game meat’ abattoir, killing deer, ostriches, goats and emus. In 2012, the company changed hands and was reopened after a long closure, this time to kill sheep, goats, pigs and cows. Now, Crows...
Established in 2002 as the first export approved, multi-species slaughterhouse in QLD, Crows Nest Meatworks originally operated as a ‘game meat’ abattoir, killing deer, ostriches, goats and emus. In 2012, the company changed hands and was reopened after a long closure, this...
Established in 2002 as the first export approved, multi-species slaughterhouse in QLD, Crows Nest Meatworks originally operated as a ‘game meat’ abattoir, killing deer, ostriches, goats and emus. In 2012, the company changed hands and was reopened after a long closure, this time to kill sheep, goats, pigs and cows. Now, Crows Nest kills dozens of animals...
Established in 2002 as the first export approved, multi-species slaughterhouse in QLD, Crows Nest Meatworks originally operated as a ‘game meat’ abattoir, killing deer, ostriches, goats and emus. In 2012, the company changed hands and was reopened after a...
21. Steve's Country Kills
Chinchilla QLD, exposed March 2025
Steve’s Country Kills is a 'local', ‘private kill’ abattoir, which slaughters cows, sheep, goats and pigs. In 2023, the owner and operator of the slaughterhouse, Steve Long,  was awarded as the Queensland Country Meat Processor Association ‘Processor of the Year’ by the Australian Meat Industry Council. Steve’s slaughters and...
Steve’s Country Kills is a 'local', ‘private kill’ abattoir, which slaughters cows, sheep, goats and pigs. In 2023, the owner and operator of the slaughterhouse, Steve Long,  was awarded as the Queensland Country Meat Processor Association ‘Processor of the Year’...
Steve’s Country Kills is a 'local', ‘private kill’ abattoir, which slaughters cows, sheep, goats and pigs. In 2023, the owner and operator of the slaughterhouse, Steve Long,  was awarded as the Queensland Country Meat Processor Association ‘Processor of the Year’ by the Australian Meat Industry Council. Steve’s slaughters and butchers animals for local businesses,...
Steve’s Country Kills is a 'local', ‘private kill’ abattoir, which slaughters cows, sheep, goats and pigs. In 2023, the owner and operator of the slaughterhouse, Steve Long,  was awarded as the Queensland Country Meat Processor Association ‘Processor...
22. Millmerran Meats
Millmerran QLD, exposed March 2025
In operation since 1975, Millmerran Meats is a multi-species slaughterhouse owned by Rob Ashton, who also owns and operates award winning butcher shop, Ashton’s Meats. In 2024, FTP's investigators visited Millmerran Meats and installed hidden cameras to document and observe what happens at this facility when they don’t think anyone...
In operation since 1975, Millmerran Meats is a multi-species slaughterhouse owned by Rob Ashton, who also owns and operates award winning butcher shop, Ashton’s Meats. In 2024, FTP's investigators visited Millmerran Meats and installed hidden cameras to document and observe what...
In operation since 1975, Millmerran Meats is a multi-species slaughterhouse owned by Rob Ashton, who also owns and operates award winning butcher shop, Ashton’s Meats. In 2024, FTP's investigators visited Millmerran Meats and installed hidden cameras to document and observe what happens at this facility when they don’t think anyone is watching.  Described as a “...
In operation since 1975, Millmerran Meats is a multi-species slaughterhouse owned by Rob Ashton, who also owns and operates award winning butcher shop, Ashton’s Meats. In 2024, FTP's investigators visited Millmerran Meats and installed hidden cameras to document...
23. Maclagan Meats
Maclagan QLD, exposed March 2025
Located just outside the small town from which it takes its name, Maclagan Meats is a roadside slaughterhouse and butcher shop, killing goats, sheep, pigs and cows to order for local farms.  With an onsite butcher shop and in house curing and smoking equipment, the slaughterhouse prides itself on high...
Located just outside the small town from which it takes its name, Maclagan Meats is a roadside slaughterhouse and butcher shop, killing goats, sheep, pigs and cows to order for local farms.  With an onsite butcher shop and in house...
Located just outside the small town from which it takes its name, Maclagan Meats is a roadside slaughterhouse and butcher shop, killing goats, sheep, pigs and cows to order for local farms.  With an onsite butcher shop and in house curing and smoking equipment, the slaughterhouse prides itself on high quality, local service. Yet, what...
