More than 1000 animal rights activists are expected to rally in Melbourne's CBD, calling for the end to slaughterhouses.
The Victorian march will coincide with other rallies across the world, including in the United States, England, France, Spain and Canada.
Organisers are promising the demonstration at Flagstaff Gardens from 11.30am on Saturday to be "loud and busy" and will shut down streets.
The march will then commence an anti-clockwise route around the outskirts of the Queen Victoria Market, with a speech and demonstration at the front entrance to the meat and fish hall.
The march to close all slaughterhouses movement wants to send a message to the community and governments that animal agriculture is "cruel, bad for our health and detrimental to the environment".
"We want to send a strong, clear message to our community, the industries and our governments that living in a world now with slaughterhouses is not acceptable and we need to transition to plant based agriculture and lab meats," a statement read.
The march is being run by March to Close all Slaughterhouses, an organisation calling for abolition of the practices that harm animals breeding, fishing and slaughter.
SOURCE AAP
