If not for corruption in the Department of Agriculture, we wouldn't be two years into a legal battle with a slaughterhouse.
We sat down with David Plumb, a former On-Plant Veterinarian (OPV) who worked in export slaughterhouses on behalf of the department, about his experiences – from being pressured to lie about his training, to witnessing calves being killed while conscious and a pig who had been beaten with a shovel, his development of PTSD, and the department’s adversarial attitude towards him when he sought help.
His story gives further context to next week’s High Court case, the final hearing in a long fight to share the reality of animal slaughter, which began when a senior Department of Agriculture employee tipped off the Game Meats Company slaughterhouse about evidence of illegal cruelty we’d captured in their northern-Victorian facility.
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The views shared in this video are those of the speaker, based on his personal experiences working within the system. He speaks from his own perspective and experience. This video is intended to highlight broader systemic issues, workplace culture, and animal welfare concerns, and to encourage reflection and reform.
By speaking out, he hopes to shine a light on systemic failures, workplace culture, and animal welfare concerns that deserve attention and change.
