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An apparatus for holding an animal such as a pig comprising a frame, an arm on the frame extending outwardly therefrom, a hook arrangement on an outermost end of the arm for holding each hind leg of the animal and a mounting arrangement for stabilising the apparatus such that the animal is suspended off of a ground surface. The hook arrangement has a first set of hooks for engaging t he animals hind leg located on respective horizontal sides of the arm and are arranged such that the first set of hooks loop upwardly and downwardly having an open bottom side and wherein the hook arrangement has a second set of hooks for engaging the animals hind leg located on respective horizontal sides of the arm in front of the first set of hooks and are arranged such that the second set of hooks loop downwardly and upwardly having an open top side. Each hind leg of the animal is inserted through the hooks such that the first set of hooks hold the hind leg downwards and the second set of hooks hold the hind legs upwards raising a rear end of the animal so that the animal can be processed. The frame has a vertical sleeve of tubular material such that a sleeve insert can be positioned there in and is vertically adjustable such that the arm located at the top end of the sleeve insert can be raised and lowered bypositioning the sleeve insert within the sleeve and locking with a pin inserted horizontally through the sleeve into the sleeve insert. The arm, defining a sleeve, is arranged to receive the hook assembly such that the ho ok assembly is adjustable within the arm for different sized animals and such that the hook assembly can be changed with a second hook assembly which has larger sized first and second set of hooks for holding larger sized animals. The mount 11 arrangement has a horizontal arm perpendicular to the frame and has a flange located at respective ends of the arm on an outer side relative to the frame , the arm is arranged such that the flanges are spaced from the frame so that a suitab le mounting rail can be inserted between the frame and the flanges such that th e rail is engaged by the frame at a front side of the rail and is engaged by the flang es at a rear side of the rail. An abutment is located on the frame for holding a second hook assembly such that the first hook assembly can be replaced with the second hook assembly such that a person does not have to leave the apparatus.
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