About 40 sheep, practically crushing their feet, were rescued Sunday from a tiny flat-turned-slaughterhouse in Nice, France, where one of them is said to have had its throat cut.
“Forty sheep were crowded into ten [mètres carrés]! Cruelty to animals is intolerable. The perpetrators must be condemned in the strongest terms and that starts with the removal of their council housing!” Alpes-Maritimes MP Éric Ciotti responded on Twitter, BFMTV Côte d’Azur reported on Sunday.
A few hours earlier, police authorities arrested two people who brought about forty sheep into the house, Deputy Mayor Anthony Borré said on Twitter.
One of them would have had his throat cut on the spot, he continued.
In a photo shared by French media, the animals can be seen lying on the hay-covered floor of a small apartment where there appears to be barely enough space for everyone to rest at once.
The 40 sheep should be cared for by a breeder while the two animals will be the subject of a complaint, BFMTV concluded.