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Some viewers may find
some of the following images disturbing,

particularly those involving animal abuse.

Activist Carlota Saorsa
carried out an infiltration for 18 months

in an animal testing laboratory.

As of today, it is considered
the longest one in history.

The facts presented in this film
are completely real

and belong to
an ongoing legal investigation.

To protect the image
of some of the individuals involved,

their names, voices
and some places have been altered.

To comply with European laws
and witness protection regulations,

part of an interview has been reenacted.

Hi, it's me.

It's Carlota.

Sorry for disappearing,

but it all happened so fast,
and I have to talk to you.

You already know my situation
as a protected witness.

So, please,

after you listen to this message,
delete it.

I don't trust this network at all.

In the coming days,
I'll send you all the material

that I recorded over 18 months
with a hidden camera.

I tried to document everything.

It's not just animal abuse.

You're going to hear about
some very dark things going on.

Very powerful people are implicated.

So I hope you understand how risky
and dangerous all this is.

Because it's dangerous for you too.

Give me a few days
and I'll tell you how to reach me.

Keep an eye on your second phone, okay?

From now on, you can document everything.

Just tell the truth.

CAMP BEAGLE
WYTON - UNITED KINGDOM

HORTALEZA STA.
FERIA DE MADRID - AIRPORT

VIVOTECNIA
TRES CANTOS - SPAIN

UNDERCOVER.
INSIDE THE BUNKER

-You have the tickets, right, Pablo?
-Yes.

When does it leave?

We leave in…

four hours.

Basically, since I don't know
what we can record,

she's given me permission for…

For us to film as much as we can.

Okay. I have the tripod here.

-Shall we go?
-Come on.

I mean, basically, the interview is
because she's going undercover again.

So, since she'll disappear, I don't know…

How long will she disappear?
Six or seven months again?

So…

in case something happens to her,

we have to document it ourselves…

That's all.

She gave me all the material.

I mean, I have about 7,000 files.

-Almost two years, you said?
-Eighteen months.

LONDON 2024

Okay. I'm meeting her here
in about ten minutes,

and I'm going to wait for her
here on the bridge, okay?

If you want… She knows that I'll be…

That we'll be recording.

You can film from back there.

We'll meet up later by the Ferris wheel.

-Okay.
-Good.

You and I go over there, Fer.

Let's go.

-Call me if you need anything.
-Okay.

Carlota Saorsa is a protected witness
in the open criminal case

against the animal experimentation lab
known as "Vivotecnia."

In order to protect her identity,

an actress
will be reenacting her interview.

All her statements and intentions

have been reproduced
faithfully by the actress.

First of all, thank you for…

For granting us this interview.

You know I've wanted to interview you
for a long time,

so I think I'm more nervous than you.

Well, first of all, thank you

for giving me this platform

and for wanting to tell

this story.

Let's start from the beginning.

Is there anything in your memory
or your childhood that was

the catalyst, the driving force,

so to speak, that set you on this path?

No. I mean,
I don't remember very well because

I was very little,

but I remember that my mother
always told me

that ever since I was little,

I always had

a lot of empathy for animals, for…

Well, generally anything
I saw as defenseless

I don't remember it,
but she tells me that one time

I saw a pig being slaughtered

and tried to save it.

I don't know. I guess that day
something kind of already

germinated in me, you know?
Something changed.

At 14 or 15 years old,
I was in high school,

and I do remember that I started
to take an active interest

in human rights, in feminism.

FAMILY - CAPITALISM

I'd lock myself in the public library

and seek out information about people

who had changed the world.

The reality of their struggle,
of their civil disobedience.

ANIMAL DEFENSE

That's where I found role models

who are still role models to this day,

like Angela Davis, Rosa Parks,

Emma Goldman or Jane Goodall.

I remember, one day, I suddenly understood

that if I really wanted to fight
for the animals,

I had to really take it seriously.

VETERINARY CLINICAL ASSISTANT

I enrolled in veterinary school.
I became a vet tech.

I worked in lots of hospitals.

I took a ton of courses
and I was also involved in

sanctuaries, learning
to take care of animals.

Even being in the hospitals,
I felt I was missing something.

I wasn't doing those things that I'd seen
my role models do.

I quit my job
and went to Ireland to learn English.

