The activity of a Savoy slaughterhouse is “suspended” following receipt of a video from the L214 association showing “findings of non-conformity pending a “in-depth analysis”said the Savoie prefecture in a press release on Wednesday November 13. The government services in charge of enforcing animal protection regulations (DDETSPP 73) will visit “to the establishment as soon as possible”.says the prefecture and “appropriate follow-up action will be taken concerning slaughtering conditions, documented procedures and the slaughterhouse’s system for monitoring and self-checking these procedures.”

L214 announced on Wednesday that it had filed a complaint against the Saint-Étienne-de-Cuines slaughterhouse for “acts of cruelty and mistreatment”. on sheep and cows, killed within its walls. The association has published a video filmed on site between August 29 and October 1, 2024, showing, among other things, animals whose throats were slit while they were still conscious, which is contrary to current regulations against animal suffering, according to the association. In slaughtering, the classic killing with “stunning requires animals to be unconscious at the time of bleeding. In this case, however, they are “characteristic signs of consciousnessdenounces L214. Then, once the animals have been hung, “most of them struggle violently”.continues the association. “This is followed by a primary cutting with a knife on animals that are still alive. (movements of the hind leg)when at this stage they should be dead”.as required by law, she says.

“An inventory

L214 filed a complaint on Wednesday with the Albertville public prosecutor’s office, which could not immediately confirm receipt of the complaint. The Savoie prefecture confirms that“a complaint was lodged today by L214 against the establishment”. and that a judicial inquiry is “in progress”.. The association is also asking the Minister of Agriculture, Annie Genevard, and the Prefect of Savoie, the “immediate closure of this slaughterhouse. It also calls for an internal audit of French animal slaughterhouses, in order to “take stock of slaughter conditions”. as well as publicizing the resulting inspection reports.

The Maurienne slaughterhouse is run by agricultural cooperatives, breeders and butchers in close proximity to the facility, and counts Lionel Rittaud, President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes cattle trade association (Interbev), among its directors. When contacted by AFP, the establishment did not respond.