Children Playing near Factory Farm in Lescout, France

Near the small village of Lescout there is a big hen factory farm, currently farming 185,000 hens. In the courtyard of their house in Lescout, children, aged 7 and 8, are playing football with their faces covered because of the smell hanging in the air. According to Nicolas Mougel, their father this is not an isolated case. The smell coming from the factory farm located a few hundred meters away is noticed by locals several times a day, they reported to Greenpeace France. It is usually felt in the evening and in the morning, but can also occur throughout the day. When the air smells bad it is difficult, according to Nicolas, for him and his five children to enjoy being or playing outside.