Protesters chain themselves to equipment at Victorian slaughterhouse
Christopher Knaus
Animal activists have chained themselves to equipment in a Victorian slaughterhouse in an attempt to stop the carbon dioxide gassing of pigs prior to slaughter.
Last month, activist group Farm Transparency Project released covertly recorded footage from three abattoirs showing the use of gassing to stun pigs. The use of gas for stunning is widely regarded as best practice and the safest possible method. But…