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• Cruelty complaint lodged against Victorian turkey slaughterhouse

  Tue 23 Feb 2021, 12:46pm | View as a PDF

• “I bribed them all” – Hidden cameras capture damning confession, ongoing cruelty in Wally’s Piggery case

  Mon 16 Nov 2020, 7:00am | View as a PDF

• Activists issue challenge as Racing NSW backpedals on anti-slaughter rules

  Tue 23 Feb 2021, 12:47pm | View as a PDF

• Billionaire Gerry Harvey and two additional NSW knackeries implicated in ex-racehorse slaughter scandal

  Thu 29 Oct 2020, 10:17pm | View as a PDF

• Name change: Aussie Farms becomes Farm Transparency Project

  Sat 25 Jul 2020, 3:14pm

• Activists defy ‘ag-gag’ laws to release footage of ex-racehorses killed at Sydney knackeries

  Mon 29 Jun 2020, 11:41pm

• Statement on Vic Government Response to Animal Activism Inquiry

  Fri 5 Jun 2020, 11:04am

• ‘Disturbing’ covert footage shows baby goats screaming in pain as horn buds burnt off with hot iron

  Sun 15 Dec 2019, 11:45pm | View as a PDF

• Statement in Response to Revocation of Charitable Status

  Tue 19 Nov 2019, 1:07pm

• Animal activists defy government's 'ag gag' bill with prominent billboard in Melbourne

  Thu 31 Oct 2019, 1:35pm | View as a PDF

• Political stink over 'suffering' cattle at NSW farm

  Sun 15 November 2020Sun 15 November '20 by Caitlin Fitzsimmons (The Sydney Morning Herald) | Dehorning and Corruption

  A NSW farmer who was the subject of an aborted RSPCA prosecution for animal cruelty at his former piggery is ...
• NSW stud owned by Gerry Harvey among those accused in parliament of sending racehorses to slaughter

  Thu 29 October 2020Thu 29 October '20 by Christopher Knaus and Calla Wahlquist (The Guardian) | The Finish Line: Part 2

  Billionaire Gerry Harvey has apologised after one of his studs sent ex-racehorses to pet food factories for slaughter, a practise ...
• Racing NSW launches investigation after race horses continue to be slaughtered

  Thu 29 October 2020Thu 29 October '20 by Rob Harris, Latika Bourke (The Sydney Morning Herald) | The Finish Line: Part 2

  Hours of footage obtained by animal activists revealed up to a dozen identified former racehorses or recently retired breeding mares ...
• No charges over backyard slaughterhouse in Koo Wee Rup

  Sun 27 September 2020Sun 27 September '20 by Erin Pearson (The Sydney Morning Herald) | Illegal Slaughterhouse

  No charges will be laid against the operators of a backyard slaughterhouse at Koo Wee Rup after the Agriculture Department ...
• Cruelty, biohazard concerns raised over backyard slaughterhouse

  Sun 9 August 2020Sun 9 August '20 by Erin Pearson (The Age) | Illegal Slaughterhouse

  A backyard slaughterhouse operating on the outskirts of Melbourne has sparked fears of cruel practices and potential COVID-19 outbreak after ...
• Animal rights group prepared to risk jail over secret camera footage

  Wed 1 July 2020Wed 1 July '20 by Matt Bungard (The Sydney Morning Herald) | The Finish Line

  Aussie Farms released secret camera footage from Burns Pet Food and Luddenham Pet Meats, despite that action being prohibited by ...
• Farmer from Victoria filmed burning baby goat's horns off with hot iron

  Tue 17 December 2019Tue 17 December '19 by Brittany Chain (Daily Mail Australia) | Goat Disbudding

  Hidden cameras have captured a farmer sawing off a baby goat's horns using a hot iron on a farm in ...
• Victorian farm condemned after 'disturbing' footage of baby goats having horns burnt off emerges

  Mon 16 December 2019Mon 16 December '19 by Alex Chapman (7 News) | Goat Disbudding

  Confronting footage of a farmer appearing to sear the budding horns off of baby goats as they squeal has emerged. ...
• Graphic hidden camera footage shows baby goats having their horn buds burnt off with hot irons

  Mon 16 December 2019Mon 16 December '19 by Shannon Molloy (News.com.au) | Goat Disbudding

  Horrific hidden camera vision shows baby goats screaming in agony as their horn buds are burnt off with hot irons ...
• Horse slaughter: irresponsibility and hypocrisy on all sides have brought us here

  Sat 19 October 2019Sat 19 October '19 by Calla Wahlquist (The Guardian) | Aussie Abattoirs

  The public recoils, although sheep and cows are killed in identical fashion. But the racing industry has a serious case ...

