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Agriculture
Air pollution
Chickens
Factory Farming
Illness
Indoors
KWCI (GPI)
Local population
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Meat and Dairy (campaign title)
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Man Living near Factory Farm in Lescout, France

Near the small village of Lescout there is a big hen factory farm, currently farming 185,000 hens. The house of Thomas Drieux, 42 years old, municipal councilor, is located one thousand meters away from the farm. According to him, the smell prevents him and his family from being outdoors. Thomas has two young children and is concerned for their health. Thomas explains during the interview with Greenpeace: “According to my calculations, in ten years, the population has increased by 38%, the cancer rate 100%. (...) This shows that the village has 2.9 times more than the national cancer percentage.” A cause-effect has not been proven, and locals like Thomas see the need for independent medical research commissioned by the authorities. In this picture, Thomas is sitting on his son’s bed, after sharing their difficult situation he says: “I also intend to move [from the village], but I do not know yet if I will be able to sell the house. I hope it's not too late for my children.” 
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Hen Factory Farm in France

The egg laying hen factory farm of Lescout, Gallès, located a few hundred meters away from the village, is the only industrial facility for animal agriculture of the area and is currently farming 185,000 hens. First built in the 1980s, it steadily grew and was expanded in 2016 to the modern and highly industrial facility it is today. The owner is planning to expand more as a building permit has been requested for a new building. The village of Lescout has only 700 inhabitants. The quantity of hens in the factory farm outnumbers the population of the village by 264 times. 
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Unique identifier: GP0STTBGR 
Type: Image 
Shoot date: 12/12/2018 
Locations: Europe, France, Lescout, Occitanie
Credit line: © Greenpeace / Wildlight / Selene Magnolia 
Size: 4704px × 3528px     10.27 MB 
Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)