Andgar Piggeries, South Australia

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JULY 2025:

The footage shows pigs living alongside the decomposing bodies of dozens of dead pigs, with some becoming stuck in a giant pile of corpses.

Other footage from the same piggery shows pigs in 'eco sheds' on the property, which are sheds with two or three walls, with at least one side open to the elements. The pigs in these sheds are seen wading through mud and waste, which is often so deep that they are forced to swim. Some pigs had drowned in these sheds, likely after becoming stuck. 

Pigs were filmed with massive, necrotic wounds where infection had eaten through skin down to the bone. One pig had a hole in their back that was roughly 10cm in diameter and packed with straw, mud and faeces. Piglets were also found living amongst the dead and rotting bodies of their littermates.

These visits took place over a month after this farm had been reported to the RSPCA by a member of the public, who was so horrified by the conditions that they knew they had to act. 

Two days after RSPCA investigators attended Dublin piggery following a complaint made by Farm Transparency Project, civilian investigators returned to check conditions. Despite a statement from the RSPCA saying that 'immediate welfare concerns had been addressed' pigs were still found in awful conditions.

One small piglet was discovered with an ear so swollen and misshapen that it dragged their whole head to the side. The investigators were only able to visit a small number of sheds that night but they still found pigs living in filth and with serious injuries. 

We can't trust the authorities to shut this place down, it's up to us.

AUGUST 2025:

Just under two months after investigators first stepped inside foot inside the nightmare that is Andgar piggery in Dublin South Australia, they went back. But, they didn't stop at Dublin...

As well as the piggery in Dublin, Andgar proprietors and its operators, the Goss and Tiss families, own three more piggeries in South Australia. Across these four sites, they cover the entire cycle of exploitation of a pig bred for meat, from farrowing to 6-month-old 'finisher' pigs, destined for the slaughterhouse.

In August, investigators visited each of these piggeries to document conditions and ensure Andgar could no longer continue to hide its operations behind closed doors.

Over August, we released one Andgar piggery each week, finishing with their flagship pig farm, Finniss Park, which was previously featured in the documentary Lucent.

SEPTEMBER 2025:

Fire kills hundreds at Dublin piggery.

At 2.05pm Monday 15th September, Farm Transparency Project got an email from a local resident of Dublin, South Australia. While driving along Long Plains Road, he had seen fire coming from Andgar Piggery and CFS vehicles parked in the driveway. Winding down his windows, he could smell burning pigs. We instantly jumped into action, alerting the media and organising for two investigators to go to the scene with a drone to document what they could.

Later, the owner of the piggery Garry Tiss confirmed to ABC News that Two eco sheds were on fire, each holding roughly 250 pigs who were trapped in the flames. We have since learnt that witnesses saw the fire at around 10.40am that morning, but CFS were not called until 11.32am. Hundreds of pigs were burnt alive, dying in agony while trapped inside the sheds.

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Hundreds of pigs burned alive at Dublin Piggery - Time to SHUT IT DOWN

At 2.05pm Monday 15th September, Farm Transparency Project got an email from a local resident of Dublin, South Australia. While driving along Long Plains Road, he had seen fire coming from Andgar Piggery and CFS vehicles parked in the driveway. Winding down his windows, he could smell burning pigs. We instantly jumped into action, alerting the media and organising for two investigators to go to the scene with a drone to document what they could.
Later, the owner of the piggery Garry Tiss confirmed to ABC News that Two eco sheds were on fire, each holding roughly 250 pigs who were trapped in the flames. We have since learnt that witnesses saw the fire at around 10.40am that morning, but CFS were not called until 11.32am.

This is the same piggery that is currently under investigation by the RSPCA after investigators from Farm Transparency Project documented extreme cruelty inside the sheds, including a pile of corpses with living pigs still trapped inside, cannibalism and pigs with necrotic wounds. In July, the RSPCA conducted two raids, issuing 21 animal welfare notices and euthanising 14 pigs. Andgar Proprietors owns three more piggeries across South Australia including Brownlow Piggery where, last month, investigators filmed a mass grave where pigs had been dumped alongside rubbish.

In 2020, 1300 pigs were killed in another fire at Andgar's flagship piggery, Finniss Park in Mannum.

How many more pigs have to suffer die before Dublin Piggery is shut down for good?

• Pigs burning alive at horror SA Piggery

  Media release: Monday 15 Sep 2025

  Over 500 pigs are being burnt alive as a fire rages at Andgar Piggery in Dublin, South Australia.  At 2.05pm, Farm Transparency Project received word from a local resident that a fire had broken out at Dublin Piggery in South Australia. The resident had noticed the blaze while driving past the piggery on Long Plains Road, where he was able to see the blaze and smell "burning pigs." Current reports indicate that two eco sheds are currently on fire, each holding 250 pigs who are trapped in the flames. This piggery is currently under investigation by the RSPCA after investigators from...
• Andgar's mass grave: new footage in horror piggery investigation

  Media release: Friday 22 Aug 2025

  A large open grave filled with rubbish and dead pigs is amongst new footage captured at four South Australian piggeries owned by Andgar Proprietors or its representatives.  The footage has been released one day before SA Pork's 'Industry Day', which is being held on Friday 22nd August at Barossa Park, Lyndoch.  Until recently, the committee of SA Pork included Garry Tiss, a co-owner of three of the four piggeries investigated.  Video of a 'mass grave' of pigs has been published by Farm Transparency Project (FTP), filmed at Brownlow Piggery, one of four South Australian pig farms owned...
• Protestors gather outside 'horrific' South Australian piggery to demand its closure

  Media release: Saturday 19 Jul 2025

  Up to 100 protestors are currently gathered outside Andgar Piggery in Dublin, north of Adelaide The protestors are demanding the closure of the facility, following the release of footage captured by Farm Transparency Project which revealed extreme suffering and neglect at the facility A large protest has formed outside the gates of Andgar Piggery north of Adelaide, following the release of footage earlier this month by animal protection organisation Farm Transparency Project (FTP). The footage, captured across two nights in June, showed pigs living in deep pools of their own waste, others with large untreated injuries, and a pile of...
• Pigs left to rot at 'horrifying' South Australian Piggery

  Media release: Friday 4 Jul 2025

  Animal activists have released footage showing living pigs struggling to escape a pile of the rotting corpses of up to 100 dead pigs inside a South Australian piggery. Pigs are seen living alongside and cannibalising the decomposing bodies of dead pigs, who have been left to rot inside the piggery's sheds. Other footage from the same facility shows pigs drowning in mud and waste in outdoor sheds and others with infected and necrotic wounds.  Animal cruelty investigators from Farm Transparency Project have released shocking new images and footage from Dublin Piggery in South Australia. The footage, which was captured across...

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