It all starts when slaughterhouse operator Werner Haas has slaughterhouse waste dumped in his front garden one night - obviously a radical protest against his business. The enraged businessman immediately reports the incident to the police, whereupon the local police begin an investigation. Possible witnesses are interviewed in the neighborhood and at the slaughterhouse, and the officers also question a number of animal welfare activists. There is hardly any concrete evidence or clues, but there are plenty of opinions on the subject of slaughter and meat consumption. Meanwhile, a volunteer at the local newspaper takes the incident as an opportunity to investigate the planned expansion of the slaughterhouse. She also scrutinizes the role of the local authorities...