DUBLIN 2010

And it was in Ireland where I first

encountered the movement as such,
you know?

The activists.

Everything opened up for me.

I remember I got some pamphlets
and went to a cybercafe

and started looking up information about

the fight for animal rights and such.

And that's where I found
the video of Britches,

who is a macaque that they freed

from a lab in the United States.

FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY PETA

It gave me hope,
because I saw there were people

who were filming, who were helping,

freeing animals.

So, I don't know. That video signified
a before-and-after situation.

And that's how I got to know the ALF.

The Animal Liberation Front.

ALF - JULY 1985

When you returned to Spain,
did you go straight to direct action?

I mean, I did some,

but mostly,
I gave support from the outside.

That's where I meat a colleague
who went by the name Kurda.

He mainly does undercover
investigations on farms.

I came to Madrid specifically
to be closer to Kurda.

I got a job at a veterinary hospital.

I had the night shift.

But, of course, it wasn't a lot of hours.

I had to find another job
to support myself.

And that's how
I was looking on the Internet

and I found the job listing.

"Job available for a veterinary technician

in a leading animal experimentation lab."

I did a quick Internet search.

ASSISTANT VETERINARY TECHNICIAN

And I saw it was a "CRO,"
a contract research organization.

They worked with rats,
mice, rabbits, pigs,

dogs and primates.

So the first thing I did
was calling Kurda.

Hey, man. Look at what I sent you,
I found it while I was looking for work.

I'm freaking out.
Tell me when you see it, okay?

Okay, bye.

Getting into an experimental research lab

is practically impossible.

But I felt I had the responsibility.

Just for the act of doing it,
sending a résumé, so I sent it.

CARLOTA SAORSA - VETERINARY
ABOUT ME

And the next day,
while I was still looking for work,

the phone rang.

UNKNOWN NUMBER

-Yes?
-Hello.

I'm calling from Vivotecnia.
We received your résumé

and we think you fit the profile.

I froze for a few seconds.

Yes, go on.

All of a sudden,
I was having a phone interview,

unprepared, improvising.

I see your educational background
and it's in line with the position,

so tell me what your experience was like
at the animal hospital.

My experience was good. Normal, good.

-I love animals, really.
-Well, here…

We work very hard here.
We work with animals,

and we take our work very seriously.

Yes, I understand
Yes, I understand perfectly.

Yes, no problem at all.

Within a few days
they'll call you to schedule

an in-person interview.

Sure, perfect. Yes, of course.

And she hung up.

I was in shock.

The first thing I did, obviously,
was to tell Kurda.

Wow, man, they called me.
So crazy!!

I'm so nervous.

It's really hard to get picked

If I get it… you'll support me?

Of course

I couldn't stop thinking about it.

Because I started looking
on the Internet for reference points.

Of course, I didn't know

any examples of anyone
who had infiltrated a lab.

What I was sure of
was that I couldn't be myself.

I had to invent a character.

My way of speaking,
my way of moving, of dressing.

They weren't going to hire me.

I had to become this character.

At the time, I never thought
that this character would remain

with me for so long.

Do you remember the moment
you walked through

-the doors for the interview?
-Yes, I remember it perfectly.

VIVOTECNIA
TRES CANTOS - MADRID

We were walking
through super-long corridors,

with an electronic keycard
opening and closing doors.

There wasn't a single window
to the outside.

That's why I called it "The Bunker."

Was it a normal interview, or…

Yeah. About my availability,

whether I had a car, whether I had a pet.

And she made a couple of notes
on her computer, got up and said…

Okay, Carlota, that's all for me.

But now, two colleagues are coming
to continue the interview. You know,

-about more technical aspects.
-Of course.

At the time it seemed strange,
but it did give me time

to breathe and relax.

Hello.

Who came?

Rebeca and her assistant came,

and they peppered me
with technical questions

and questions about my experience
at the veterinary hospital.

I imagine what they wanted

was to corroborate
that my résumé was true,

and I obviously responded well
to all the questions.

They even asked me
some questions in English

to test my technical
and scientific English.

And I also had to take
a technical and theoretical test

in front of them, formulas and all.

It was difficult, but I did well.

And at the end of the interview,

it did get a little more tense.

Look, I'm going to be honest with you.

We do experimentation on animals here.

Do you have any issue with that?

