Over two years we investigated 10% of Australia’s slaughterhouses. Now it’s time to act.
Over 2023 and 2024 animal protection organisation Farm Transparency Project (FTP) investigated 30 Australian slaughterhouses across five states in Australia’s largest investigation into animal slaughter facilities. They installed dozens of hidden cameras, capturing hundreds of hours of footage of the slaughter of pigs, goats, cows, calves, sheep, rabbits, ducks, chickens, deer and camels.
At every facility, FTP found evidence of illegal activity and breaches of state and federal regulation. In a new report, the stark reality of Australian animal slaughter is laid bare, as are the inadequacy of the laws meant to protect sentient beings from pain, fear and distress.
Now, it’s time to take action.
From the 29th July - 3rd August 2025, actions will be taking place in each state where slaughterhouses were investigated, drawing attention to the footage that was captured and the animals who continue to suffer inside slaughterhouses across the country.
Join an event in your area to take a stand against animal abuse and demand that all slaughterhouses be shut down!
Sydney/Warrane
Slaughterhouse vigil | Thursday 31st July
Sydney activists will be holding a vigil outside one of the Sydney slaughterhouses exposed by Farm Transparency Project in their Shut Down Slaughterhouses campaign (location to be announced the night before). This will take place in the form of a peaceful memorial outside of the facility. We will have placards, photos of the animals whose lives have been taken, flowers, teddy bears and letters to place in memory of them.
Link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/16jHErXdXZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr
City outreach | Saturday 2nd August
Using footage from investigations into four NSW slaughterhouses over the past two years, we will be providing information to the public about how slaughter is never humane and how they can switch to kinder choices.
Link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/16huw4jGAL/?mibextid=wwXIfr
Brisbane/Meeanjin
The QLD 7 Rally | Friday 1st August (3pm - 5pm).
Live Gently is holding a Rally at the Queensland Government’s Tower of Power. Through a visual display, activists will represent the 7 Qld slaughterhouses exposed by FTP, speakers will share the story of the rescued Dominion lambs and deliver the petition to shut down Carey Bros.
Link:
https://facebook.com/events/s/the-qld-7-rally/680733861319597/
Adelaide/Tarntanya
Slaughterhouse vigil | Sunday 3rd August
South Aussies for Animals (SAFA) will hold a legal, nonviolent public demonstration staged outside a South Australian slaughterhouse (to be announced the morning of) on Sunday August 3rd.
Link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/724060270311051
Tasmania/Lutruwita
Slaughterhouse vigil | Tuesday 29th July
Join us on the morning of July 29th at Gretna Meatworks for a vigil, as part of the national Shut Down Slaughterhouses campaign with Farm Transparency Project. Gretna Meatworks was one of five Tasmanian slaughterhouses exposed by Farm Transparency Project in 2023/24, and one of 30 investigated nationwide. This was the second time Gretna Meatworks has been exposed, with footage also released in 2016/17.
Link:
https://www.facebook.com/share/1BnYgKLUsi/?mibextid=9VsGKo
Melbourne/Narrm
Farm Transparency Project will be holding a series of events during the week of action.
Cedar Meats Slaughterhouse vigil | Wednesday 30th July (7pm - 11pm)
Join us to bear witness outside one of Melbourne’s closest, and most controversial, slaughterhouses and demand an end to the violence and cruelty happening behind closed doors.
Link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1241581960855829
Right to Know - Game Meats Trial (Appeal) | Friday 1st August (9.30am - 4.30pm)
The Right to Know Appeal will be held as a one day hearing before the full court of the Federal Court of Australia, in Melbourne. We will share more information about the date of the trial as soon as it becomes known and encourage you to attend if you are able to.
Link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/993169102921874
City chalking and outreach | Sunday 3rd August (2pm-5pm)
Using footage from our investigations into 30 slaughterhouses over the past two years, we will be providing information to the public about how slaughter is never humane and how they can switch to kinder choices.
Link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1091101286197057
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