Endless violence
The Zoé Unit has ended, but the fight continues
In 2021, we brought an end to the investigations and actions carried out by the Zoé Unit. Our fight for companion animals is evolving to focus particularly on their commodification, stray cats, dogs exploited for hunting, and on establishing the link between violence against animals and domestic violence.
It was thanks to its whistleblowers that Cellule Zoé learned of this case. At this farm in Brittany, more than 200 pigs are kept in appalling conditions. Worse still, they serve as a vent for a violent farmer.
In indoor pens, pigs are kept locked up in the dark. They have no water, no food, and no bedding. There are too many of them, crammed together in the mud. Some are suffocating.
In outdoor pens, where they should only stay long enough to eat, pregnant sows are locked up for hours. On the concrete, without water and regardless of the weather—blazing sun or pouring rain—they must wait for him to remember they exist.
Let’s admit that sometimes, however, it’s better to avoid him. Because this farmer beats—the piglets, the sows… He beats them with a club until blood flows. He beats them despite their screams. He often beats them to death. But the cumbersome corpses, the suspicious corpses—the rendering plant doesn’t see them. Those, the farmer abandons in the wild…
His wife managed to escape with the dog—for here, once again, the bond reveals itself in all its horror. But she managed, in the end, to survive his violence, to escape. However, for his other innocent victims, it is up to One Voice to act. A complaint has already been filed. The proceedings are underway. We must put an end to their suffering and prevent this breeder from harming anyone again! We are fighting for that. We are fighting for them.
The Zoé Unit has ended, but the fight continues
In 2021, we brought an end to the investigations and actions carried out by the Zoé Unit. Our fight for companion animals is evolving to focus particularly on their commodification, stray cats, dogs exploited for hunting, and on establishing the link between violence against animals and domestic violence.