Zoe Cell

New trial for Jo, One Voice is a civil party in the appeal on the "Jo" case, a young male bovine was left dying for two days in the courtyard of a slaughterhouse in Vannes. The establishment is more severely condemned than was first thought.

The follow-up of an inquiry into a couple of "breeders", already condemned to a ban on keeping animals and to prison for serious bodily maltreatment and acts of cruelty, leads to a new and necessary seizure at their home. The intervention of our Cell Zoe, with the support of the authorities, allows us save several dogs, cats and goats in a state of awful physiological misery.

A new domestic drama illustrating the "link": in the court of Lorient, One Voice demands exemplary judgment in a domestic violence case, with animals that were injured by knives and chemicals.

Complaints are filed by One Voice and ASPAS for acts of cruelty on two hedgehogs. One was burned alive, the other served as a football...

The Link issue is brought to Government attention in France in the form of a parliamentary question thanks to the support of Members of Parliament Francis Hillmeyer and Laurence Abeille.

One Voice is the civil party in several cases identifying the Link, including one case where the mother left her 4 year old son on his own all night with the bodies of his dog and his two cats…

One Voice files a complaint in the case against the manager of a Brittany abattoir. They had left Jo, a cow who had fractured his pelvis when getting out of the lorry, for two days in the rain and in the cold, without food or water…

One Voice launches a petition to condemn all violence, whoever the victim.

One Voice acts as civil party in the trial of the little dog Lea, victim of sexual violence from her owner. One Voice manages to obtain custody of Lola, a young female dog who he admits during the trial has also been subjected to his assaults, as well as Alyzee, his female cat. All three will receive behavioural support to help them get over their trauma.

One Voice acts as civil party in the trial of Griffin, the cat burnt alive and thrown out of the window.

One Voice reveals the shocking images of its investigation into canine clubs and launches the Dog Partner project.

The B. Brothers go to trial after a seven year legal battle following One Voice's discovery on their property of dozens of cows, dead from starvation and dehydration.

In 2014-2015, after several months of undercover investigation and liaising with the authorities, Team Zoe raided two cat breeders and uncovered trafficking across several counties, in particular of electronic chips and drugs. In four successive raids 181 animals were freed from this nightmare, mainly cats but also some dogs. Some had been kept in darkness, others in makeshift cages or even rodent cages. Living in filth, with neither water nor fresh food, many were sick or injured, underweight, full of fleas and ringworm… Our investigation into this case is still ongoing.

À la suite du travail de l'AWNN, une tradition cruelle vieille de 300 ans est abandonnée : le massacre des buffles pour Gadhimai n'aura plus lieu !

19 horses were seized following an allegation by One Voice about a breeder we had had under surveillance since 2006. Despite a permanent ban on keeping animals after his first prosecution in 2010, we had not become complacent. Team Zoe drove through an emergency intervention and the complex logistics of rehoming, and so these horses were saved. A further 45 horses were also removed from the clutches of this abusive breeder.

Since 2013, Team Zoe has also been teaching about animals, explaining their ways and needs when living with us, instilling knowledge as the antidote to abuse. In partnership with sanctuaries throughout France and delivered by veterinary behaviourist Dr Nathalie Simon, our training workshops have enabled several hundred people to learn to live better with companion dogs and cats. We also produce leaflets to reach an increasingly wide audience.

Lancement de la campagne pour les juments blanches exploitées dans les mariages en Inde. One Voice et Wildlife SOS sauvent Mani et proposent une alternative à ceux qui arrêtent de les exploiter après nous les avoir confiées.

Scarcely two months later, Team Zoe took part in a new raid, saving 46 dogs from a breeder who had been under surveillance since 2004, in close collaboration with the DDPP (health and safety directorate) and the police. The owners were charged with serious abuse and cruelty to domestic animals, running an unlicensed business, ongoing despite having been given notice to desist for breeding without a certificate of competency, and possession of a guard or attack dog without insurance or a licence. The breeder was jailed. The logistics and funding of this operation were entirely underwritten by Team Zoe, which had coordinated the involvement of sanctuaries and allied organisations to take in the survivors, thereby easing the load on the police, firefighters and vets.

