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Animal activists have taken footage at a Victorian abattoir, which they allege shows cows’ throats being slit while they are conscious.

Authorities are probing a Seymour slaughterhouse after shocking footage allegedly revealed cows being killed while still conscious. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

The state government has held firm against claims that it's "dragging its feet" on a taskforce report into Tasmanian slaughterhouses.

Six months ago, animal activists released ‘disturbing’ videos shot in Tasmanian slaughterhouses — Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff says more action is needed immediately.

SUBMISSIONS made at last month's state parliamentary enquiry into the welfare of farmed pigs in Victoria have been confronting and show a lack of common...

Take a digital tour inside Tasmanian meat processing facilities with FTP's latest campaign advocating for animal welfare.

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Victorian abattoir Australian Food Group commits to diversion program following exposure of pig slaughter methods by activists.

The owner of a Victorian piggery has accepted responsibility for the breaches after an investigation was sparked by video of slaughter practices inside its facilities.

The court case against an abattoir in Melbourne’s southwest has concluded after animal activist footage led to charges arising from its handling of pigs.

More footage of animal mistreatment is claimed to have been filmed at a Tasmanian slaughterhouse, this time at an abattoir near Burnie.

Hundreds of submissions on the phase-out of the live sheep export trade are being kept secret after farmers requested anonymity amid fears of reprisal from...

A nominee for Australian of the Year is engaged in a bitter feud with animal activists after film emerged of an abattoir she previously part-owned...

Animals Australia has launched legal action to stop pre-slaughter gassing of pigs, while politicians ram through a pig welfare inquiry.

New biosecurity laws being debated in Victorian parliament could see fines double for animal activists found trespassing on farms, in a move described as “ag-gag...

New hidden camera footage has revealed the way pigs are killed for their meat in Australia may be much less humane than previously thought.

Seven people have been arrested after animal rights activists blockaded a Victorian abattoir to protest the use of carbon dioxide to stun pigs before slaughter.

A long-standing piggery in the region’s south has been given the green light to expand despite public opposition and some councillors deeming the industry’...

The footage allegedly shows a live rabbit being thrown into a bin of carcasses as another lies dead on the ground. Others appear to be...

Ex-racehorses in NSW have been sent to knackeries for slaughter in potential contravention of the state's racing rules, footage released by an animal protection group...

This is the disturbing moment a farmer killed male goat kids with a metal pole in front of their mothers because they cannot produce milk....

Hidden camera footage taken at a Victorian farm shows newborn goats being bludgeoned with a metal pole and dying slow deaths while their mothers look...

Animal activists have released footage of male baby goats being bludgeoned to death at what's claimed to be a Victorian dairy farm. "These newborns males...

Animal activists have released horrific footage of male baby goats being bludgeoned to death at what's claimed to be a Victorian dairy farm. The confronting...

Animal Liberation Victoria (ALV) has released horrific undercover footage obtained at a Victorian Goat Farm which shows newborn goats being legally bludgeoned to death in...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

A Victorian farmer has called on the state government to stop protecting animal activists who have targeted him for a second time. Animal protection organisation...

It was a South Australian town's biggest employer before a huge fire gutted it. Now, 18 months on, a new abattoir will be built promising up...

ANIMAL activists have staged high-profile protests against both the duck and pig industries in the past week.

A group of around 50 activists have protested at Luv-A-Duck's factory in Nhill this morning, Thursday November 29.

There are calls to overhaul the way animal cruelty offences are investigated and punished in Tasmania after two recent cases caused outrage among animal welfare...

A Tasmanian meatworks accused of animal cruelty is cleared after a 20-month investigation, with animal rights campaigners saying they are "disappointed" but "not completely surprised".

THE owners of South Australia’s biggest abattoir in Murray Bridge have vowed to be back bigger and better after a huge fire ripped through...

Documents granted under the NSW GIPA ACT reveal disturbing information about the 2015 fires that killed approximately 250 pigs at the Boen Boe Piggery in Joadja and 2,500...

