Key Points from Speech of 13th October, 2012 Paul Mahony, Melbourne Pig Save Living in a world of double-speak

and euphemisms. Those most affected by these warped and sinister portrayals of reality are the animals in our food production system. Acts of Parliament around Australia are based on the 2007 Model Code of Practice for the Welfare of Animals. Those Acts permit piglets to be mutilated without anaesthetic. They allow piglets to be castrated, have their tails cut off, their ears notched and their teeth clipped almost to the gum line, all without anaesthetic. This so-called welfare legislation also allows pregnant sows to be confined day and night for months on end in cages so small that they cant even turn around. The double-speak continues. Andrew Spencer: THATS PIG HEAVEN. SOW STALLS ARE GOOD FOR SOWS. Does that look like Pig Heaven to you? [POINTING AT STALL] Mr Spencer also said, Sow stalls are more than okay, theyre fantastic, and sows love them. Cruelty upon cruelty. Possibly illegal cruelty (may be subject to investigation): Wallys Piggery, NSW (www.aussiepigs.com.au): Mark Pearson, Executive Director Animal Liberation NSW said: "This piggery is one of the worst examples of factory farming where animals are treated like 'production machines' and no thought is given to their capacity to suffer." Animal activists from
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Animal Liberation ACT & NSW discovered and photographed pigs, sows and piglets living in appalling conditions. Images also included buckets of dead piglets, a sledge hammer used to bludgeon pigs, and sows with open sores" Jess Ferry, Co-President of Animal Liberation ACT said: "Hidden cameras filming over several weeks revealed sick and dying animals, workers throwing and kicking piglets and beating sows, and infestations of flies around and on the pigs. In the slaughter room, the footage showed the owner of the piggery smashing his pigs with a sledgehammer before cutting their throat and leaving them to die in agony over six minutes, sometimes returning to use the knife or sledgehammer again. No stunning device was used, and workers were seen to be drinking from beer bottles during their shift in the slaughter room." August 4 Wally was tipped off the day before the investigation During the investigation yesterday by the police, the RSPCA, the Animal Welfare League and the Food Authority, Wally admitted that he had been sent the longer 42 minute cut of footage the day before, giving him enough time to prepare. Furious, the Animal Welfare League are launching their own investigation into how this happened. Desmond Sibraa, Barrister and former meat inspector for the Federal & NSW governments: In the meantime the Minister must insist on the prosecution of Valenti Perenc and his employees for the numerous offences shown in the Animal Liberation Video. The activists are available to give evidence concerning their activities and observations at the piggery. It seems that nothing has changed since the Meat Industry Authority inspections in July 1993. The Minister could also ask the Food Authority why no inspections had been made of the piggery over the last nineteen years.

Awareness. Were here today to inform the community whats behind their food products, including their Christmas ham, their bacon and their fresh pork. The ultimate doublespeak: The season of peace on Earth and goodwill for all. Were trying to bring some elements of the piggeries and the slaughterhouses to the middle of the city. What we cant bring you are the sounds, smells and emotions involved in death and despair, as the trucks roll in and the slaughterhouse workers go about their work. Patty Mark, Animals are not ours demonstration, City Square, Melbourne, 10th October, 2012: We stand here today to speak out for social justice and equality. Animals are not our property, they are not our slaves, they are not our raw materials. They are individuals. We would like people to reflect on the harmful choices they make. We stand to encourage our fellow humans to broaden their circle of compassion.