A judicial inquiry was opened on Wednesday November 23 in Gironde after the filing of a complaint for mistreatment in a dairy cow farm by the L214 association, we learned from the prosecution and the prefecture.
In a video, the animal defense association denounces "
the catastrophic situation
" of this farm located in the town of Les Peintures, in the north-east of the department.
We can see, filmed at night, cows emaciated and lying in slurry.
The association, which filed a complaint with the Libourne public prosecutor's office, also deplores in a press release "
critical hygienic conditions (especially during automatic milking)
" and an "
unsanitary environment
".
She calls, with the Girondine association No longer fears anything, for "
the immediate closure of the establishment
".
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After L214's communication, the public prosecutor of Libourne, Olivier Kern, ordered an inspection of the Departmental Directorate for the Protection of Populations (DDPP), accompanied by investigators from the Libourne research brigade.
It reports "
13 animals in poor health out of a herd of 464 animals
", which had access to food and water.
Contacted by AFP, the owner of the Joint Farming Group could not be reached immediately.
But for the president of the Chamber of Agriculture of the Gironde, Jean-Louis Dubourg, it is a breeding “
whose milk quality is checked every day by the dairy
”.
"
There were no comments.
If that had been the case, the operation would have been closed a long time ago
,” he told AFP.
The French cheese group Savencia, which notably markets the brands Caprice des Dieux, Tartare or Elle&Vire, however told AFP "
immediately suspend the milk collection from this farm
".
World number 5 with 24,000 employees in 31 countries, Savencia recorded 1.455 billion euros in turnover in the first quarter of 2022.