Cooee was a very small service kill abattoir located Tasmania, fire caused its closure in 2012 affecting many small producers who would follow the complete process of their animals treatment through to packing.

Other Names

• Cooee Point

Current Operation

• Closed – fire burnt processing and packing facility in 2012¹

Location   

• Cooee is on the western end of the north coast of Tasmania.¹
  

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Owner

• Wendy Gee¹

Operation   

• A small service kill and processing, packing facility for local producers¹
• Processed pigs, lambs and cattle¹
• Employed 6 people¹

History

1992

• facility had been in operation before this time¹

2012

• January. Extensive fire damage to facility occured.¹
• 90% of the commercial cattle in the area were processed at Devonport abattoir (Tas) but Cooee had a solid local following¹
  • facility is used by smaller producers to kill, butcher and pack their meat.²
  • Producers were able to watch the animal processed right throughout²
• Fire thought to be suspicious¹
• June. Wendy Gee will offer services at a butchery in Terrylands, Animals are killed at Devonport abattoir (Tas) approximately 50km away, then transferred to Terrylands for processing.³

Sources

1. ‘Fire razes North-west abattoir’ The Examiner 22.01.2012
2. ‘Cooee abattoir fire forces producers to assess their options’ ABC Country Hour. 23.01.2012
3. ‘Abattoir owner back in business’ The Advocate. 17.06.2012

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