Kill table and shackle line - Calves and sheep are tipped onto a tilted table and have their throats slit (sticking). They are then shackled upside down on a moving shackle line. Calves and sheep were both observed falling from the shackle line, sometimes from great heights. - Captured at Tasmanian Quality Meats Abattoir, Cressy TAS Australia.

Kill table and shackle line

Calves and sheep are tipped onto a tilted table and have their throats slit (sticking). They are then shackled upside down on a moving shackle line. Calves and sheep were both observed falling from the shackle line, sometimes from great heights.
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Slaughterhouse
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Slaughterhouse
Shackle
Kill Room
Sticking
Killing Table
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Published Fri 8 December 2023
Captured/filmed September 2023
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Country Australia
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Tasmanian Quality Meats Abattoir, Cressy, Tasmania, Australia
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ABC News - TQM slaughterhouse, Cressy TA... (Dec 2023)
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