Van der Drift & Sons Piggery

An enormous farrow-to-finish piggery, composed of 30 sheds connected by a single 615-metre-long corridor. The walls and ceilings are draped in cobwebs, and the sheds and corridor are completely infested by cockroaches and flies. Piglets in the weaner pens were found suffering from mange, while a piglet in the farrowing crates was found with their leg trapped between the metal bars of the floor. 

Van der Drift is certified under the Australian Pork Industry Quality Assurance Program (APIQ), which according to the industry is "the mark of a pig producer who cares for their animals and follows safe, sustainable practices".

According to paperwork found in their office, 306 sows died between January and November 2024. Investigators came across two dead sows with their throats gashed open, dumped outside the sheds. 

Owned by Andrew Ronald Van der Drift and Melissa Ann Van der Drift, who are directors of Duclarn Enterprises Pty Ltd and Van der Drift & Sons Pty Ltd. Property owned by Dulcarn Enterprises Pty Ltd.

Sends pigs to the notorious Benalla slaughterhouse to be gassed with carbon dioxide.