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                                                                          Shut down slaughterhouses: News

                                                                          • Hidden cameras capture harrowing footage of alleged animal cruelty at Snowtown Abattoir

                                                                            Friday 25 Aug 2023 by Dasha Havrilenko (The Advertiser)

                                                                            Hidden cameras have captured what an animal activist group claims to be the unethical slaughter of cows, goats and sheep at a regional SA slaughterhouse. Warning: Graphic.

                                                                          • Animal activists publish footage filmed inside the Corowa piggery

                                                                            Wednesday 25 Oct 2023 by Blair Thomson (The Land)

                                                                            Police are not investigating incident as no complaint made.

                                                                          • Tasmanian Quality Meats abattoir facing suspension after activists film slaughter practices

                                                                            Saturday 9 Dec 2023 by Eliza Kloser (ABC News)

                                                                            The federal government issues a Tasmanian abattoir with a draft notice to suspend its export licence for a year after confronting footage obtained by animal rights activists raises questions about slaughter practices. WARNING: This story contains depictions of animals in distress.

                                                                          • Alleged animal cruelty could prompt abattoir suspension

                                                                            Saturday 9 Dec 2023 by Ethan James (Augusta-Margaret River Mail)

                                                                            A major Tasmanian abattoir could have its export licence suspended after being accused of animal cruelty and killing...

                                                                          • Tasmanian minister puts abattoir industry on notice after 'distressing' video released by activists

                                                                            Sunday 10 Dec 2023 by Ashleigh Barraclough (ABC News)

                                                                            Tasmania's primary industries minister says "nothing is off the table" as the government acts to ensure what she has called distressing images of animal cruelty in a leaked animal rights video does not happen again.

                                                                          • Activist Group Exposes Animal Cruelty in Tasmanian Slaughterhouse

                                                                            Thursday 11 Jan 2024 by Benjamin Seeder (The Advocate)

                                                                            Secret footage reveals conscious pigs being mistreated and killed in Scottsdale Pork, demanding closure of the facility.

                                                                          • Footage of alleged animal cruelty at Scottsdale Pork-owned Ten Mile Enterprises Meat Facility released

                                                                            Thursday 11 Jan 2024 by Simon McGuire (The Mercury)

                                                                            ‘Confronting to watch the systemic cruelty,’ Greens say. Footage from a Tasmanian abattoir emerges showing alleged animal cruelty including conscious pigs ‘lowered into a scalding tank’.

                                                                          • Calls for closure: Activists allege more animal cruelty at Scottsdale Pork meat facility

                                                                            Thursday 11 Jan 2024 by Pulse Hobart (Pulse Hobart)

                                                                            Additional footage showing what activists allege to be instances of animal cruelty at yet another Tasmanian abattoir has been released. The Farm Transparency Project (FTP) released the footage on Thursday they say was captured at the Ten Mile Enterprises Meat Facility in Springfield, owned by Scottsdale Pork.

                                                                          • Animal activists continue campaign demanding animal welfare reform

                                                                            Tuesday 16 Jan 2024 by Joe Colbrook (The Examiner)

                                                                            Animal activists plan to disrupt animal transport trucks at Tasmanian Quality Meats abattoir. Protest aims to shed light on animal cruelty issues in Tasmania.

                                                                          • Offending Tasmanian abattoirs must face consequences, bodies say

                                                                            Tuesday 16 Jan 2024 by Hamish Geale (The Examiner)

                                                                            Activists staged a nine-hour vigil outside Cressy's Tasmanian Quality Meats on Tuesday. Meanwhile, TasFarmers says enough is enough.

                                                                          • ‘Not good enough’: Animal rights activists stage protest at Tasmanian Quality Meats

                                                                            Wednesday 17 Jan 2024 by Pulse Hobart (Pulse Hobart)

                                                                            Animal rights activists have converged on an abattoir in Northern Tasmania with the aim of 'disrupting operations' at the Cressy business. The "vigil" at Tasmanian Quality Meats, orchestrated by Anima

                                                                          • Tasmania to mandate CCTV in abattoirs to stop animal cruelty

                                                                            Wednesday 31 Jan 2024 by Isabel Bird (The Advocate)

                                                                            Investigation into Tasmania's abattoirs exposed animal abuse allegations. Government creates livestock taskforce and considers new regulations to improve animal welfare.

