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Over the past 10 years, Farm Transparency Project has entered over one hundred Australian slaughterhouses, factory farms and knackeries, revealing the horror within to an often stunned public. Yet, Australian slaughter industries, including meat, dairy and eggs, continue to lie to consumers, claiming that what happens behind the closed doors of farms and slaughterhouses can somehow be humane.
We wonât rest until we reveal the depth of the systemic and inherent animal abuse in the animal slaughter industry - abuse that is completely unnecessary, especially given the vast array of easily accessible plant-based alternatives.
Over 2023 and 2024, we will investigate, expose and release new footage from 30 Australian slaughterhouses, exposing the brutal final moments of animals bred for food in this country.
Itâs time for a national conversation about the mass suffering weâre inflicting on animals and whether that could ever align with our values, when most Australians consider themselves animal-lovers and when thereâs already such a vast array of easily-accessible plant-based alternatives.
A just transition to slaughter-free food production
The technology which would allow us to transition away from commercialised animal slaughter already exists. With emerging technology and innovation in the plant-based food sector, we are more than capable of feeding our country without suffering and violence. Our government needs to move away from meat, dairy and eggs, and towards slaughter free food production. This includes:
Investing in plant-based food production.
Redirecting the millions of dollars in public funding, which currently funds the meat, dairy and egg industries, away from slaughter-based food production and into plant-based alternatives
Supporting vulnerable workers to escape the slaughter industry. Developing a just transition for workers in these violent industries, linked to high levels of mental illness and brutality, into alternative roles.
Complete legal protection for farmed animals
Most of what is done to farmed animals in farms and slaughterhouses is only legal because of outdated exemptions to our animal welfare laws which mean that what would be illegal if it was done to a dog or a cat, is legal when done to a pig or a cow. We are calling for complete legal protection for farmed animals, which would mean an immediate end to the commercial breeding, confinement and slaughter of all animals bred for food.
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Most of us see ourselves as animal lovers; yet our actions may be contributing to the abuse and violent slaughter of individuals who live, breathe and feel just as much as our dogs and cats.
Boycott Animal slaughter
The only way to be sure youâre not supporting the abuse of farmed animals, is to stop eating them. Take the pledge today to leave animals off your plate and live vegan.
Help us shut down slaughterhouses
Workers using the bodies of sheep and pigs as punching bags, hitting them as they hang suspended on the shackle line, or as they are pulled onto the kill table to have their throat slit. Pigs screaming as their heads are clamped in electrified paddles, some left stunned but conscious for minutes as they blink and look around in terror. Sheep and goats stabbed in the head over and over again as they thrash and try desperately to run backwards on the moving conveyor belt, forcing them towards their deaths. Cows trying to stand after being shot in the head multiple times, then dying in agony as they bleed out on the kill room floor. Our investigations have revealed horrific suffering in slaughterhouses across Australia proving without a doubt that slaughter can never be humane. Show your support for a slaughter free food system by signing our petition today.
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Friday 1 Aug 2025 by
A steadfast group of southern Queensland animal rights activists will descend on the streets of Brisbane, calling on the Minister for Department of Primary Industries to shut down a Warwick abattoir.
Tuesday 10 Jun 2025 by
Activists covertly film at NSW abattoirs, igniting debates on animal welfare and transparency. New laws may change the industry landscape.
Wednesday 9 Apr 2025 by
Vegan protesters broke into a regional Queensland, family-owned abattoir and hid cameras above the kill floor. The footage they captured has led to an investigation by state regulators. WARNING: Graphic content.
Saturday 15 Mar 2025 by
A federal MP said these animal activists had "no place in our society". Now four slaughterhouses in his electorate are under investigation for alleged animal cruelty.
Wednesday 5 Feb 2025 by
A notice of appeal has been lodged by the abattoir which lost its bid to stop the publishing of footage illegally obtained by animal activists. See the latest.
Friday 11 Oct 2024 by
If youââ¬â¢ve been following Farm Transparency Projectââ¬â¢s social media over the past couple of months, it wonââ¬â¢t be news to you that we are in the midst of a&...
Thursday 15 Feb 2024 by
When activists with Farm Transparency Project first walked into the Tasmanian Quality Meats slaughterhouse in the dead of night, they had no idea that the project they were embarking on would be a significant contributing factor in toppling the Tasmanian Liberal government...
