Cattle yards of Danger

  

Teys Bros Beenleigh cattle yards are old; built back in the early 1980's, this is where the cattle are held before slaughter.

It is here at these cattle yards that is the main point of Q-Fever danger originates from, in the cattle yards, all the dust odour and contaminates of infectious disease originate from here, it is basically the source of any and all danger to the unsuspecting public;  holding the cattle in the holding yards as the cattle feed and do their business.


All expert reports highlight and center around the cattle in the cattle yards and as stated they, Teys Bros Beenleigh, are so far behind the times because of these cattle yards, they knowingly put everyone living up to 18 kilometers away in jeopardy.
These Cattle yards have not been touched for over 30 years, they remain basically the way they were when first built back in the early 80s.


 Thirty Years and NO modernisation, Thirty Years NO leading edge technology, just the same 30 year old Cattle Holding Yards stuck in the 80s with no care, no responsibility, just a clear neglect and disregard for the health and well being of the general public. Every other abattoir of Teys class in South East Queensland have kept up with safe practices and enclosed their cattle yards in massive sheds with air filtration systems with concrete flooring to eradicate Dust, Odour and Contaminates of Infectious Diseases to the surrounding public, except for Teys. And even though these cattle yards are behind 10 meters of a dirt mound, the wind can not be contained by some dirt and vegetation.

In 2006, Teys settled out of court with a man claiming to have contracted Q-Fever from the Teys Bros Beenleigh operation. Court documents reveal that he worked on a building site some 500 meters to 1 kilometer away from the factor. This is the same distance as Devine's Alberi Park; 1 kilometer covers the entire Alberi Park residential estate and puts every man, women, child and pet at HIGH RISK of contracting Q-Fever.

In2006, a Expert Report completed by a Occupational Health & Safety Consultant, was prepared for a Teys court case defending a Q fever claim by the building laborer working on a building site some 500 to 1 kilometer away.

 In this report, the expert witness claims that although Teys do everything to protect their workers, they do nothing for the surrounding public, the report goes on to imply no duty of care is extended to the surrounding public and that Teys did not have a effective process in place to protect the local community from the processing plant to the cattle yards. For over two years, residents have been taking daily photos and it seems like every day that Teys allow the cattle to graze dirrectly across from houses and people completely ignoring the danger of spreading diseases. Below are some photos taken from peoples front yards, they show how close the cattle are to the street and houses.
 

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