No. No, I'm in favor
of animal experimentation.

Very good.

Wait here a few minutes. A colleague
will come to show you the lab.

Okay. Thank you.

I don't know if I was prepared

to face that I didn't know
how I was going to react.

And, well, while I was processing it,

a very tall man came in and said,

"Come with me, I'll show you the labs."

As soon as entered, I heard the cries,

the howling of the dogs.

And I also remember that it smelled.

There was a stench of piss and shit.

Fuck, it was shocking
because there were four corridors

full of cages, full of puppies

who were desperate to get out,
to get through the bars.

And just when I thought
we were leaving, he said,

"Wait, now we're going to show you

the primate lab."

It was like, "Shit."

I was scared, but I was also excited

because I thought, "They wouldn't
show me this if they aren't hiring me."

The first thing I saw was
a macaque with alopecia.

I imagine it was due to stress.

There were no windows to the outside.

It was like you were breathing fear there.
I couldn't even look at them.

I wanted to cry,

but I couldn't.

I went home, sat on my couch.

I didn't even have time to change

or talk to Kurda, when suddenly,
the phone rang and it was Marina…

Yes?

…to tell me me I was hired,

and they were scheduling a date
for me to sign the contract.

Great, I'll send the contract in an email
and we'll meet in a few days.

-Great, okay, thanks.
-You're welcome.

I don't know how I did it…

but I was inside.

So, you get in and right away
you go to the animal facilities?

No, no. I mean,

I thought I would, that I'd go
straight to the animal facilities.

DAY 1
FIRST DAY IN THE BUNKER

But, no.
I spent the first days mostly reading PDFs

and taking exams
in the office and at home.

Part of the training was
to obtain three licenses

at the health authority of Madrid.

It was part of the contract.
I needed them to work as a tech.

So I started to balance studying
with being a caregiver.

I was very discreet.

Keeping a low profile.

I observed my colleagues.
Especially in the cafeteria.

I understood I had to learn really well

who were in charge of the studies,
the most qualified technicians.

I mean, typical stuff you'd do
in the first days at any job.

Intuitively, apart from
analyzing the people,

I knew that I had to understand
how the lab functioned.

Where the security cameras were,
the doors,

the schedules, the security shifts.

There were security measures all around.

Let's say I made
a kind of map of The Bunker,

who was who and where everything was.

The thing I didn't know how to do

was how to record images inside.
I didn't really know.

Because by observing,
I noticed that the animal facilities

didn't allow cell phones,

even though it's true that
some people did sneak them in.

Obviously, I wasn't going to risk that.

It wasn't feasible
to go in there with my phone.

So, I started to research,

to look for recording devices.

I asked Kurda,
who knew more about all that.

But everything he found or told me about

were "button" devices.

And given the protocols of animal labs,

taking off and putting on
lab coats and such,

it wasn't feasible.

If I wanted to record everything and film

a procedure on site,
happening in the moment,

it had to be a camera
that I had on me the whole time.

And that's how I got the idea
of the glasses.

So what do we do with the footage?
Do I give it to you?

Should we meet weekly or so
and I'll give it to you?

DAY 60
MEETING WITH KURDA

Every two weeks is better.

Let's meet in the parking lot
at the mall by your house.

-Perfect.
-I'll get into your car.

Okay? No one else can get the footage.

-Of course not.
-And when you bring me something,

you have to be alone.

You shouldn't be inside
more than two months.

Hey. I'm doing what I can.

I'm still getting situated. I have to…

-I have to work.
-Yeah, okay.

Record as much as you can,

and then we'll see about
sending the footage to the media.

-Okay.
-I'll keep on going.

Thanks, Kurda.

If you need anything,

-call me, okay?
-Okay?

Bye, thanks.

I normally wear glasses,

so it occurred to me…

A silly idea, really.

That I would change my glasses
because I didn't want to break

my everyday glasses,
because they were expensive,

so I'd wear another pair,

just in case they might get broken
while handling animals.

And it worked.

Do you remember
the first day you recorded?

-What was that first moment like?
-Yes.

The first time I filmed
was cleaning the cages.

DAY 65
FIRST UNDERCOVER RECORDING

I was super nervous.

The whole time I thought
they were going to catch me.

-Yes.
-I'm getting in too.

