The Game Meats Company is suing Farm Transparency Project after footage of goats being slaughtered was published online and sent to a Channel Seven program
The Game Meats Company is suing animal advocacy charity Farm Transparency Project over video recorded at a goat abattoir in south-east Victoria.The Game Meats Company is suing animal advocacy charity Farm Transparency Project over video recorded at a goat abattoir in south-east Victoria.Closing arguments in a landmark case brought by a Victorian abattoir against an animal advocacy charity were heard at the federal court of Australia on Tuesday.
The company, which slaughters goats, emus, deer and ostriches for domestic and export markets, is seeking a permanent injunction against publication of the footage.During a five-day trial before Justice John Snaden, the court heard that Farm Transparency Project submitted footage with a cruelty complaint to the federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry on 3 May.
The company is suing for trespass, breach of copyright, injurious falsehood and misleading and deceptive conduct, and has asked the court to order the Farm Transparency Project to permanently delete the footage.
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