A new case of the Link between all violence

Morbihan
(56) – The wife of the farmer ran away. She did not hesitate to take
a stand against her brutal husband, because now she is safe from his
violence, she knows what is happening on the farm. She denounces the
blows from iron bars or clubs that unceremoniously fall on piglets
and sows’ in her testimony, she mentions that the breeder goes so
far as to plant his fingers in the eyes of the animals, beating them
until they bleed. The most ill-fated corpses will not reach the
abattoir, who themselves could raise the alarm. They will be
discreetly abandoned in the countryside. One Voice filed a complaint
to ensure that the 200 pigs from the farm were kept safe.

If
there is still a need to exemplify the link between animal abuse and
violence against humans, here is a new individual case that will
convince. The Zoe cell, responsible for investigations within the One
Voice association, was alerted before the summer of an untenable
situation. The investigations are without appeal. The wife complained
of domestic violence, but she was worried about the fate of the pigs
of the farm, delivered to the free will of the master of the place.

Everyone
is king at home, until mistreatment, punishable by law, requires
outside intervention. The story of the fugitive wife and initial
findings of investigation on the conditions of detention of animals
have led One Voice to file a complaint and to mobilize around such
unworthy behaviour.

Set
in a perimeter without much maintenance, the buildings are in rough
blocks, with tin roofs. These primary boxes have neither light nor
litter, and the grated area much smaller than the mud where the
piglets amass in number. Some suffocate, all dirty, either nervous or
have given up. Pregnant sows remain enclosed in metal stalls, exposed
without water in full sunlight, frothy lips, dehydrated. They will be
in the wind or driving rain for hours until the farmer remembers
them. A spell totally inappropriate for animals sensitive to climatic
conditions, like the cleanliness of the buildings they occupy.

The
farmer does not care. His cruelty is exercised freely. It is to be
feared that the departure of his wife accentuates the resentment
towards the animals under his responsibility. Such conditions are
unacceptable, regardless of the economic context.

One
Voice, an association committed since 1995 in the defence of the
animal cause, has decided to make a complaint so that first
protective measures are taken before definitive replacement of the
pigs away from the farmer. This complaint, so-called duplicates with
that of the battered wife, was initially classified without
consequences. A second complaint was therefore lodged emphasizing
these new elements, so that the authorities intervene urgently. A
petition also circulates on the website and the social networks of
the association.

Muriel Arnal,
president-founder of One Voice, justifies the will of action of her
association: “The suffering inflicted daily on defenceless
animals is intolerable to us. When it is the work of violent
individuals who are also guilty of mistreatment of other humans,
which is generally the case with such owners, we do not sit idly by
and watch. I hope that they will be put out of harm’s way and that we
will quickly find a permanent solution for his pigs that we forget
that they are indeed sentient beings.“

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contact, Muriel Arnal