Australia's peak farm lobby group has asked police to investigate a graffiti attack on its national headquarters protesting live exports.
The words "ban live exports" and paint depicting dripping blood were sprayed over the National Farmers Federation's building in Canberra on Friday morning.
Graffiti and other "foul language" were also discovered on the front and rear entrance doors.
The federation blames animal activists for the attack, which comes amid an outcry over reports Australian cattle are being slaughtered with sledgehammers in Vietnam.
Deputy chief executive Tony Maher said while the NFF respected the rights of others to have different points of view, they must be expressed lawfully.
It was "extremely unfair" the entire farming industry was being targeted when many farmers abhorred animal cruelty.
It's not the first time the building has been targeted.
"We've had a gutful of it, really," Mr Maher told AAP.
Animals Australia, which reported the sledgehammering incident, says it doesn't condone such behaviour.
"But it would be nice to see the NFF getting equally upset over cattle in Vietnam having their skulls shattered by sledgehammers," a spokeswoman told AAP.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says the practice of live exports is an issue many feel passionately about.
"Some spray paint on a building is nothing compared to the fear and suffering that just one sheep on a live export ship endures, not to mention the millions of others," a spokeswoman said in a statement.
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