Laverton Knackery (closed)

Tuesday 23 Apr 2013 by Fiona O'Doherty (Herald Sun)

A Laverton knackery recently under investigation for animal cruelty by the RSPCA claimed last week it had been slaughtering horses for the RSPCA for the past 40 years. Read more >

Friday 15 Mar 2013 by Saffron Howden (Sydney Morning Herald)

A knackery accused of the brutal treatment and inhumane slaughter of former racehorses will escape prosecution after the RSPCA decided covert footage was not sufficient evidence to lay charges. Read more >

Thursday 13 Dec 2012 by Richard Willingham (The Age)

Allegations of inhumane slaughter of horses at a western suburbs knackery have sparked outrage and prompted the Melbourne and Werribee Open Range zoos to source horsemeat from other knackeries. Read more >

Thursday 13 Dec 2012 by Goya Dmytryshchak and Nick Toscano (Wyndham Star Weekly)

A WORKER at a Laverton knackery accused of inhumane treatment of animals says the horses are either ‘‘unwanted or dangerous’’ and are being ‘‘killed the best way we can’’. Read more >