"Animals don't count to these people. They know they represent money, and that's what counts to them."
In 2016, he shed light on a scandal surrounding France's largest slaughterhouse. Today, whistle-blower Mauricio Garcia Pereira is still recovering from this trying experience.
In 2016, he shed light on a scandal surrounding France's largest slaughterhouse. Today, whistle-blower Mauricio Garcia Pereira is still recovering from this trying experience.
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00:00During my life, I closed my mouth so much that this time I told myself, no, this time I won't close it.
00:05I gave too much in this abattoir to let all this happen.
00:30Every day, I had at least a dozen well-trained calves, almost ready to be born,
00:45which left with the waste, which we call the waste.
00:50A calf that is about to be born, it is in its mother's womb, and we call it a waste.
00:58Animals don't count. They know it's money, money, money, and that's what counts.
01:18The only thing that counts is the pace, keeping the pace, and productivity.
01:24I am surprised that there is no more food pollution.
01:28It's amazing, because sometimes we do whatever we want.
01:31Sometimes we do whatever we want, because at such a rate, we can't do our job properly.
01:39In almost 7 years, I have seen dozens of colleagues who left after giving 10 or 15 years of their lives
01:49to good workers who did their job well, but ended up burning in alcohol and drugs.
02:03Physically and mentally, I was not well at all.
02:08I was very tired, very worn out.
02:12Tears came to my eyes very easily.
02:16Today, things are going a little better, despite my situation, which is still not in place.
02:25I am unemployed. I am looking for a job.
02:29Even now, for six months, I have been looking for an apartment.
02:32I have emigrated to a friend's house. I am unemployed.
02:36I have debts to settle today, and that's it.
02:42But I will continue to move forward.
02:46Who would have thought that a boy like me, a worker like me, a simple family man,
02:54would be here today?
02:59I am very proud.
03:01If you had to do it again, would you do it again?
03:03A thousand times.
03:06Without hesitation. I guarantee you that.
03:11I would do it again.