Located just outside the small town from which it takes its name, Maclagan Meats is a roadside slaughterhouse and butcher shop, killing goats, sheep, pigs and cows to order for local farms.  With an onsite butcher shop...
24. Carey Bros Abattoir
Yangan QLD, exposed March 2025
Established in 1944, Carey Bros is a family run slaughterhouse and butcher shop operating in the small town of Yangan, in the Southern Downs region of QLD. Each week, dozens of cows and pigs and hundreds of sheep are killed at the slaughterhouse, which in 2020 was awarded a state government Rural...
Established in 1944, Carey Bros is a family run slaughterhouse and butcher shop operating in the small town of Yangan, in the Southern Downs region of QLD. Each week, dozens of cows and pigs and hundreds of sheep are killed at...
Established in 1944, Carey Bros is a family run slaughterhouse and butcher shop operating in the small town of Yangan, in the Southern Downs region of QLD. Each week, dozens of cows and pigs and hundreds of sheep are killed at the slaughterhouse, which in 2020 was awarded a state government Rural Economic Development (RED) grant to...
Established in 1944, Carey Bros is a family run slaughterhouse and butcher shop operating in the small town of Yangan, in the Southern Downs region of QLD. Each week, dozens of cows and pigs and hundreds of sheep...
25. Brisbane Valley Meats
Esk QLD, exposed March 2025
Operating as both a slaughterhouse and a butcher shop, Brisbane Valley Meats kills cows, sheep, goats, pigs, buffalo and camels for direct supply to the public.  In 2024, FTP's team investigated Brisbane Valley Meats, installing hidden cameras to document the reality of what happens behind closed doors at this slaughterhouse. Our...
Operating as both a slaughterhouse and a butcher shop, Brisbane Valley Meats kills cows, sheep, goats, pigs, buffalo and camels for direct supply to the public.  In 2024, FTP's team investigated Brisbane Valley Meats, installing hidden cameras to document the reality...
Operating as both a slaughterhouse and a butcher shop, Brisbane Valley Meats kills cows, sheep, goats, pigs, buffalo and camels for direct supply to the public.  In 2024, FTP's team investigated Brisbane Valley Meats, installing hidden cameras to document the reality of what happens behind closed doors at this slaughterhouse. Our footage showed shocking violence, brutality...
Operating as both a slaughterhouse and a butcher shop, Brisbane Valley Meats kills cows, sheep, goats, pigs, buffalo and camels for direct supply to the public.  In 2024, FTP's team investigated Brisbane Valley Meats, installing hidden cameras to...
26. Greenmountain Food Processing
Coominya QLD, exposed March 2025
In the town of Coominya, one of QLD’s largest ‘beef’ and ‘veal’ slaughterhouses, Greenmountain, rises from a sprawling sea of feedlot style holding pens. Each pen is filled with wary cows, some of which nurse calves as they stand in the shadow of the abattoir. At night, dingoes can...
In the town of Coominya, one of QLD’s largest ‘beef’ and ‘veal’ slaughterhouses, Greenmountain, rises from a sprawling sea of feedlot style holding pens. Each pen is filled with wary cows, some of which nurse calves as they stand...
In the town of Coominya, one of QLD’s largest ‘beef’ and ‘veal’ slaughterhouses, Greenmountain, rises from a sprawling sea of feedlot style holding pens. Each pen is filled with wary cows, some of which nurse calves as they stand in the shadow of the abattoir. At night, dingoes can be found prowling the pens,...
In the town of Coominya, one of QLD’s largest ‘beef’ and ‘veal’ slaughterhouses, Greenmountain, rises from a sprawling sea of feedlot style holding pens. Each pen is filled with wary cows, some of which nurse calves...
27. Tinder Creek Duck Abattoir
Tennyson NSW, exposed April 2025
Footage captured at Tinder Creek Duck slaughterhouse in Tennyson, NSW in late 2024 shows chickens and ducks having their throats slit while fully conscious. Workers were captured deliberately placing ducks on the shackle line after the electrified stun bath, which is used to paralyse birds before their throats are slit. Ducks...
Footage captured at Tinder Creek Duck slaughterhouse in Tennyson, NSW in late 2024 shows chickens and ducks having their throats slit while fully conscious. Workers were captured deliberately placing ducks on the shackle line after the electrified stun bath, which is...