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• Footage of NSW racehorse slaughter leaked

  Fri 30 October 2020Fri 30 October '20 by Angelo Risso (AAP) (Yahoo News)

  Ex-racehorses in NSW have been sent to knackeries for slaughter in potential contravention of the state's racing rules, footage released ...

• Disturbing moment dairy farmer beats baby goats to death with a metal pole - before dragging their convulsing bodies away in front of their mothers

  Fri 25 October 2019Fri 25 October '19 by Charlie Moore (Daily Mail Australia)

  This is the disturbing moment a farmer killed male goat kids with a metal pole in front of their mothers ...

• Horrific video of baby animal slaughter implicates Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr

  Fri 25 October 2019Fri 25 October '19 by Shannon Molloy (News.com.au)

  Hidden camera footage taken at a Victorian farm shows newborn goats being bludgeoned with a metal pole and dying slow ...

• Baby goats clubbed to death: Vic activists

  Fri 25 October 2019Fri 25 October '19 by AAP (9 News)

  Animal activists have released footage of male baby goats being bludgeoned to death at what's claimed to be a Victorian ...

• Baby goats bludgeoned to death in horrific undercover footage on Victorian dairy farm

  Fri 25 October 2019Fri 25 October '19 by AAP (7 News)

  Animal activists have released horrific footage of male baby goats being bludgeoned to death at what's claimed to be a ...

• World first footage of baby goats bludgeoned to death in front of mothers

  Fri 25 October 2019Fri 25 October '19 by Animal Liberation Victoria (MediaNet)

  Animal Liberation Victoria (ALV) has released horrific undercover footage obtained at a Victorian Goat Farm which shows newborn goats being ...

• Biosecurity officers to investigate alleged cruelty to horses at Queensland abbatoir

  Fri 18 October 2019Fri 18 October '19 by (SBS News)

  Racing Australia chief executive Barry O'Farrell says he was shocked by footage of retired racehorses being slaughtered.

• Queensland government blames horse owners for abattoir cruelty scandal

  Fri 18 October 2019Fri 18 October '19 by Stuart Layt (Brisbane Times)

  The former racehorses killed in appalling conditions in an abattoir north of Brisbane appear to have fallen through the jurisdictional ...

• Abattoir At Centre Of Horse Slaughter Scandal Subject To Investigation

  Fri 18 October 2019Fri 18 October '19 by Antoinette Lattouf (10 Daily)

  A Queensland abattoir at the centre of the horse slaughter scandal is now the target of an investigation after an ...

• Hundreds of ex-racing horses 'slaughtered in three weeks'

  Fri 18 October 2019Fri 18 October '19 by John Ellicott (The Land)

  The ABC has revealed many registered racehorses have been sent to slaughter in NSW after retirement even though it is ...

• 'They will feel the full force of the law': Racing industry rocked by racehorse abuse allegations

  Fri 18 October 2019Fri 18 October '19 by Sarah Keoghan (Sydney Morning Herald)

  Racing Australia chief executive Barry O'Farrell has said prosecutions "should, and I suspect will occur" following ABC's 7.30 investigation into the ...

• Hundreds of racehorses sent to slaughterhouses in contravention of racing rules

  Thu 17 October 2019Thu 17 October '19 by Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Amy Donaldson (ABC News)

  Hundreds of registered racehorses are being discarded at slaughterhouses in Australia, in contravention of racing rules, rehoming policies and animal ...

• 'Horror movie': investigation underway after damning piggery footage leaked

  Fri 13 September 2019Fri 13 September '19 by Michael Dahlstrom (Yahoo News Australia)

  Footage shown to Yahoo News Australia shows rodents swarming and dead, rotting animals inside a commercial piggery in NSW. Rats ...

• Footage shows baby goats shot on Vic farm

  Wed 4 September 2019Wed 4 September '19 by Christine McGinn (7 News)

  A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a ...

• 'Treated like trash': Shocking video shows baby goats shot in the head on farm

  Wed 4 September 2019Wed 4 September '19 by Michael Dahlstrom (Yahoo News)

  This is the shocking moment baby goats are shot in the head in a mass cull and dumped into a ...

