Nine people have been arrested after chaining themselves to machinery in a NSW abattoir as part of a nationwide protest.
The activists chained themselves to a conveyor at Southern Meats about 2.30am on Monday, NSW Police said in a statement.
Police arrived at 4am but a rescue squad was required to cut the group free from the machine before they were arrested.
Three women refused to walk and were carried from the facility to a police vehicle.
Three men, one 46 and two aged 22, and six women, aged between 21 and 61, were taken to Goulburn Police Station to be charged.
The act is linked to a nationwide protest for animal rights which saw a cafe in Victoria close after what they say is "nearly four months of constant harassment" and a similar invasion of an abattoir in Queensland.
The NSW abattoir has declined to comment.
