Gondola for the transport of animals to be slaughtered, preferably hogs, in an anaesthesia system

A gondola for the transport of animals to be slaughtered in an anaesthesia system, said gondola (9) comprising two end gables (10), two side walls (15, 17), and a bottom (14), wherein the bottom (14) and a first side wall (17) are each pivotably mounted around respective axes, said first side wall (17) being pivotably mounted around an axis extending substantially parallel to the bottom (14) and to the rotational axis of the bottom (14) between the two end gables (10) and being spaced from the bottom (14), said first side wall (17) having at least one elongated fixed guide track (20), which track (20) is engaged by a pulley (35, 36), said pulley (35, 36) being pivotably mounted relative to said bottom (14) so that the rotation of either the bottom (14) or the first side wall (17) causes an automatic rotation of the first side wall (17) or the bottom (14) respectively, means (33, 34, 37, 38) for engaging a permanently fixed guide means for rotating the bottom and the first side wall around their respective rotational axes from a starting position, in which the gondola is adapted to receive animals to be slaughtered, to a discharging position in which an intermediate slide gap for the animals is provided.