Name: Corowa Slaughterhouse
Address: Unnamed Road, Redlands NSW 2646, Australia
LGA/Council: Federation Council
Council website: federationcouncil.nsw.gov.au
Council email: [email protected]
Council phone: (02) 6033 8999
Summary: Corowa Slaughterhouse is a pig slaughterhouse located in Redlands, NSW Australia.
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Last known status: Open and operating
Listing updated: 2023
Listing ID: d77f6
Website: www.rivalea.com.au
Owned by: Rivalea, ABN: 53 004 892 835
Parent company: JBS
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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 deaths. This was about to change.

Over three days, the investigators installed cameras inside the slaughterhouse, including in the gas chamber itself, revealing, for the first time in the world, the true horror of what was happening inside. The footage launched a new organisation, Farm Transparency Project - then known as Aussie Farms - dedicated to investigating and exposing commercial animal use in Australia, and tearing back the curtain of secrecy that shrouded the breeding, confinement and slaughter of animals used for food, clothing and entertainment. The footage started a ripple effect, featuring in the documentary Lucent and leading to FTP’s founder, Chris Delforce, being raided and charged by the police. This inspired the creation of Dominion, a film which mobilised a movement for change that is still challenging the exploitation of animals today.

Now, almost 10 years later, we’re exposing Corowa again, and this time we know the risks.

So much has changed in the world since 2014, yet behind the walls of this brutal, pig gassing chamber, the horrors never ceased. The terror and suffering of the pigs who are suffocated to death inside this machine is just as horrifying, the casual cruelty of the workers who beat and prod them into the chambers, just as heartbreaking. The only thing that has changed is that, in publishing this, we risk much greater penalties.

But we will not let their stories go untold. We’re sharing this footage as further proof that we need a federal, parliamentary inquiry into the lack of legal protection for farmed animals. We also need each state to immediately take action to ban gas chambers, and shut down the facilities that continue to torture pigs under the label of ‘humane slaughter.’

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  • Open letter to Prime Minister, signed by senator and state MPs, calls for independent regulation of animal slaughter

    Thursday 24 Oct 2024

    Senator Mehreen Faruqi, Cassy O’Connor and Abigail Boyd join state MPs to call for independent oversight of Australian slaughterhouses Farm Transparency Project, who wrote the letter, says that the government has failed to appropriately investigate hundreds of cases of alleged animal cruelty. The organisation is accusing the government department of corruption, claiming that their actions have raised doubts about their integrity and suitability to monitor and regulate animal welfare. Read the open letter View photos and footage An open letter, signed by a senator, several state MPs and animal protection organisations, is calling on the Prime Minister's office... Read more >

  • Open letter regarding inadequacy and corruption of abattoir regulator

    Thursday 24 Oct 2024

    Dear Mr Albanese, I am writing on behalf of Farm Transparency Project, a non-profit animal protection organisation focused on raising public awareness about commercial animal farming and slaughter practices through comprehensive investigations into Australian animal use facilities. Over the past decade, our organisation has investigated a number of facilities and practices, catalysing significant animal welfare reforms. In recent years, this has included: Publishing footage of the foothold trapping and killing of native dingoes in Victoria by government contractors, stimulating debate and likely contributing to the Victorian government ending the practice in parts of the state. Investigating the failed phase-out of... Read more >

ABN Lookup

ABN 53 004 892 835 (open lookup)
Entity name RIVALEA (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD (from 01 July 2009)
QAF Meat Industries Pty Ltd from 17 June 2002 to 01 July 2009
QAF Meat Industries LtdLTD. from 12 June 2002 to 17 June 2002
BUNGE MEAT INDUSTRIES LTD. from 30 May 2000 to 12 June 2002
BUNGE MEAT INDUSTRIES LTD from 29 March 2000 to 30 May 2000
Business name St. Bernard's Free Range Pork
Riverview Farms (Australia)
Chewbies Pet Co.
BAXTERS PORK
ABN status Active from 29 March 2000
Entity type Australian Private Company
Goods & Services Tax (GST) Registered from 01 July 2000
Main business location QLD 4000 from 27 November 2024
NSW 2646 from 29 March 2000 to 27 November 2024
ABN last updated 29 November 2024
Extracted from ABR 04 December 2024
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