You're getting inside too?

The one closest to the door.
The same door. Got it?

Okay, go get in there.

Now let's see it.

Come on, let's go! Over there!

Get out of there!

Over there!

You go to the other one.

Come on! Come on!

Let's go over there!

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

And I remember

the noise from the dogs
desperate to get out of the cages.

Crying, wagging their tails.
They were desperate to get out.

There were puppies not even a year old,

and they had three months of study left

before they'd be destroyed.

And that's when, for the first time, I saw

a little dog, Number 32.

She was sitting, with her head
against the bars, looking lost.

I don't know, she was…

She wasn't like the others.

Like she was aware
that she was there to die.

I'd never seen such a sad look.

COPYING TO "BACKUP"

TIME REMAINING: 2 MINUTES
CANCEL

Then I'd come home,
transfer the footage, make a copy,

make some notes about
the images I'd filmed in a notebook.

And then, every two weeks,
I'd hand over the footage to Kurda

and he'd sort through it.

Lots of times, the cameras would fail,
the battery would die

or the recording was bad.

It was very frustrating
because I felt like I'd lost a day.

Months went by,
and I felt more comfortable filming.

More relaxed, more confident, but, well,

the feeling that they were going
to catch me was always there.

And although the stress
was really high, I mean…

Okay.

…I managed to do overtime
and work weekends,

which allowed me to film alone

and also spend time with Number 32.

It was strange,
because from the beginning,

it was as if she knew who I was.

-See, man? You see.
-No!

What you're filming isn't usable.

That's because I'm still a caregiver.
I haven't started working on studies yet.

Whatever you say, but half of
what you've recorded is useless.

It's out of focus.
You have to film with more purpose.

What do you mean?

You have to frame it better, damn it!

Stay still, damn it!
You're moving half the time.

But how can I stay still? I'm working.

-I'm working, damn it!
-No, damn it!

If that's the footage you can get,
you ought to end the infiltration.

Because at this rate,
you'll get us caught.

-And I don't want to get arrested.
-Okay, enough. Stop it.

Go to hell!

Look, if you think it's worth it
just to get these images--

This isn't helping me.

You're not helping me like this.

I'm the one who's inside, okay?

Yeah, but it's not worth the trouble
just to get this shit.

-That's how it is.
-Sure.

-Go think about it.
-Fine. You think about it.

Come on. You're breaking my car.

It was like every day was the same.

Each day seemed too much like every other.

I woke up at 6:30,

checked the camera batteries

and the backups
I'd transferred the previous day.

I'd make a report for Kurda,
send it to him. He never replied.

And then I'd drive
an hour and a half to my job.

For a while I tried to film

like Kurda had asked me to,
but it was impossible.

It would attract attention.

I had to act normal and keep working.

Try as I might,

I couldn't get the kind of footage
he wanted.

That routine, generally, what was it like?

-Was there a lot of stress at work?
-A lot.

I mean, if the environment was already
so toxic and stressful…

it became even more tense,

because I noticed competition
among my colleagues.

Because if they didn't choose you
to do a study, they'd fire you.

I had to be 100% efficient

when they assigned me my first study.

I had to train quickly

with rats and rabbits,
to give them the drug

orally, ocularly, intravenously,
intramuscularly or via inhalers,

depending on the animal.

-It's not very soft, is it?
-No.

Like…

I learned to mark the rats

by injecting…
Tattooing them on their toes.

A little ink in contact with the blood.

Prick its toe.

It's a legal technique.

You've already killed it.

There are quite a few.

It also became very clear to me

that the person I had to get along with
and get close to

in order to work as a tech was Rebeca,

who was the head of all the studies.

A very serious woman.
She was very burnt out.

She had no sensitivity at all
toward the animals.

She made that clear
in everything she said.

I was really afraid of her.

She was the only one who I never dared
to film in front of

because she might catch me.

If I was filming and she showed up,
I stopped immediately.

DAY 135
RECEIVING BEAGLES FOR "STUDY XYYBC-5"

-We have eight.
-Eight dogs, yeah. Let's go.

I'll get some gloves.

-This guy's heavy.
-Yeah?

Yeah.

Animals didn't stop arriving,
taking the place of the old ones.

Many, many animals were euthanized.

Oh, my God, the hallway.
I don't know if they can go in yet?

