All the farms in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques as well as in the Landes of the duck farmer, including a site in Lichos was denounced as "unhealthy" by the L214 association, were closed, announced Friday evening the two prefectures.
State services, noting "other non-conformities with the health plan and animal protection" Friday, "decided to give notice to the operator and to suspend all activity" on the Lichos site, indicates a statement. The "competent veterinary services have organized the care of the ducks remaining on the farm", adds the prefecture.
"Decomposed" duck corpses
The animal rights association L214 posted a shocking video on Thursday showing one of the buildings of the Hatchery of the Season, "totally unsanitary", with the corpses of "decomposed" ducks, a thick "stream of excrement" which "overflows in the air. 'outside', maggots, rats that 'proliferate'.
After the authorities announced that they were closing the activity of the building - out of the four on the farm - questioned, L214 rebelled because "the ducks were simply transferred to another building on the farm. ".
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