We Hid Inside One of the Pork Industry’s Gas Chambers | Ban Gas Chambers

All major pig slaughterhouses in Australia now use carbon dioxide gas chambers as a means of rendering pigs unconscious before cutting their throats. Referred to by the industry as “controlled atmosphere stunning“ or “controlled atmosphere killing“, the process involves forcing pigs into gondola cages which are then lowered into the pit of the chamber, where high concentrations of the excruciating toxic gas cause them to suffocate. On January 27, 2023, Farm Transparency Project’s founding director, Chris Delforce, spent over 9 hours hidden above the gas chamber at the Australian Food Group (AFG) slaughterhouse in Melbourne’s west, witnessing first-hand the absolute horror faced by millions of pigs every year in Australia. This is what our investigation uncovered… --------------------------------------------------- Follow our journey to ban pig gas chambers in Australia, --------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Facebook and instagram --------------------------------------------------- It’s time to ban gas chambers.