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Gippsland abattoir shut amid animal cruelty claims
Friday 25 Nov 2011 by
A Gippsland abattoir has been shut by state authorities following a shocking video of alleged animal cruelty.
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Abattoir shut down
Saturday 26 Nov 2011 by
An abattoir in Gippsland has been shut down after allegations of cruelty to pigs was upheld by the state's slaughterhouse regulator.
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Cruelty video: 'rogue' abattoir checked four times in a year
Friday 10 Feb 2012 by
The Hawkesbury abattoir shut down following the release of shocking animal cruelty footage had been checked by the government regulator four times last year but no breaches had been detected.
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Covert evidence of cruelty halts abattoir
Friday 10 Feb 2012 by
A Sydney abattoir has stopped slaughtering and faces closure and prosecution after hidden-camera footage of chilling animal cruelty emerged.
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Horror video of abattoir cruelty revealed
Friday 10 Feb 2012 by
ALL abattoirs in NSW will have their operations reviewed by the state government after a video revealed shocking animal cruelty at a western Sydney slaughterhouse.
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Abattoir shut down over cruelty concerns
Friday 10 Feb 2012 by
A northern Sydney abattoir has been forced to close after footage emerged showing animals being beaten before their slaughter.
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Sydney abattoir re-opens under strict conditions and supervision
Friday 9 Mar 2012 by
The suspension on Hawkesbury Valley Meat Processors' licence has been lifted by the NSW Food Authority, allowing it to recommence operations at its facility in Wilberforce from Monday March 12, 2012, subject to strict conditions being met.
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Piggy in the middle
Thursday 22 Mar 2012 by
Colin Giles is adamant he has done nothing wrong. Nor does the 71-year-old Gippsland abattoir owner think he is cruel or inhumane. But that is how he and his 79-year-old brother, Ray Giles, have been portrayed since Victorian meat authorities shut down the
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Multiple deficiencies uncovered in NSW abattoirs
Friday 18 May 2012 by
Animal welfare breaches have been uncovered in all 10 of the state's red meat abattoirs, a government review has found.
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Slaughter of horses causes outrage
Thursday 13 Dec 2012 by
Allegations of inhumane slaughter of horses at a western suburbs knackery have sparked outrage and prompted the Melbourne and Werribee Open Range zoos to source horsemeat from other knackeries.
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Laverton knackery worker defends hitting, slaying of horses
Thursday 13 Dec 2012 by
A WORKER at a Laverton knackery accused of inhumane treatment of animals says the horses are either ‘‘unwanted or dangerous’’ and are being ‘‘killed the best way we can’’.
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Animal cruelty charges laid on 'pig bashing' abattoir
Tuesday 22 Jan 2013 by
The Hawkesbury Valley Meat Processors in western Sydney and one of its former employees have been charged with animal cruelty following heinous footage revealed recently.
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Victorian abbatoir accused of cruel treatment of unwanted dairy calves
Friday 1 Feb 2013 by
Video obtained by Lateline from the lobby group Animals Australia appears to show cruel treatment of unwanted dairy claves being sent for slaughter.
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Abattoir formally warned for mistreatment of dairy calves
Wednesday 6 Feb 2013 by
Animals Australia say a formal warning issued to an Echuca abattoir found to be mistreating dairy calves is not enough.
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Knackery video: RSPCA won't press charges
Friday 15 Mar 2013 by
A knackery accused of the brutal treatment and inhumane slaughter of former racehorses will escape prosecution after the RSPCA decided covert footage was not sufficient evidence to lay charges.
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'Torture for fun': police given shocking abattoir footage
Thursday 21 Mar 2013 by
An animal rights group is calling for mandatory CCTV monitoring at all Australian abattoirs after distressing footage emerged of turkeys being bashed, kicked and stomped on at a major poultry processing plant in Sydney’s south-west. Read more: http://www.
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Footage shows 'torture' at Sydney turkey abattoir
Thursday 21 Mar 2013 by
New South Wales Police have been asked to investigate more than 100 acts of animal cruelty at an Inghams turkey abattoir south-west of Sydney, which animals activists have described as "torture".
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Laverton knackery claims links to RSPCA
Tuesday 23 Apr 2013 by
A Laverton knackery recently under investigation for animal cruelty by the RSPCA claimed last week it had been slaughtering horses for the RSPCA for the past 40 years.
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NSW abattoir's cruelty sickening: court
Friday 31 May 2013 by
A SYDNEY abattoir has been hit with a $60,000 fine for treating animals in a sickening and grossly inhumane manner.
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Aus Day lamb social media backlash
Monday 26 Jan 2015 by
Animal rights activists have targeted the successful Australia Day lamb promotion through video footage allegedly taken at Victorian abattoirs about nine months ago.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Australia Day lamb ad creators demand animal rights group remove parody clip
Friday 15 Jan 2016 by
An animal rights organisation has defended using a clip from Meat & Livestock Australia’s controversial Australia Day lamb advertisement in its own video, which shows graphic footage of a slaughterhouse.
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MLA orders Aussie Farms to remove graphic lamb ad parody
Friday 15 Jan 2016 by
Meat and Livestock Australia has threatened to sue an animal rights organisation if it does not take down a graphic parody video that splices footage from the 'Operation Boomerang' lamb ad with scenes from an abattoir.
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Statement regarding footage from Gretna Meatworks Tasmania
Saturday 15 Oct 2016 by
RSPCA Australia has been provided with access to a series of excerpts from footage taken in September 2016 at the Gretna Meatworks in Tasmania. The footage shows the stunning and slaughter of several cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. The excerpts document a s
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Tasmanian abattoir investigated over animal cruelty claims
Saturday 15 Oct 2016 by
Tasmanian authorities are investigating allegations of severe animal cruelty at an abattoir in the Derwent valley, north of Hobart.
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Abattoir accused of cruelty vows to stay open and fight the charges
Sunday 16 Oct 2016 by
THE owner of a Derwent Valley abattoir depicted in leaked video has rejected RSPCA calls for the facility to close, and confirmed a planned slaughter will go ahead tomorrow.
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