The work was demanding,

but by working a lot,

I gained Rebeca's trust.

I knew Rebeca wanted

to put me to work
with Tania's trusted team,

César and Raúl.

Tania didn't care about the animal,

its well-being, whether it suffered,
whether it was distressed.

She also didn't care much
about managing the team.

All she cared about

was the studies turning out well.
That's it.

Number 32.

The sad girl.

The sad girl's not so sad.

It's true, she's got that little face.

I don't know now, but at first
she was always sitting in the corner.

Yeah, she's always sitting in the corner.

I got the feeling

that Tania was starting
to get suspicious of me.

As if she'd found out
that I was treating the animals with care.

So I think that's why Tania assigned me

to euthanize 40 dogs. To test me.

DAILY TASKS AND COMPLETION
OF STUDY XYYAA-1

To complete Study XYYAA-1,
the team will perform the euthanasia.

What's up, man? Where were you?

I've been waiting two hours.

-What is it?
-I was busy.

Busy how? What's this about?

I think they're following us.

What do you mean?

I saw several police cars in the area.

And there was one at the parking entrance.

I had to wait until they left to come in.

Fuck.

I have the feeling they're watching us.

-You didn't notice anything?
-No.

No one followed you?
You didn't leave your glasses or phone?

No, obviously not.

Last week, I talked to a trusted lawyer
about our situation.

He warned me that if we're caught,
we could go to prison.

I could get four to five years
just as an accomplice.

And you'd get a lot more.

Don't you realize
that if you keep filming,

sooner or later they'll catch you?

Look…

If you want us to stop, we'll stop,

but before I go, I want to ask
that we plan a rescue.

We can't. No way. It's too dangerous.

You know it's important to me
to save at least one life.

Even if it's just one.

If you do that,
they're gonna discover us.

I don't care.

I'm not leaving that place
without taking a single dog.

From that day on,

I didn't feel safe until I got home.

It was the first warning.

Fuck.

I'm going forward,
I don't fear the consequences.

You're taking too many risks.

If you keep going, you'll have to kill
and you'll never forgive yourself.

I know, but I have to earn their trust
to get onto the studies

I was stuck.

The euthanasia date was getting closer
and I was wondering

if I would be capable of doing it.

It was clear that if I didn't do it,
I wouldn't get onto the studies

and they would fire me.

All the effort of going undercover
would be for nothing.

But if I did it,

I would also be
destroying my own principles.

Ever since I was little,
I've fought to save animals' lives,

not to end them.

DAY 154
STUDY XYYAA-1 DOG EUTHANIZATIONS

I remember that day so well.

No one's prepared
to kill 40 puppies at once.

My hands were shaking,
I was shaking all over.

I'd known that litter since they arrived.

Tania took one of the puppies

and she gave it to me.

And she studied me as I did it.

So I…

I applied what I'd been taught
and I did it.

It was a frenetic pace.

They'd take a dog, sedate it,

put it on the euthanization table.
Then into the trash.

The remains, I mean.

They didn't even check
that they were fully sedated, you know?

It was… I don't know,
I couldn't breathe.

I mean, I…

I ran to the locker room,
threw up a few times.

I felt…

I felt sick. I was a monster.

I'd done something I promised myself
I'd never do when I was little.

Something died in me that day.

It's strange, isn't it?
Because even though I was

so fucked up, they were happy with me.

It was as if I'd passed a test.

That's when I started working with them.

With Tania's team. César and Raúl.

We have to meet. I have lots of footage.

I'm on the team.
I'm inside the studies.

Let's talk tomorrow in the parking lot.

I've been waiting for you for days.

Where are you?
I'm worried.

Did something happen to you?
I'm getting scared.

Sorry I couldn't come. The situation is
compromised for us both.

You need more security.

The longer I was inside The Bunker,

the more alone I felt.

It took days to calm myself down.

And just when I was getting
back into the rhythm,

I remember getting an email

that worried me a bit.

ADMINISTRATION - DAILY TASKS
AND STUDY XYYAA-6 CONCLUSION

It was an email
stating that new dogs were coming,

but in the same email, there was

the euthanization date of Number 32.

In two weeks, we will conclude
Study XYYAA-6.

I didn't want to think about it.
I read it and that was it.

