Snowtown slaughterhouse, located in Snowtown, South Australia, kills goats, sheep and cows/cattle. The sixth slaughterhouse exposed as part of our Shut Down Slaughterhouses campaign.
Crowded into a small room, goats and sheep are dragged one at a time onto the kill platform, where their throats are brutally cut open without any attempt at stunning. While this slaughterhouse is one of only a handful in Australia that have an exemption to 'stick' without prior stunning for halal meat, they are required to ensure unconsciousness before shackling by stunning immediately after sticking, which is not occurring.
Despite these blatant contraventions of the Animal Welfare Act, reported to the South Australian government in July 2023, we received confirmation in December 2024 that no charges would be laid against the owners or staff of the facility and that it would be continuing its operations without significant changes.
TAKE ACTION:
Please contact Vic Gaffney, the Senior Investigator and Compliance Officer at the Department of Environment and Water, and demand the immediate closure of the facility, prosecution of its owners and staff, and Mr Gaffney’s resignation:
Email: [email protected] (CC: [email protected], [email protected])
Phone: (08) 8463 7938
Mobile: 0472 576 562
