Diamond Valley Pork

Wednesday 3 May 2023 by Peter Hunt (Weekly Times)

Diamond Valley Pork, which processes 13,500 pigs a week, is under investigation by federal authorities over animal welfare claims. Read more >

Wednesday 3 May 2023 by Peter Hunt (Weekly Times)

Gas stunning of pigs causes panic and pain for an average 22 seconds, but alternatives such as electrocution and captive-bolts are just as problematic. Read more >

Wednesday 19 Apr 2023 by

From the 2nd - 7th April, 2023 Farm Transparency Project organised a week of actions to build momentum around our campaign to ban gas chambers, which had launched at the end of March. The week involved rallies, outreach and slaughterhouse shutdown before culminating in a march through Melbourne CBD. The following week, 25 people shut down Benalla slaughterhouse in response to a complete lack of action from the government, slaughterhouses and the Australian pork industry. Read more >

Thursday 30 Mar 2023 by Christopher Knaus (The Guardian Australia)

Australia’s two supermarket giants source pork from Victorian abattoirs depicted in “horrific” footage recording the effects of carbon dioxide gassing on pigs prior to slaughter. Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Lauren Day (ABC News)

There are calls for greater scrutiny of the pork industry after the ABC's 7.30 program airs video of pigs being stunned by carbon dioxide before slaughter. Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Eli Green (Daily Telegraph)

New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought. Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Rachael Ward (AAP)

The peak body for Australian pork farmers will review confronting footage which appears to show pigs squealing inside abattoirs before being killed. Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Michael Dahlstrom (Yahoo News)

Warning - confronting video. Activist Chris Delforce filmed pigs being gassed before slaughter inside an Australian abattoir. Source: Farm Transparency Project Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Writing Liberation (Medium)

On March 27th footage was aired on ABC’s 7:30, which showed in graphic detail the process of stunning inflicted on pigs farmed for their flesh. Modified atmospheric stunning (MAS) utilises… Read more >

Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by Alexandra Laskie (Weekly Times)

The Australian pig industry has defended its use of carbon dioxide gas to stun pre-slaughter after damning footage aired on television. Read more >

Monday 27 Mar 2023 by Eli Green (News.com.au)

New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought. Read more >

Monday 27 Mar 2023 by

In early 2023, our investigators captured footage from inside Victoria's three largest pig slaughterhouses, revealing the terrifying final moments of pigs subjected to deadly gas chambers. This is the story of how we did it and why we won't stop. Read more >

Monday 27 Mar 2023 by Lauren Day (ABC News)

The use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs before slaughter is legal and widespread – but activists believe the industry doesn't want you to know what it looks like. Read more >

Monday 7 Dec 2015 by (The Guardian)

"From their first lungful of gas, these pigs are burning from the inside out," Animal Liberation Victoria says of carbon dioxide stunning technique. Read more >

Monday 7 Dec 2015 by Christopher Talbot and Jamie Duncan (The Australian)

Pigs suffer distress and struggle to breath and escape when gassed with carbon dioxide at abattoirs, RSPCA Australia says. Read more >

Monday 7 Dec 2015 by Andrea Hamblin (Herald Sun)

A two-year undercover investigation by animal activists reveals shocking footage on the widespread practice of killing pigs by carbon dioxide. Read more >

Monday 7 Dec 2015 by Liam Quinn (Daily Mail Australia)

Confronting footage of pigs apparently being forced into 'gas chambers' as they scream and try to escape before they are gutted and drained of blood has been captured by a group of animal activists. Read more >

Monday 7 Dec 2015 by Debra Killalea (News.com.au)

THEY are pictured thrashing about, desperately trying to escape and their death is slow and excruciating. Read more >

Monday 7 Dec 2015 by Daniella Miletic and Rania Spooner (The Age)

Animal rights activists chained themselves to a Victorian pig slaughterhouse 'gas chamber' on Monday morning to protest against carbon dioxide stunning in the pork industry. Read more >