Gathercole's Wangaratta Abattoir

57 Greta Rd, Wangaratta VIC 3677, Australia
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Name: Gathercole's Wangaratta Abattoir
Address: 57 Greta Rd, Wangaratta VIC 3677, Australia
LGA/Council: Wangaratta Rural City Council
Council website: wangaratta.vic.gov.au
Council email: [email protected]
Council phone: (03) 5722 0888
Summary:

Gathercole's Slaughterhouse in Wangaratta VIC kills lambs/sheep, pigs, cows, goats and, on rare occasions, young calves who are "waste products" of the dairy industry. An employee at Gathercoles abattoir has spoken of incidents where pigs have made it through to the scalding tank still conscious, finally meeting their deaths by drowning.
Categories:
Food > Abattoirs
Last known status: Open and operating
Listing updated: 2020
Listing ID: 59c0f
Website: http://www.gathercole.com.au
Owned by: GA Gathercole Pty Ltd , ABN: 69 060 464 502
Property Identification Code (PIC): 3ABLK062
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Gathercole's Slaughterhouse in Wangaratta VIC kills lambs/sheep, pigs, cows, goats and, on rare occasions, young calves who are "waste products" of the dairy industry. The facility has two separate killing rooms, one for cows where a captive bolt gun is used for stunning, the other for all other (smaller) animals where an electric stunner is used.

Brief sections of the hidden camera footage from this facility were seen in our 2014 documentary Lucent, however we are now working on releasing more of this footage, starting with the slaughter of young lambs.

An employee at Gathercole's Abattoir has spoken of incidents where pigs have been incorrectly stunned or "stuck" so that they are still alive when they are tipped into the scalding tank, drowning in the hot water. While the footage did not capture any such incident during the brief period in which the cameras were in place, numerous lambs are incorrectly stunned (and therefore conscious) when their throats are cut.

 

ABN Lookup

ABN 69 060 464 502 (open lookup)
Entity name G. A. GATHERCOLE PTY. LTD. (from 02 May 2002)
G. A. GATHERCOLE PTY. LTD. from 01 November 1999 to 02 May 2002
ABN status Active from 01 November 1999
Entity type Australian Private Company
Goods & Services Tax (GST) Registered from 01 July 2000
Main business location VIC 3197 from 04 September 2000
ABN last updated 02 May 2002
Extracted from ABR 28 November 2023

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Aussie Abattoirs, 2019

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Activist shining light on scalding tank VIC 2014
Killing table at top of V Restrainer VIC 2014
V Restrainer VIC 2014
Killing table at top of V Restrainer VIC 2014
Processing room VIC 2014
Stunning signage at top of V Restrainer VIC 2014
Rails for moving slaughtered animals VIC 2014
Scalding tank for pigs VIC 2014
Killing table at top of V Restrainer VIC 2014
Killing table at top of V Restrainer VIC 2014
Scalding tank for pigs VIC 2014
Scalding tank for pigs VIC 2014
Scalding tank for pigs VIC 2014
Scalding tank for pigs VIC 2014
Entrance to cattle knockbox VIC 2014
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Rear of cattle knockbox VIC 2014

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