Because what I had to do was

try not to get distracted
and keep doing my job well

and not to think about it too much,

but it was hard.
In fact, the following days,

I didn't dare visit her.

I was at my limit.
I was exhausted. I was unwell.

It had been months
since I'd seen my friends, my family.

MOM

I'd lost my sense of everything, right?

I didn't know who I was. I was unwell.

I decided that I had to…

I had to stop because I wasn't okay.

First, I had to…

I had to say goodbye to her, right?

And above all, ask her forgiveness

for not saving her.

I drafted a resignation email…

but I didn't send it.

SEND

Just as well that I didn't.

The next morning,
I received an email from the lab…

saying that there would
be the possibility of

adopting a dog from that study.

Being able to adopt was really unusual.

I mean, it didn't say which ones

or if I'd be able to choose,
or if the drug company would choose.

I was nervous,
I was paying attention to see

which numbered dogs
were going to be able to be saved.

Which ones could be adopted.

And when I found out, my stomach leapt.

Because Number 32 was included.

DAILY TASKS AND ADOPTION OPPORTUNITY

…the opportunity to adopt
the surplus dogs…

of numbers 20 to 40.

All that was left was for some colleague
to also request an adoption,

because I couldn't do it alone.

If I was the only one to ask,
I didn't want to raise suspicion.

ANIMAL ADOPTION CONTRACT

That same day, three colleagues
applied for an adoption.

I sent you all an email.

Please, if you know anyone
who wants to adopt…

How many are up for adoption?

-Twenty.
-Twenty, meaning 20 for adoption.

-Twenty for adoption.
-And when can they be adopted?

Now.

-Now? Oh, okay.
-Because you put…

The next morning,
the first thing I did was

send an email
to the animal welfare veterinarian

to request the adoption of Number 32.

7:30 - 3:00
RECEPTION

I thought of Kurda and said,
"I don't care what he thinks."

I had the opportunity

to save a life, and I was going to do it.

I mean, you can't imagine.

You can't imagine what it was like
to pet her for the first time,

knowing that in a few days
she'd be home with me.

It was the only moment
of happiness in there.

The only one.

How did Kurda take it? What did he say?

He took it badly.

In fact, we argued.

But I didn't care. I mean,

I was going to do it anyway.

The day I asked him
for help picking her up,

that's when he understood

that it wasn't an illegal rescue
and we weren't doing anything…

It was an adoption, it was legal

and transparent.

And I know that, deep down,

he also experienced it as a small victory.

It was really beautiful, actually.

She wasn't in a cage anymore.
She wasn't in an iron box anymore.

She wasn't Number 32 anymore.

I thought of naming her Britches

because of the macaque rescue video

that affected me so much when I was young,

but I thought it was too many syllables,

so I called her Chess.

What were those first days like
with Chess at home?

Well, I mean, they were like an oasis.

Chess arrived and it was like
she forced me to change

my lifestyle, my routines, everything.

The simple fact
of having to go for walks every day,

that was a huge change.

Seeing her reminded me

where she came from and why.

The reason why I was doing this.

Happy 2019!

I know it was a small victory for him,
but Kurda quit.

-How did that affect you?
-Right.

Well, it hurt me a lot. It hurt me.

It hurt me, but I understood him.
It's just… What can I say?

I've decided to leave the investigation.
I keep thinking they're following us.

And we're risking too much. Be careful.

That was it, I was alone.

And the truth is,
I started to feel like an imposter.

I thought again about quitting.

And new studies just came in too.

And I couldn't quit at that point.
I was doing this

to document, to condemn
what was going on there

and to inform.
I couldn't quit at that point.

What I did understand was
that I had to start from scratch.

The first thing I did was to move
for security reasons.

I started to have my own way of working.

Although everything I filmed
was ethically unacceptable,

inexplicably, it wasn't a crime.

I knew that if I wanted
to do the investigation right,

I would have to record
incidents and irregularities.

I had to dismantle
the concept of animal well-being

and the three "R's" of the lab.

-What are the three "R's"?
-Right, I'll explain.

Animal testing professionals
whitewash the use of animals

with a so-called "principle
of three R's," ever since, I think

since the '60s.

The three "R's" are…

Replacement: seeking out animals

with lower pain thresholds.

