Tabro Export Abattoir Lance Creek site

Any info needed, am thinking of staging a vigil.

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LucindaM VIC • Posts: 4

1 18 Jan 2016

Hi guys,
I was out in hills of gippsland and came across the Tabro Export Abbotoir Lance Creek site.
Because it is quite conveniently in my area, I thought I would stage an eye opening peaceful placard holding or nature strip occupying "protest".

As many of us on the site know already, meat is not an easy, safe, kind, and just a plain cruel business. I was thinking that as a memorial for all the animals that have died, we (if anyone is interested) could put up makeshift crosses up along the roadside strip between the fence and the road. Technically it would be public property and ok for us to use....

{although not quite sure of rules and regulations}

If anyone has any ideas or info please reply...

Lucinda

dove

robert99 Sweden • Posts: 1360

2 19 Jan 2016

If you're on public property then it should be ok, but the more involved the better!

see https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/30291968/activists-protest-at-vic-abattoir/

and http://www.aussiepigs.com/news/85-diamond-valley-pork-slaughterhouse-protest-theyre-burning-from-inside-out

tips available from http://www.alv.org.au/

Jackomoley VIC • Posts: 3

3 5 Feb 2016

My sister's boyfriend starts working here on Monday. Im glad they now have a source of income but don't think it's an okay way to get money. Knowing someone I see so often will work there is heartbreaking but I don't know what to do about the matter. I unfortunately live a bit away but I think what you're doing is great, hopefully people show a bit more compassion.

robert99 Sweden • Posts: 1360

4 7 Feb 2016

Jackomoley said:

My sister's boyfriend starts working here on Monday.

Hope he does not end up there too long. Studies show the effects of working in abattoirs.

see http://www.texasobserver.org/ptsd-in-the-slaughterhouse/
Amy Fitzgerald, a criminology professor at the University of Windsor in Canada, has found a strong correlation between the presence of a large slaughterhouse and high crime rates in U.S. communities. One might object that a slaughterhouse town’s disproportionate population of poor, working-class males might be the real cause, but Fitzgerald controlled for that possibility by comparing her data to counties with comparable populations employed in factory-like operations. In her study released in 2007, the abattoir stood out as the factor most likely to spike crime statistics. Slaughterhouse workers, in essence, were “desensitized,” and their behavior outside of work reflected it.

Shaelle NSW • Posts: 34

5 8 Feb 2016

Quite right Robert, the habit of casually taking lives leaves a deep imprint on people's psyche.

It has long been acknowledged that murderers who get a kick out of killing and torturing (and particularly serial killers) have often had a history of inflicting cruelty on animals, often since childhood. The infamous Anita Cobby murder here in Australia is a typical example...

robert99 Sweden • Posts: 1360

6 8 Feb 2016

Serial killers are known to abuse animals when they are young,

Just reading reports takes its toll ...

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/08/victoria-police-minister-wade-noonan-takes-break-from-unspeakable-crimes

The Victorian police minister, Wade Noonan, has announced he will take three months’ leave from the frontbench due the toll of “the constant exposure to details of unspeakable crimes and traumatic events”.