Each year in Australia, 520 animals are slaughtered in abattoirs, mainly for direct human consumption of meat, roughly distributed as follows: 460 broilers 3- turkeys, ducks 4- pigs 11 laying hens, bulls, steers and steers, cows and heifers 7. The news came after WorkSafe Australia confirmed it had launched an investigation after a Katanning abattoir worker died after being trapped in machinery, Australian media reported. At WorkSafe, the undercover footage, recorded by anti-horse racing campaign group Animal Aid, showed horses being killed in front of each other and slaughtered from a distance at Drury and Sons, one of the UK. Far from death: animal cruelty at the slaughterhouse. Violence against animals facing death in slaughterhouses has horrified many. But what damage does the daily management of death inflict? WA News. WorkSafe has confirmed it has launched an investigation after a Katanning abattoir worker died after becoming trapped in a machine. A WorkSafe spokeswoman said it was a fatal workplace death. Slaughterhouse is an American horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and starring Dayton Callie, Jessica Lowndes, Joe Anderson, Lin Shaye and Jay Huguley. It was written by Christopher Monfette. It premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Premise. The film follows the story of a real estate journalist named Julia. The incidence of dead birds on arrival of the DOA was studied on broilers, with spent hen slaughterhouses representing the majority. of Italian poultry slaughterhouses and could be used to establish DOA limit values as an indicator of bird welfare during the period before slaughter, including capture and loading. A Queensland abattoir responsible for the mass slaughter of racehorses will be investigated for alleged animal mistreatment after revelations aired on the ABC. last night.