Reduction: finding and using methods

that allow researchers
to get results from fewer animals

or reusing animals
in multiple compatible studies.

And finally, refinement:

modification of animal breeding

or improvement of procedures
for recognizing and minimizing

distress from pain.

…the refinement of breeding

Animal welfare is determined by
the World Organisation for Animal Health

and governed by European laws
and each country's regulations.

And it's all based on five points
for any animal in this world.

It has to be free of hunger,
thirst and malnutrition.

Free of fear and distress.

Free of physical and thermal discomfort.

Free of pain, injury and disease.

And free to behave naturally.

Okay, so let me get this straight.
They're supposed

to have all the certifications.

Wasn't there someone supervising?

Yes, of course. There was a veterinarian

in charge of supervising
the animals' well-being.

But in my whole time there,
I only saw him once or twice.

In fact, I had to go to him myself
to notify him about an incident.

What I don't get is how
those certificates are obtained.

Reviewing European directives
and the laws of Spain,

once a year, they're supposed to
have to pass an investigation.

DOG INCIDENTS

In all the time I was there,

I never knew of any
animal welfare inspection.

RABBIT INCIDENTS

Until I understood that
public money was invested

and there was a lot of interest
in keeping the lab in order.

NOTICES OF PUBLIC BIDS
274,557.68 EUROS - VIVOTECNIA RESEARCH

The concept of animal welfare

is a very powerful ideological tool

with which the animal
exploitation business defends itself.

What relationship did you have
with your colleagues?

-Had things changed?
-Yes, of course.

Yes. I felt like I fit in with them.

They trusted me fully.

In fact, they assigned me
tons of studies with rats, rabbits, pigs.

And just at that point,

which was already stressful,
something happened

that raised the stress level a bit.

A former study director came back.

The thing that grabbed my attention

was that he said that in about six months,

a primate study was coming.

So I took notice

and marked it in my calendar
because that really was

the final thing I needed to document

and then I could leave.

Studies started coming in

and instead of a lab,
it seemed more like a factory.

More and more and more studies.

You would taste the blood in your mouth.
The metallic taste of blood.

It was like a form of butchery.

I needed to shower and wash off the blood.

I brushed my teeth, everything,

before taking Chess for a walk.

I didn't even want her to smell me.

Until one day, on my way home,
I decided to go to the pool.

And it was as if,
suddenly, the chlorine…

The smell too. I don't know.
It was like something that…

Like it cleaned me.

And I was physically tired too,
which came with all the stress.

You think any person

who works in an animal testing lab

ends up accustomed to that routine.

It's like you develop an ability
to float above the blood, the pain,

the screams, the defenseless animals.

You become desensitized, right?

I mean, you're unfazed,
but the violence is all around you.

I had a huge internal struggle myself.

I had to be very…

conscious of what I was doing,
what I was doing it for

and why I was doing it.

Hey, are they opening this?

They were opening it.

They're crazy, right?

For example, the backpack study on rats,

which was very rough, very unpleasant.

The rats writhed in pain
each time we administered the drug.

I don't know how this one isn't dead.

And those days

were when César started making

really distasteful jokes, making reference

to Hitler and gas chambers and trains.

Watch, I'm going to…

-This is like…
-What are you doing?

Like Hitler, taking them…

They're all going to be gassed? Why?

Since then, I could sense
when something bad was going to happen.

That's how I managed to film the day

that Raúl broke a rabbit's spine.

Come on, bunny rabbit.

A rabbit barely make a sound, usually.

Imagine the pain that would
cause that animal to scream.

He's broken.

He broke.

And instead of sedating the animal,

they kept it alive
until the study was over.

For 48 hours.

Still going! This guy has to keep going!

They'll take blood later.
We're not doing the blood test.

Another day, for example,

there was a commotion
and I saw lots of coworkers

running toward the lab nervously.

And they told me there was a dog
bleeding out in a cage.

They had moved her to a room.

And it was a dog
who was part of the permanent group.

Who I knew. Who I'd cared for.

She had internal bleeding.

Nobody knew what had happened.

But the dog was bleeding to death.

And I left the room
and ran into the animal welfare vet

and a caretaker too and we both said

that he had to do something.
And he responded

that he couldn't do anything,
first he had to

consult the head of the study,
consult the drug company.