• Disturbing footage shows farmer shooting newborn goats in the head and dumping them in a bin

  Wed 4 September 2019Wed 4 September '19 by Oli Gross (Totally Vegan Buzz)

  Activists have revealed shocking footage in which a farmer heartlessly shoots newborn goats in the head one by one before ...

• Animal activists blast 'psychopath' for shooting newborn goats in the head and tossing them in a bin - but farmers say it's the most humane way to kill

  Wed 4 September 2019Wed 4 September '19 by Kelsey Wilkie (Daily Mail)

  Disturbing footage of a farmer shooting newborn goats in the head before violently tossing them in a bin has emerged ...

• Vegan activists seek protections

  Wed 4 September 2019Wed 4 September '19 by (The Australian)

  Animal activists have told a Victorian parliamentary inquiry that their ultimate aim is to end the farming of animals.

• BREAKING: Australian-first covert footage of baby goats being killed at high profile Victorian farm released

  Wed 4 September 2019Wed 4 September '19 by (Toorak Times)

  Confronting footage of baby goats being killed by the trailer-load using a captive bolt gun and then thrown into a ...

• Troubling farm footage of dying goats goes viral

  Wed 4 September 2019Wed 4 September '19 by (myGC)

  Footage has gone viral this week – and be warned, it’s not very pleasant – of baby goats being slaughtered on ...

• Undercover Video From Slaughterhouse Exposes Shocking Extent Of Animal Cruelty

  Fri 30 August 2019Fri 30 August '19 by Emma Rosemurgey (Unilad)

  Horrific undercover footage has emerged from a Sydney slaughterhouse, showing pigs and goats being forced into carbon dioxide gas chambers.

• Secret camera captures disturbing footage at Picton abattoir

  Thu 29 August 2019Thu 29 August '19 by Kayla Osborne (Wollondilly Advertiser)

  Animal rights activists and political parties are calling for the government to take action after 'damning' secret camera footage was ...

• Animal activists say new vision exposes acts of cruelty in NSW abattoir

  Thu 29 August 2019Thu 29 August '19 by Summer Woolley (7 News)

  Vision has emerged from inside a New South Wales abattoir, claiming to expose acts of animal cruelty.

• 'Horrific, but legal': Undercover footage from abattoir shows animals being mistreated as they are pushed into gas chambers - as calls grow to put whistleblowers behind bars

  Thu 29 August 2019Thu 29 August '19 by Alana Mazzoni (Daily Mail Australia)

  Footage shows pigs and goats being put inside carbon dioxide gas chambers. It also appears to show workers twist cows' ...

• Video footage allegedly reveals animal cruelty at illegal abattoir near Melbourne

  Fri 2 August 2019Fri 2 August '19 by Ben Knight (ABC)

  Agriculture Victoria is investigating an alleged illegal abattoir operating on the outskirts of Melbourne, after receiving graphic video of sheep ...

• Probe into alleged illegal Victorian abattoir

  Fri 2 August 2019Fri 2 August '19 by Lachlan Hastings (The Weekly Times)

  Victorian authorities are probing allegations of illegal livestock slaughter in South Gippsland.

• Probe into 'brutal' illegal abattoir after film shows cruel treatment

  Fri 2 August 2019Fri 2 August '19 by AAP (The Age)

  An alleged illegal abattoir is being investigated following claims of sheep being slaughtered inhumanely.

• Sheep 'brutally' slaughtered in Vic shed

  Fri 2 August 2019Fri 2 August '19 by Georgie Moore and Kaitlyn Offer (News.com.au)

  Distressing footage of sheep being slaughtered in a Victorian shed has sparked investigations into claims of animal cruelty.

• Illegal slaughterhouse exposed

  Fri 2 August 2019Fri 2 August '19 by Mitchell Clarke (Pakenham Gazette)

  An alleged illegal slaughterhouse operating in Kooweerup has been discovered, with footage emerging of reported animal cruelty.

• EXCLUSIVE: Moment a group of 'vegan vigilantes' break into an abattoir and steal adorable ducklings set for the slaughter - before letting them swim for the first time

  Sun 9 December 2018Sun 9 December '18 by Sophie Tanno (Daily Mail Australia)

  Vegan vigilantes broke into an abattoir and stole nearly 20 ducklings set for the slaughter. The rogue activists carried inflatable pools ...