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Activists pledge to continue campaign

By Geoff Adams

Feb 9, 2026

Activists say they will continue to put spy cameras in abattoirs and piggeries. Photo by Liudmila Chernetska

A ruling by a Bendigo Magistrate against secret video recordings inside a piggery is not likely to stop activists from installing the cameras.

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The cameras were secretly installed in the Carag Carag piggery by people working with the Farm Transparency Project.

A person providing the images, who trespassed on the property, went back 12 times to check the video recordings.

Asked about the practice and whether the ruling would effectively end the secret recordings campaign, a spokesperson for the Project said they would continue to publish recordings showing any evidence of abuse or bad practices.

“I can’t speak for other people, because we obtain the recordings from employees or independent people, but we will continue to publish them.”

The spokesperson said the recordings obtained in the Carag Carag piggery had already been used for a parliamentary inquiry.

The spokesperson said the Project considered the uncovering of animal cruelty was in the public interest and was more important than the breach of trespass law.

The Project has been trying to find out what has happened to the pig involved in the incident and want to see her transferred to an animal sanctuary.