{"id":769525,"date":"2022-08-19T07:57:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T11:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=769525"},"modified":"2022-08-19T08:32:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:32:21","slug":"animal-rights-group-releases-shocking-footage-from-inside-a-pig-abattoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=769525","title":{"rendered":"AS ABOVE, SO BELOW: Animal rights group releases shocking aerial footage from inside a pig abattoir"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>The aerial vision shows slaughterhouse workers hitting and kicking the pigs before one of the animals is slashed with a knife, causing it to spurt blood.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>BEN TALINTYRE:<\/strong> A confronting video shared by an animal rights activist group appears to show abattoir workers engaging in animal mistreatment&#8230; Animal Liberation Queensland (ALQ) released drone footage on Friday of what is alleged to be a large Queensland pig abattoir, which has been reported for animal cruelty since the vision was taken on June 8. The aerial vision shows workers&#8230; hitting and kicking the pigs before one of the animals is slashed with a knife, causing it to spurt blood&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>ALQ&#8217;s campaign manager Amanda Holly told the Courier Mail she believed Australia&#8217;s pig farming industry is hidden behind a &#8216;veil of secrecy&#8217;&#8230; &#8216;We flew drones above intensive factory farms located here, as well as in the Western Downs, Toowoomba, North Burnett, Fraser Coast, Scenic Rim and Goondiwindi regions&#8217;&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The release of the video comes as the annual BaconFest kicks off in a rural Queensland town&#8230; Thousands of people are expected to attend the event in what is a usually quiet town but are set to be joined by some unwelcome guests in the form of activist protestors&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>On Friday ALQ announced they would target the rural festival, driving mobile billboards through the town showing abattoir images from across Queensland&#8230; &#8216;By maintaining a legal, peaceful presence throughout Kingaroy this weekend, our activists aim to shine a light on industry practices that are considered &#8216;standard&#8217; despite the appalling harm caused to animals, people, and the environment,&#8217; Ms Holly said. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11125963\/Animal-Liberation-Queensland-release-drone-footage-inside-abattoir-plan-target-BaconFest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>SOURCE&#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/2754165.html\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEN TALINTYRE: A confronting video shared by an animal rights activist group appears to show abattoir workers engaging in animal mistreatment&#8230; Animal Liberation Queensland (ALQ) released drone footage on Friday of what is alleged to be a large Queensland pig abattoir, which has been reported for animal cruelty since the vision was taken on June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":769532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,20,23,25],"tags":[27,30,31,35],"class_list":["post-769525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-justice","category-rights","category-welfare","tag-cruelty","tag-exploitation","tag-farming","tag-protection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=769525"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769534,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769525\/revisions\/769534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/769532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=769525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=769525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=769525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}