Maurico Garcia-Pereira denounced the slaughter of cows that bear calves, a practice that is legal but controversial. – Association L214

new images shocks shot in the slaughterhouse of Limoges, in may, August and end of September 2016 were unveiled on Thursday morning by The World. Mauricio Garcia Pereira, a man of 47 years used in this slaughterhouse, filmed, with the help of the association L214, the slaughter of pregnant cows, and the death of the foetus more or less advanced torn from their bellies, a practice that is legal but very controversial. In the slaughterhouse of Limoges, dozens of fetuses are discarded in the trash each week. He is the first whistleblower to testify with their faces uncovered.

How did you come to work in the slaughterhouse of Limoges ?

Before I worked in restaurants as a server but because of the staggered hours, I couldn’t see my kids grow up. I struggled to find another job, until my temping agency directs me to the slaughterhouse. I didn’t really have a choice. I did a six-month interim six months fixed term contract, and then I was hired on permanent contracts, six years ago.

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did You know that cows bearing calves were slaughtered before working there ?

No, I didn’t know you killed them… The first time I saw it, I thought it was a mistake. I have been sought my superior, who asked me what was wrong. I answered : you don’t see that there was a calf ! He told me that it was normal, the calf was placed in a tray and the placenta in another. Me,