Overview
- L214, which disclosed new undercover videos Thursday, said it filed a criminal complaint on April 20 with the Lorient prosecutor and asked for immediate action by Morbihan veterinary services.
- State services inspected the large Kergrist maternity of about 1,000 sows on April 17 and issued a formal notice to fix breaches but stopped short of ordering a shutdown.
- The footage alleges piglets were castrated without anesthesia, a practice banned in France since 2022, and some weak animals were killed by being slammed to the floor.
- Investigators also describe dead piglets left in pens, sows kept in restrictive stalls that can lead to crushed newborns, and injured or ill animals left without care in dirty conditions.
- L214 names the Eureden cooperative as advising and marketing the farm’s output, which declined comment, and it is urging the group to adopt minimum welfare rules across its supply chain.