A worker stands on a pig who has been bolt-gunned. - Hidden cameras captured sheep, goats and pigs being shot with a handheld stunning device. The stunner was often ineffective, meaning that animals would remain conscious until they were stunned again, or even as they were dragged into the kill room after having their throat slit. - Captured at Gretna Meatworks, Gretna TAS Australia.

A worker stands on a pig who has been bolt-gunned.

Hidden cameras captured sheep, goats and pigs being shot with a handheld stunning device. The stunner was often ineffective, meaning that animals would remain conscious until they were stunned again, or even as they were dragged into the kill room after having their throat slit.
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Published Tue 30 January 2024
Captured/filmed September 2023
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Gretna Meatworks, Gretna, Tasmania, Australia

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