The RSPCA calls for the immediate closure of a Tasmanian abattoir, after an animal welfare group released footage from the abattoir showing what it described...

A Tasmanian abattoir defends its operation in the wake of graphic vision released by an animal welfare group, showing what it describes is the prolonged...

The cruelty of factory farming has once more been exposed with disturbing footage revealing the horrific conditions in which rabbits are kept.

It is a small industry doing great harm, it appears, to rabbits raised in cages for their meat.

The company behind the latest controversial Australia Day advertisement "Operation Boomerang", encouraging Australians to eat lamb, has threatened legal action if a video posted online...

Meat & Livestock Australia has demanded an animal rights organisation take down a parody video using footage from its latest Australia Day campaign and the ad’...

Meat and Livestock Australia have issued an immediate take down notice to an animal rights group that have used footage from their 'Operation Boomerang' campaign...

After days of robust campaigning against Meat and Livestock Australia's Australia Day advertisement, animal activists say they are being threatened with legal action.

Young-based piggery firm Blantyre Farms is proposing to build a $12 million piggery development near Harden but some Harden folk aren’t too happy about it.

A concerned community group has been established in response to the recently announced Development Application (DA), lodged by Michael and Edwina Beveridge of Blantyre Farms...

Big regional New South Wales piggery, Blantyre Farms, is proposing to build a new $12m operation.

Residents have told of the horror of the major bushfire burning in South Australia, with one revealing he had no choice but to leave thousands...

About 2500 pigs have been killed after a fire broke out in a shed in south-western NSW on Wednesday. The fire, believed to have been started...

About 2,000 pigs have been killed in a fire at a piggery in central New South Wales.

An estimated 2500 weaners have been killed in a shed fire at Wonga piggery on Wednesday morning.

Staff at the Wonga Piggery near Young will be offered counselling after more than 2000 pigs were killed in a shed fire this morning.

Hundreds of pigs have been killed in a fire at the Boen Boe piggery at Joadja in the Southern Highlands.

Up to 200 pigs are thought to have been killed in a fire on a stud in the New South Wales southern highlands.

Former chartered accountant turned pig farmer Edwina Beveridge is making her mark as a pioneer in the industry, turning methane into money as Australia's first...

Staff at a local piggery have been blindsided by the sudden death of 500 pigs from extreme heat stress. An anonymous whistleblower yesterday revealed employees at...

LUCENT is an award-winning documentary screening in March in both Toowoomba and Dalby. Narrated by Lindsay McDougall (The Doctor from Triple J), this documentary explores...

An animal rights group claims it has uncovered footage of cruelty to sheep at an abattoir in Wangaratta in Victoria, but has no plans to...

The RSPCA and the NSW Government must publicly explain why charges were dropped against the owner of a southern NSW piggery, despite overwhelming evidence of...

RHETORICAL warfare has broken out between key players in the high profile case against Wally's Piggery, after cruelty charges were dropped in the Yass Local...

Animal Liberation NSW has refused to take the blame for the RSPCA's decision to drop its case against Wally's Piggery.

ANIMAL cruelty charges in the high profile NSW case against Wally's Piggery have been dismissed, with prosecution hindered due to unlawfully obtained video footage.

These days when it comes to how our food is produced, the question is no longer "how much do you know about where it comes...

Mindarra Piggery (WA’s largest) near Gingin, and Narrogin Piggery are the first in WA to be exposed for animal abuse on activist website www....

This is the eye-opening footage animal activists claim is happening in pig farms across Australia. The footage, allegedly shot across 50 farms and piggeries across the...

Beaten with metal rods, kept in cramped cages and gassed before being slaughtered: Undercover film reveals horrific conditions Australian pigs are forced to endure.

A new feature-length documentary by animal rights group Aussie Farms, entitled “Lucent”, begins screening across Australia on October 17. The film contains footage from over 50 Australian...

Three generations of the Davis family, Aroora Enterprises, Murray Bridge, take part in the Royal Adelaide Show each year.