Saturday 15 Apr 2023 by
On April 13th 2023 25 activists from Farm Transparency Project shutdown Benalla slaughterhouse for over 7 hours. We chained ourselves inside the gas chamber and race, preventing any pigs from being killed while we were there. More of us occupied the roof and remained up there for almost 12 hours before leaving voluntarily. Executive...
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.
Monday 4 Mar 2024 by
We met Maisie in the holding pens at Benalla slaughterhouse. Out of the dozens of pigs and piglets crowded together in the mud and filth, Maisie stood out because of her distinctive markings, which looked like someone had drawn a line down her middle and painted one half pink and...
Monday 29 Jan 2024 by
Sometimes out of the darkest of places come stories of hope. But our time at Snowtown had no happy endings. On our final night investigating the slaughterhouse, we found a newborn goat in the holding pens, crying out for help. We couldn’t leave her behind and took her home...
Sunday 14 Jan 2024 by
This is Felix. A beautiful baby boy I was privileged to meet and spend time with. Felix was healthy. Apart from being malnourished and weak from starvation - he was healthy. And he was young. He was only 7 days old. I want to tell you about him.
Tuesday 8 Aug 2023 by
We spent two weeks installing cameras and capturing footage at Menzel’s Meats in South Australia. Each night, we spent time with animals in the pens whose horrific deaths we later witnessed. Every animal we met was an individual with their own life and their own story. Every single one...
Media release: Friday 1 Aug 2025
A Victorian slaughterhouse is appearing before the Federal Court to appeal a decision which allowed the publication of footage of the slaughter of animals, which was illegally obtained by animal protection organisation Farm Transparency Project last year at the Game Meats Company slaughterhouse in Eurobin, Victoria. The slaughterhouse claims that the court erred in its decision to not grant a permanent injunction to block the footage, which contains evidence of animal cruelty and illegal activity. The appeal follows a five-day trial in August 2024, where FTP admitted to trespassing at the facility and installing hidden cameras to capture footage...
Media release: Monday 26 May 2025
Farm Transparency Project has published hidden camera footage captured late last year at the Cowra slaughterhouse in NSW The footage reveals workers throwing, kicking, smacking and aggressively electrocuting animals to move them to the kill floor, where many are then ineffectively 'stunned' and killed while conscious This is the 30th slaughterhouse investigated and exposed by the group across NSW, VIC, QLD, TAS and SA in the last two years, completing a pledge made in mid 2023 Farm Transparency Project (FTP) has completed its pledge to investigate and expose 30 slaughterhouses across Australia over two years, with Cowra Meat Processors in central...
Media release: Wednesday 16 Apr 2025
New footage captured at a Sydney poultry slaughterhouse shows chickens and ducks being killed while fully conscious and able to feel pain. The video showed workers placing ducks on the shackle line after the electrified stun bath, then slitting their throats. Other birds lifted their heads out of the bath, avoiding the water and remaining conscious. The footage was published by Farm Transparency Project and was captured in November 2024 when hidden cameras were installed inside two NSW poultry slaughterhouses. Footage captured at Tinder Creek duck slaughterhouse in the western Sydney suburb of Tennyson shows chickens and ducks having their...
Media release: Friday 14 Mar 2025
Animal protection organisation Farm Transparency Project has released footage captured inside seven QLD slaughterhouses over a six-week period in August-September 2024. The footage, obtained through the use of covert cameras installed by the group, shows multiple breaches of state and federal animal welfare legislation, including ineffective stunning, abusive handling of animals, and animals being slaughtered while conscious and aware. At one facility, a sheep is stabbed multiple times and decapitated while still conscious, while pigs are seen drowning in the scalding tank. Farm Transparency Project is calling for the immediate closure of all seven facilities, which have been reported...
Media release: Thursday 19 Dec 2024
The Federal Court has refused to block the publication of footage of the slaughter of animals, which was illegally obtained by animal protection organisation Farm Transparency Project earlier this year at the Game Meats Company slaughterhouse in Eurobin, Victoria. The organisation will be allowed to publish the footage - which contains evidence of animal cruelty and illegal activity - once the month-long appeal window has passed. The judgment follows a five-day trial in July where FTP admitted to trespassing at the facility and installing hidden cameras to capture footage of the slaughter of goats. In its judgment handed down...
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