Overview
- The prefecture ordered an emergency shutdown Tuesday after a surprise check by the departmental animal-protection service found injured and decomposing pigs, pests, and failures to provide some animals with constant access to water.
- Brest prosecutor Stéphane Kellenberger opened a criminal inquiry for suspected animal mistreatment following the inspection findings.
- L214 released footage shot in April showing dead pigs in feeders, wounded animals packed in dark pens, and overcrowding at a site that can hold more than 1,600 pigs.
- The farm is tied to pork cooperative Evel'Up, which L214 named for complicity in its complaint, while the cooperative said the farm’s closure had already been planned in the coming days.
- Public records cited by L214 show the farm received nearly €22,000 in EU Common Agricultural Policy subsidies between October 2023 and October 2024, including €5,787 in 2023 for environmental and animal-welfare practices, a detail likely to intensify scrutiny of subsidy oversight.