A bull who fled Thursday from the abattoir of Fleurs, in the Loire, was the subject of a petition and a pot and will finally be saved, we learned Saturday from concordant sources.
1,000 euros were collected to reimburse the slaughterhouse.
The animal will be taken care of by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation.
A young bull who fled Thursday when being driven to a slaughterhouse in Feurs (Loire) was the subject of a wave of support and will ultimately have his life saved, we learned from corroborating sources .
Thursday, a young bull of the Prim'Holstein breed had escaped the vigilance of its owner just before entering the slaughterhouse of Feurs.
The several hundred kilogram animal had traveled 800 meters to the city center, where firefighters were able to put it to sleep with a hypodermic rifle and then capture it.
A pot to reimburse the slaughterhouse
The anesthetic used renders the animal's meat unfit for consumption for 35 days. A reprieve taken advantage of by defenders of the animal cause who launched a petition calling to "save this courageous cow" which collected more than 22,000 signatures and opened a kitty to collect 1,000 euros as reimbursement for the slaughterhouse.
Saturday afternoon, more than 90% of this amount had already been collected, and the Brigitte Bardot Foundation told AFP that it would be able to take charge of the bullfight, confirming information from the daily
Le Progrès
. Its spokesperson Christophe Marie declared that "the transport of the young cattle from the Forez to one of the partner pensions of Seine-Maritime, set up with retired farmers, will be organized next week".
The latter notes that "the annual cost of caring for clandestine slaughter animals and flocks in distress, most of the time at the request of the State veterinary services, becomes astronomical", and amounts to nearly 3 million euros for the Foundation. According to him, "more than 800 sheep were thus taken in in July on the occasion of the last Muslim festival of Eid El-Kébir".