Diamond Valley Pork
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Test case could spell the end of abattoir gas chambers
Sunday 20 Oct 2024 by
The widespread use of “gas chambers” to render pigs unconscious before their slaughter is under a cloud. Read more >
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Victoria’s pork industry could be slapped with new guidelines and on-the-spot checks
Thursday 20 Jun 2024 by
Victoria’s pork industry could be slapped with “extreme” new guidelines and subject to random on-the-spot compliance checks, but Coalition MPs have called the inquiry process a “political stunt”. Read more >
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CCTV should be mandatory in Victorian piggeries, parliamentary inquiry finds | Rural Australia | The Guardian
Thursday 20 Jun 2024 by
State opposition says the inquiry’s 18 recommendations include ‘extreme restrictions’ that should concern all primary producers Read more >
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Pig welfare inquiry: call to end gas stunning and CCTV on farms
Thursday 20 Jun 2024 by
Animal Justice Party, Green and Victorian Labor MPs have demanded radical animal welfare reforms, as part of a pig welfare inquiry. Read more >
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NSW push to amend surveillance act for exemptions amid ‘horrific’ pig gassing footage
Sunday 8 Oct 2023 by
A push to allow the publication of “horrific” footage of mistreatment of animals, including that of pigs being stun-gassed across slaughterhouses, is afoot in NSW. Read more >
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Pig gassing: Diamond Valley Pork under investigation
Wednesday 3 May 2023 by
Diamond Valley Pork, which processes 13,500 pigs a week, is under investigation by federal authorities over animal welfare claims. Read more >
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Gas stunning of pigs induces panic: 22 seconds to collapse
Wednesday 3 May 2023 by
Gas stunning of pigs causes panic and pain for an average 22 seconds, but alternatives such as electrocution and captive-bolts are just as problematic. Read more >
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Pig abattoir ceases operations amid investigation into 'serious and disturbing' allegations
Wednesday 26 Apr 2023 by
Warning: This story contains content that may distress some readers. A pig abattoir has ceased operations amid a formal investigation into "serious and disturbing allegations" of mistreatment of animals, including one pig having its testicles torn off by machinery. Read more >
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Week of Action - April 2023
Wednesday 19 Apr 2023 by
From the 2nd - 7th April, 2023 Farm Transparency Project organised a week of actions to build momentum around our campaign to ban gas chambers, which had launched at the end of March. The week involved rallies, outreach and slaughterhouse shutdown before culminating in a march through Melbourne CBD. The following week, 25 people shut down Benalla slaughterhouse in response to a complete lack of action from the government, slaughterhouses and the Australian pork industry. Read more >
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Woolworths and Coles source pork from abattoirs featured in 'horrific' pig slaughter video
Thursday 30 Mar 2023 by
Australia’s two supermarket giants source pork from Victorian abattoirs depicted in “horrific” footage recording the effects of carbon dioxide gassing on pigs prior to slaughter. Read more >
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Calls for investigation after 'hard to watch' footage of pigs being stunned by gas
Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
There are calls for greater scrutiny of the pork industry after the ABC's 7.30 program airs video of pigs being stunned by carbon dioxide before slaughter. Read more >
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Shocking claims about Australian pork industry exposed by hidden cameras
Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought. Read more >
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Pig welfare in the spotlight over activist footage
Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
The peak body for Australian pork farmers will review confronting footage which appears to show pigs squealing inside abattoirs before being killed. Read more >
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Vegan activist's nine-hour ordeal hidden inside pig slaughterhouse: 'Awful'
Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
Warning - confronting video. Activist Chris Delforce filmed pigs being gassed before slaughter inside an Australian abattoir. Source: Farm Transparency Project Read more >
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A Good Death: the inclusion and exclusion of other animals.
Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
On March 27th footage was aired on ABC’s 7:30, which showed in graphic detail the process of stunning inflicted on pigs farmed for their flesh. Modified atmospheric stunning (MAS) utilises… Read more >
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Animal welfare organisation says Australian standards “falling behind rest of world”
Tuesday 28 Mar 2023 by
The Australian pig industry has defended its use of carbon dioxide gas to stun pre-slaughter after damning footage aired on television. Read more >
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Shocking claims about Australian pork industry exposed by hidden cameras
Monday 27 Mar 2023 by
New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought. Read more >
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Exposing the pork industry's biggest secret
Monday 27 Mar 2023 by
In early 2023, our investigators captured footage from inside Victoria's three largest pig slaughterhouses, revealing the terrifying final moments of pigs subjected to deadly gas chambers. This is the story of how we did it and why we won't stop. Read more >
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Hidden cameras capture gas stunning in Australia's pork industry
Monday 27 Mar 2023 by
The use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs before slaughter is legal and widespread – but activists believe the industry doesn't want you to know what it looks like. Read more >
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Police remove animal activists protesting against pork abattoir's 'gas chamber'
Monday 7 Dec 2015 by
"From their first lungful of gas, these pigs are burning from the inside out," Animal Liberation Victoria says of carbon dioxide stunning technique. Read more >
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RSPCA questions CO2 use at Vic abattoirs
Monday 7 Dec 2015 by
Pigs suffer distress and struggle to breath and escape when gassed with carbon dioxide at abattoirs, RSPCA Australia says. Read more >
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Animal Liberation Victoria claims pigs suffer horrific deaths when killed using carbon dioxide
Monday 7 Dec 2015 by
A two-year undercover investigation by animal activists reveals shocking footage on the widespread practice of killing pigs by carbon dioxide. Read more >
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Horrific video shows pigs being 'forced into small cages with Tasers' before they are 'lowered into gas chambers' and killed
Monday 7 Dec 2015 by
Confronting footage of pigs apparently being forced into 'gas chambers' as they scream and try to escape before they are gutted and drained of blood has been captured by a group of animal activists. Read more >
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Diamond Valley Pork Slaughterhouse protest:"They're burning from the inside out"
Monday 7 Dec 2015 by
THEY are pictured thrashing about, desperately trying to escape and their death is slow and excruciating. Read more >
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Animal rights activists chain themselves to pig slaughterhouse 'gas chamber' in Laverton
Monday 7 Dec 2015 by
Animal rights activists chained themselves to a Victorian pig slaughterhouse 'gas chamber' on Monday morning to protest against carbon dioxide stunning in the pork industry. Read more >