                                                                          • Liberals sitting on abattoir cruelty taskforce, Greens claim

                                                                            Saturday 16 Mar 2024 by Benjamin Seeder (The Advocate)

                                                                            Latest on Tasmanian abattoir animal cruelty taskforce findings amid election season. Greens, Liberals clash over reforms.

                                                                          • Department of Agriculture to probe Ralphs Meats Co, Seymour, over allegations inhumane treatment of cattle

                                                                            Thursday 18 Apr 2024 by Oscar Jaeger (Herald Sun)

                                                                            Authorities are probing a Seymour slaughterhouse after shocking footage allegedly revealed cows being killed while still conscious. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

                                                                          • Slaughter footage: Animal activists claim cows’ throats slit while conscious

                                                                            Friday 19 Apr 2024 by Peter Hunt (The Weekly Times)

                                                                            Animal activists have taken footage at a Victorian abattoir, which they allege shows cows’ throats being slit while they are conscious.

                                                                          • Farm Transparency Project activists converge at Ralph’s Meat Co in Seymour

                                                                            Monday 6 May 2024 by Oscar Jaeger (Herald Sun)

                                                                            Protesters are gathering at a Seymour slaughterhouse being investigated by the Federal Government after shocking footage emerged allegedly showing animal cruelty.

                                                                          • Seymour abattoir accused of cruelty

                                                                            Tuesday 7 May 2024 by Andy Wilson (Shepparton News)

                                                                            An Australia-wide campaign investigating meatworks has focused attention on a northern Victorian abattoir, accusing it of cruel slaughtering practices.

                                                                          • The footy club whose Auskick sausage sizzle has come under fire

                                                                            Friday 17 May 2024 by Andrew Wu (The Age)

                                                                            A parent has asked her son’s football club in South Melbourne to scrap snags from its weekend barbecues on the grounds of animal cruelty and health concerns.

                                                                          • Victorian abattoir in legal battle against slaughter video

                                                                            Friday 9 Aug 2024 by Tallis Miles (The Weekly Times)

                                                                            Key witnesses have taken the stand in a Federal Court trial regarding whether animal activists can publish footage from inside a slaughterhouse.

                                                                          • State and federal government to probe Echuca’s MD Foods over animal cruelty allegations

                                                                            Thursday 15 Aug 2024 by Oscar Jaegar (Herald Sun)

                                                                            Authorities are probing a notorious Echuca slaughterhouse after shocking footage allegedly revealed animals being killed while still conscious. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

                                                                          • Cruelty claim at Echuca abattoir

                                                                            Thursday 15 Aug 2024 by Country News (Shepp News)

                                                                            An animal advocacy organisation has accused an Echuca abattoir of cruelty, after using secretly installed hidden cameras.

                                                                          • Slaughterhouse video taken by 'extreme' animal activists amounts to 'ongoing trespass', federal court told

                                                                            Tuesday 3 Sep 2024 by Katherine Wilson (The Guardian)

                                                                            Closing arguments in a landmark case brought by a Victorian abattoir against an animal advocacy charity were heard at the federal court of Australia on Tuesday.

                                                                          • No injunction against slaughter video would ‘invite anarchy’

                                                                            Thursday 5 Sep 2024 by Tallis Miles (The Weekly Times)

                                                                            A Victorian abattoir is seeking a permanent injunction and a potential six-figure sum for damages against an animal activist group. See the details.

                                                                          • Activists who became a political target have sparked a government probe of slaughterhouses

                                                                            Saturday 15 Mar 2025 by Josh Robertson (ABC News)

                                                                            A federal MP said these animal activists had "no place in our society".  Now four slaughterhouses in his electorate are under investigation for alleged animal cruelty.

                                                                          • Yangan’s Carey Bros Abattoir investigated after kill floor footage released

                                                                            Wednesday 9 Apr 2025 by Michael Nolan (The Chronicle)

                                                                            Vegan protesters broke into a regional Queensland, family-owned abattoir and hid cameras above the kill floor. The footage they captured has led to an investigation by state regulators. WARNING: Graphic content.

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