The organisation denounces a northern company for allegedly selling living sheep to private individuals, accusing it of ” cruelty to animals by a trader ” and ” aiding and abetting the slaughter of animals outside an approved establishment “.
The animal welfare organisation L214 announced in a press release that it had filed a complaint against the sheep breeding company Flandres Artois (Sofa) with the Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office on Wednesday. It accuses the company of selling sheep bred in Deûlémont in the north of the country to private individuals to be “secretly slaughtered” for the Eid el-Kebir celebrations.
L214 filed a complaint for ” cruelty to animals by a trader ” and for ” aiding and abetting the slaughter of animals outside an approved establishment “, the organisation told the AFP news agency. The Dunkirk public prosecutor’s office confirmed that it had received the complaint. L214 accuses the company, which specialises in animal trafficking, of “selling and handing over live sheep to private individuals”, even though “sheep bought by private individuals must be sent to an approved slaughterhouse to be killed on Eid day”.
(…) L214 denounces “unacceptable practices” and claims that “no action has been taken to put an end to the apparent violations of the regulations”, despite the fact that “the organisation has raised the alarm with the veterinary services of the North Department”. The Prefecture of the Department of the North told the AFP news agency on Thursday that on the occasion of Eid el-Kebir “the slaughter of animals outside an approved slaughterhouse is prohibited”, while “a prefectural decree prohibits the transport of sheep and goats away from breeders, apart from certain exceptions”. (…) Le Parisien