A new film by Aussie farms provides a comprehensive exposé of the Australian pig farming industry. Chris Delforce, writer and producer of Lucent, tells Alison...

The animal rights activist behind the Aussie Farms website says his work stemmed from his initial involvement publishing video footage two years ago after an...

If animal rights activist Chris Delforce had his own way with lawmakers, Australia’s $1 billion per year pork industry would be terminated overnight.

Two months after world-first footage emerged from the gas chambers at Corowa pig abattoir in NSW, animal activists have now released even more damning footage...

As part of the pork industry's self-declared "Bacon Week", animal advocacy organisation Aussie Farms has so far exposed cruelty at a further 4 piggeries, two of...

Concluding their tribute to “Bacon Week”, animal advocacy organisation Aussie Farms have released material from yet another Australian pig farm.

Animal rights campaigner Chris Delforce this week pledged his group would run a counter-campaign against Australian Pork Limited’s (APL) "bacon week" promotion.

In response to the pork industry’s self-declared “bacon week”, activist group Aussie Farms has announced that they will be exposing cruelty at one additional...

Harsher penalties may deter animal activists from breaking into farming properties, but it’s more important to focus on ensuring animal cruelty doesn’t occur...

In response to calls from pig farmers for ‘ag-gag’ style laws, animal activists have released footage and photographs depicting extreme cruelty at an 18th Australian...

In response to defamatory and unfounded comments made by Australian Pork Limited (APL)’s CEO Andrew Spencer on the ABC Landline program yesterday, animal activists...

Animal activists have released footage inside a further two Queensland piggeries, revealing thousands of pregnant and lactating pigs confined to tiny metal and concrete cages.

Activists plant hidden cameras over gas chambers in the Corowa NSW slaughterhouse, capturing world-first footage as the pigs suffocate in apparent ‘humane’ conditions.

Despite her piggery being exposed for ongoing animal abuse, intensive piggery operator Edwina Beveridge has been nominated for a Rural Women's Award.

Windridge Farms’ Wonga Piggery, owned by the parents of Edwina Beveridge, is the twelfth Australian piggery to be exposed for animal cruelty by Animal Liberation;...

After much anticipation, graphic vision is released from Edwina Beveridge’s Blantyre Farms.

Pig found with severe, maggot-infested prolapses.

Aroora Enterprises won supreme pig of the Royal Adelaide Show with a Large White boar.

Earlier this week Australian Pork Limited filed a complaint against Animal Liberation’s “Australian Pig Farming: The Inside Story” website to try to get it...

Continuing their campaign to bring to light the cruelty inherent in the Australian pig farming industry, Animal Liberation ACT has released photos and footage from...

In response to a misleading promotional video of Lansdowne Piggery, NSW, recently published by Australian Pork Limited (APL), Animal Liberation ACT has released damning footage...

This week the campaign by Animal Liberation ACT and NSW to expose the realities of Australian pig farming achieved another victory when the closure of...

A few days ago, activists returned to Wally's Piggery. For the moment, the farrowing sheds are empty - there are no sows or piglets on...

The Meat Industry Authority, that had its functions transferred to the NSW Food Authority, paid attention to Wally's Pig Farm [in around 1984]. An inspector attended...

This week more undercover footage was obtained from two abusers in NSW: Allain's piggery in Blakney Creek NSW, just an hour north of Wally's, and...

During the investigation yesterday by the police, the RSPCA, the Animal Welfare League and the Food Authority, Wally admitted that he had been sent the...

Website for the 'Australian Pig Farming: Inside Story' campaign was launched, after footage and photographs were obtained from within Wally's Piggery NSW.

Shocking evidence of brutal animal abuse and horrific slaughter exposes pig industry's hidden crimes.

As the pig industry prepares to commemorate the centenary of stud breeding in Australia, pig producers are still smiling, thanks to handy prices over the...

Murray Bridge producer Greg Davis, south-east of Adelaide, SA, had to tighten his belt to get through the industry's tough time, when low prices and...

PIG farmers able to stick out the tough times of the past two years are now reaping price rises of 50 per cent.