Animal Cruelty Investigations Launched Into Eight Pig Farms Supplying E. Leclerc

French prosecutors opened investigations following L214's complaints about systemic abuse in pig farms linked to the supermarket chain.

The animal rights group L214 filed eight complaints against pig farms in Brittany, citing severe animal mistreatment and unsanitary conditions.
Prosecutors in Saint-Malo and Saint-Brieuc have opened investigations into the farms, which supply the retailer E. Leclerc.
Footage from October and November 2024 showed pigs living in their waste, sows confined in cages, and decomposing piglets left among live animals.
L214 alleges that the abuses are not isolated incidents but part of a systemic issue within intensive farming practices supported by large retailers.
The group demands that E. Leclerc commit to stricter animal welfare standards, such as the Pig Minimum Standards developed by European advocacy groups.