Footage captured at Tinder Creek Duck slaughterhouse in Tennyson, NSW in late 2024 shows chickens and ducks having their throats slit while fully conscious. Workers were captured deliberately placing ducks on the shackle line after the electrified stun bath, which is used to paralyse birds before their throats are slit. Ducks are seen flapping their wings...
Footage captured at Tinder Creek Duck slaughterhouse in Tennyson, NSW in late 2024 shows chickens and ducks having their throats slit while fully conscious. Workers were captured deliberately placing ducks on the shackle line after the electrified stun...
28. E.T Chicken Processing
Llandilo NSW, exposed April 2025
At E.T Chicken Processing hundreds of chickens are killed each week in a run-down slaughterhouse surrounded by disused chicken sheds. In November 2024, a team of investigators installed hidden cameras to document this slaughter.The slaughterhouse kills both 5-7 week old ‘broiler’ chickens, bred for meat, and 18 month old layer...
At E.T Chicken Processing hundreds of chickens are killed each week in a run-down slaughterhouse surrounded by disused chicken sheds. In November 2024, a team of investigators installed hidden cameras to document this slaughter.The slaughterhouse kills both 5-7 week...
At E.T Chicken Processing hundreds of chickens are killed each week in a run-down slaughterhouse surrounded by disused chicken sheds. In November 2024, a team of investigators installed hidden cameras to document this slaughter.The slaughterhouse kills both 5-7 week old ‘broiler’ chickens, bred for meat, and 18 month old layer hens, whose egg production has...
At E.T Chicken Processing hundreds of chickens are killed each week in a run-down slaughterhouse surrounded by disused chicken sheds. In November 2024, a team of investigators installed hidden cameras to document this slaughter.The slaughterhouse kills...
29. Edenhope Abattoir
Edenhope VIC, exposed May 2025
Previously known as Edenhope Meats, the slaughterhouse has been owned by David John Meek and Christine Ann Meek since 2011. The couple live in Penola, South Australia, where they have a butcher shop, DJ & CA Meek Butchers, which has been operating for 40 years. Over two weeks in October 2024, investigators installed...
Previously known as Edenhope Meats, the slaughterhouse has been owned by David John Meek and Christine Ann Meek since 2011. The couple live in Penola, South Australia, where they have a butcher shop, DJ & CA Meek Butchers, which has been...
Previously known as Edenhope Meats, the slaughterhouse has been owned by David John Meek and Christine Ann Meek since 2011. The couple live in Penola, South Australia, where they have a butcher shop, DJ & CA Meek Butchers, which has been operating for 40 years. Over two weeks in October 2024, investigators installed hidden cameras inside the slaughterhouse,...
Previously known as Edenhope Meats, the slaughterhouse has been owned by David John Meek and Christine Ann Meek since 2011. The couple live in Penola, South Australia, where they have a butcher shop, DJ & CA Meek Butchers,...
30. Cowra Meat Processors
Cowra NSW, exposed May 2025
The 30th slaughterhouse to be investigated and exposed as part of Farm Transparency Project's "Shut Down Slaughterhouses" campaign.  Cowra Meat Processors is a large multi-species slaughterhouse in central west NSW with three separate kill rooms, slaughtering pigs, cows, sheep and goats.  As with all major pig slaughterhouses in Australia, pigs...
The 30th slaughterhouse to be investigated and exposed as part of Farm Transparency Project's "Shut Down Slaughterhouses" campaign.  Cowra Meat Processors is a large multi-species slaughterhouse in central west NSW with three separate kill rooms, slaughtering pigs, cows, sheep and...
The 30th slaughterhouse to be investigated and exposed as part of Farm Transparency Project's "Shut Down Slaughterhouses" campaign.  Cowra Meat Processors is a large multi-species slaughterhouse in central west NSW with three separate kill rooms, slaughtering pigs, cows, sheep and goats.  As with all major pig slaughterhouses in Australia, pigs at Cowra are killed in...
The 30th slaughterhouse to be investigated and exposed as part of Farm Transparency Project's "Shut Down Slaughterhouses" campaign.  Cowra Meat Processors is a large multi-species slaughterhouse in central west NSW with three separate kill rooms, slaughtering pigs,...