One Voice met en place la Cellule Zoé après avoir retiré 61 chiens et 3 ânesses d'un élevage sordide. Sur un terrain s'apparentant à une décharge, les animaux (sur)vivaient sans eau ni nourriture, attachés ou enfermés dans des carcasses de voitures et des caves. L'intervention a été menée avec succès grâce à la mobilisation des gendarmes, des pompiers, des vétérinaires et des associations qui ont pu accueillir les victimes. Des cadavres, des fœtus, des têtes de chiens seront retrouvés dans ce véritable enfer. Zoé, qui a été sauvée ce jour-là, donnera son nom à la cellule d'intervention d'urgence.

One Voice rejoint l'AWNN, une coalition d'associations pour le bien-être des animaux au Népal, et mène en France la campagne pour mettre fin aux sacrifices animaux qui ensanglantent le pays.

Une investigation en Chine avant les Jeux Olympiques révèle le sort des animaux dans les zoos et celui des chiens et des chats exploités pour la viande.

One Voice fait à nouveau la preuve du trafic européen de chiots en remontant une filière de la France à la Slovaquie, en passant par l'Espagne, où un entrepôt permet le transit de 500 chiots par mois. Son enquête fera l'objet d'un sujet au Journal de 20 heures sur France 2.

Une enquête de One Voice révèle les conditions sordides d'élevage des chiens en Hongrie avant d'être illégalement importés en France.

One Voice enquête avec TF1 dans deux centres de transit belges pour le trafic de chiots et de chatons en provenance des pays de l'Est. Une deuxième enquête la conduit jusqu'en Tchéquie via l'Espagne. Elle sauvera une trentaine de chiots et chatons qui y sont nés.

One Voice révèle le trafic de chiots et de chatons des pays de l'Est, vendus illégalement en France après avoir transité en Belgique où leurs papiers sont falsifiés. L'association est accompagnée pour une partie de son enquête par des journalistes de France 2, France 5 et du Figaro. De très nombreux médias relaieront l'information.

One Voice investigators discovered horror in the house of a man who used classified ads to obtain dogs to eat. Some lived in car wrecks while waiting to be killed. The investigation, conducted with local police, led to the seizure and rescue of more than 40 dogs. Two years later, ongoing surveillance resulted in the freeing of his handicapped son whom he had forced to live in a wardrobe. This incident was a striking example of the link between violence towards animals and violence towards people. In the years to follow, One Voice would intervene in many more cases, either massacres such as that of 200 cats in the Paris area, or acts of unbelievable cruelty such as inflicted on Lucky, a poor dog who died after being tied to the back of a car and dragged right across town. On many farms too, our investigators came across entire herds of animals abandoned, dead from hunger and thirst, sometimes through neglect or penny-pinching,but above all in order to claim European subsidies.

One Voice brought to light a major case involving several networks and bribery of officials. The criminal mastermind was a Monsieur C, who owned several retail outlets which he supplied with dogs imported illegally via eastern Europe. Lorryloads of 600 puppies were arriving each week complete with false papers. It was a channel that One Voice would track all the way to the Czech Republic, uncovering the existence of central hubs in Belgium and Spain for forging papers Monsieur C. was already well known to the authorities, having been banned from keeping cows for acts of cruelty. However he had long tentacles and in the south he knew how to drum up plenty of support. This did not stop our investigators unearthing how he would lynch unsold dogs in his shed, where he also crammed in kittens suffering from fractures, abscesses and other symptoms of extreme abuse. In the end what got him arrested was his ties to trafficking stolen pet dogs to be cannon fodder for training fighting dogs. Journalists from the main evening 7 o'clock news had been closely monitoring our work with the authorities. Muriel Arnal gave evidence at his trial where, despite the best lawyers in the area pleading his defense, he received a heavy sentence.