Abattoir protester Angela Banovic from Gold Coast crowd funding to pay fine for Sea World action

A globe-trotting Gold Coast protester involved in a sit-in at a Queensland abattoir this morning is fundraising money to cover fines from a previous protest at Sea World.

Gold Coast protester Angela Banovic.

A globe-trotting Gold Coast protester involved in sit-ins at farms and abattoirs is fundraising money to cover fines from a previous protest at Sea World.

Angela Banovic, who lives on the Gold Coast, shared a video this morning of a group of 20 protesters invading a Carey Bros Slaughterhouse at Yangan, near Warwick.

According to her public social media posts this is not the first time Ms Banovic has been involved in activist disruptions.

Angela Banovic pictured at the Carey Bros Slaughterhouse at Yangan this morning.

In December last year Ms Banovic, by her own admission, was one of the individuals fined for disrupting the dolphin show at SeaWorld.

Unable to afford the $783 fine due to overseas activism trips, to Japan and Mexico, Ms Banovic has been fundraising to cover the charges.

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“I have put myself into debt and spent all my money on activism in the past 4 months — flights for my attempt to re-enter Japan to be a voice for the dolphin in Taiji, QLD for the sunrise at SeaWorld event and flights etc to Mexico spending 2.5 months on campaign on the M/V Sharpie. I have then borrowed money to move to QLD,” she posted on both her Facebook page and the fundraising page for her fine.

“I would do it again!,” she brags in the post.

“We managed to disrupt 3 SeaWorld shows in total. We made history and actually STOPPED the show!”

A Facebook post by Angela Banovic asking for donations to help pay a fine she incurred while protesting at Sea World.

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Ms Banovic has only been able to raise 50 per cent of the funds owed for her fine.

According to those on the scene of the protests on the Darling Downs yesterday, a group of 20 protesters only left the Carey Bros Meatworks when they were given three sheep. A further 200 protesters were gathered outside.

“We negotiated the rescue of three lambs and there was no charge,” Ms Banovic posted online.

“We left pretty soon after negotiations and we arranged collection of the 3 lambs and walked behind the car.”

Three sheep pictured in the back of a small car after being “rescued” from the Carey Bros Slaughterhouse at Yangan.

According to employees the protesters drove away with the sheep in the back of a small hatchback.

Ms Banovic would not address questions asking what the group intended to do with the animals.

Freestone dairy farmers were also faced by the protesters early this morning, who were handling calves outside the paddock.

“We had three calves on the road and tried to get them back into the paddock but people were standing around and chased them into the fence,” Freestone Dairy farmer Phil Christensen said.

“I started yelling out to them.

“They ... have’t experienced life yet or understand what we do, we care for our animals.

“Maybe we should come to the Gold Coast and the city to protest them.”

Angela Banovic (left) at Manly beach in Sydney in December 2016 to protest against the use of shark nets along the NSW coast. Picture: Britta Campion / The Australian

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According to Ms Banovic she was also prevented from entering Japan in August 2018.

In 2016 she moved to Coffs Harbour to protest the Dolphin Marine Magic Conservation Park.

“Captivity of Dolphins is what is closest to my heart because I have seen the atrocities that happen in Taiji, the dolphins who are slaughtered are the lucky ones,” Ms Banovic wrote.

Ms Banovic would not responded to requests for comment and blocked the Bulletin on Facebook.

A spokesman for Village Roadshow said Coast theme parks are on alert for further protests.

“We are monitoring the situation but we are not aware of any incidents at this stage,” he said.

In a statement, the group of protesters claim they are calling for state and federal agriculture ministers to “acknowledge cruelty in the process of raising animals for food, clothing and entertainment” and insert a link of their movie into Government websites.