Tasmanian Quality Meats Abattoir

Wednesday 7 May 2025 by Benjamin Seeder (The Examiner)

Tasmanian Quality Meats enters China's market amidst US-China trade tensions, boosting local farmers and increasing mutton exports. Read more >

Monday 11 Nov 2024 by Sue Bailey (The Mercury)

The government has released the recommendations of a taskforce it set up in the wake of distressing footage of alleged animal cruelty at abattoirs. Read the latest. Read more >

Sunday 10 Nov 2024 by Benjamin Seeder (The Advocate)

Tasmania adopts 11 of 12 taskforce reforms for better animal welfare in abattoirs by 2025, enhancing humane practices and boosting surveillance. Read more >

Wednesday 17 Apr 2024 by Aaron Smith (The Examiner)

The state government has held firm against claims that it's "dragging its feet" on a taskforce report into Tasmanian slaughterhouses. Read more >

Tuesday 16 Apr 2024 by Kristy Alger (editorial)

The Tasmanian dairy industry is in absolute shambles. On the one hand, there are dairy farmers such as Carpenter lamenting the need to kill on farm the very calves they breed in order to exploit the mothers for milk. On the other hand, those same farmers are looking forward to a return to the calf killing business by a slaughterhouse that has a long and well-documented history of egregious animal cruelty. And in the midst of all this there is the head of the TasFarmers industry lobby group, Ia Read more >

Tuesday 16 Apr 2024 by David Killick (The Mercury)

Six months ago, animal activists released ‘disturbing’ videos shot in Tasmanian slaughterhouses — Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff says more action is needed immediately. Read more >

Wednesday 20 Mar 2024 by Joe Colbrook (The Examiner)

Take a digital tour inside Tasmanian meat processing facilities with FTP's latest campaign advocating for animal welfare. Read more >

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. Read more >

Wednesday 28 Feb 2024 by Peter Hunt (The Weekly Times)

Farm Transparency Project activists have launched an End Dairy Slaughter campaign, using distressing video footage. Read more >

Thursday 15 Feb 2024 by Kristy Alger (editorial)

When activists with Farm Transparency Project first walked into the Tasmanian Quality Meats slaughterhouse in the dead of night, they had no idea that the project they were embarking on would be a significant contributing factor in toppling the Tasmanian Liberal government... Read more >

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. Read more >

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 Read more >

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. Read more >

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. Read more >

Sunday 14 Jan 2024 by Meghan Quinlan

This is Felix. A beautiful baby boy I was privileged to meet and spend time with. Felix was healthy. Apart from being malnourished and weak from starvation - he was healthy. And he was young. He was only 7 days old.   I want to tell you about him. Read more >

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. Read more >

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... Read more >

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. Read more >

Wednesday 5 Jul 2017 by Harriet Aird (ABC)

Animal rights groups are furious a cruelty investigation into two Tasmanian abattoirs is still ongoing, eight months after it was launched. Read more >

Thursday 4 May 2017 by Matthew Denholm (The Australian)

Disturbing footage of calves being tossed and struck at a Tasmanian abattoir has been released by animal rights activists, who say authorities have failed to act on the evidence for six months. Animal Liberation released the footage this morning, alleging Read more >

Thursday 4 May 2017 by (ABC)

The boss of an award-winning Tasmanian abattoir has admitted calves were ill-treated at his Cressy site. Read more >

Wednesday 3 May 2017 by Nic White (Daily Mail Australia)

Abattoir workers could be charged with animal cruelty after disturbing footage emerged of calves being beaten before they were slaughtered. Video shot at Tasmanian Quality Meats in Cressy, Tasmania, allegedly showed calves being beaten until they collapsed Read more >