The dog was crying in pain.
She was bleeding out.

She was losing strength. She was dying.

They were letting her suffer like crazy.

They sedated her late in the afternoon.

They left an animal suffering there
because they didn't care.

It wasn't reported and nobody
told the drug company anything.

Except for me.
It was reported because I filmed it.

I understood a lot of things.

Like what?

That it was impossible
for all the studies to go well.

With all the stress, all the pressure,

the studies were always positive.

I was convinced that the data
was being manipulated.

But, of course, I lacked evidence.

Until I got it a few days later.

I've been falsifying data like crazy.

-You?
-Me, yes, me.

Falsifying… Which data? From the dogs?

These ones that are dead in April.

I understood it was all business.

It didn't matter. Nothing mattered.

All that suffering, all of it,
was for nothing.

For what? To satisfy whom?

Which data? From the dogs?

These ones that are dead in April.

Come on, you get out.

Falsifying…

Which data? From the dogs?

These ones that are dead in April.

Come on, you get out.

Do you recall exactly what it was about?

What was the study about?

Anti-tumor drugs.

You're telling me that
if that anti-tumor study

that you filmed that evidence about,

if that study hypothetically
reached human trials in phase two

to test it, I don't know,
on terminally ill patients, for example,

there would be no scientific evidence
or you wouldn't be able to say

-that the study is 100% reliable.
-No. No one could.

No one.

It was an accumulation of stress,

of blood, of being aware of

the horrible irregularities
that I'd filmed.

About the rats, about the rabbit.

The cruelty I saw
toward the animals every day.

The jokes my colleagues made.

Feeling like a monster myself.

It was a buildup of…

Of everything that…
I don't know. It crushed me.

Until that day, I didn't know what
it was like to have an anxiety attack.

I only remember that I was driving
and I started to

feel short of breath.

My hands started to feel too weak
to hold the wheel.

I don't even know
how I made it to a gas station.

And I started to cry.

I cried about everything
I hadn't cried about for months.

I went back home…

and Chess laid in bed with me.

Seeing her happy and free…

reminded me why
and for whom I was fighting.

And that I shouldn't give up…

even though it was so hard.

What was it like
when the Soko thing happened?

-Oh, yes.
-What was that like?

You were getting experience
with macaques at that point.

Well, it gave me a rush.

Because I wasn't alone.

There was someone like me in Germany

who was undercover for four months

and had managed to get news out
about animal abuse.

GERMANY HALTS EXPERIMENTS
IN LABORATORY

AT CENTER OF ANIMAL ABUSE SCANDAL

And the same day that news broke,

Rebeca sent an email to the entire lab

with a link to the news and a video

about the Soko thing.

The footage this person had managed to get
was very raw.

They were very similar
to what I was recording.

The German press talked about
the imminent closure of the lab.

So I also started to fantasize about

the fact that I could
manage to close The Bunker.

GERMANY HALTS EXPERIMENTS
AT LABORATORY

AT CENTER
OF ANIMAL ABUSE SCANDAL

It caused a stir among the technicians,
among the executives.

You could tell…
Well, there was a little tension.

But they soon started with the excuses,
"Not here."

"We treat animals well here,
that only happens in Germany."

"People are just so sensitive."

-Have you seen the news?
-About what?

They released a video of a German CRO.

Not for nothing, but it's
more widespread in the world.

Really, monkeys are handled like that

in 90% of facilities in the world.
And they're monkeys like these.

They're macaques.

I started hearing things like,

"Be on the lookout
to see if someone is recording."

Everyone was on alert.

And now, they could catch me.

And that's when I…

Those were very tense days.

Imagine.

I'd be in the cafeteria
and feel like everyone was looking at me,

whispering about me.

It was paranoia,

but there was a real feeling that everyone
suspected everyone else.

In fact, whenever I left the house,
I had real paranoia.

I felt like passers-by were looking at me,
knowing who I was.

That was it. I'd reached my limit.
No more.

I couldn't do it anymore.

So,

I decided that it was time.

I went back to my drafts folder,
got the email and sent it.

How'd they take your resignation?

They made me a counteroffer.

They offered me
more money and a promotion.

They wanted me to be
in charge of training.

Obviously, I said no.

DAY 544
FINAL RECORDING INSIDE THE BUNKER

Error.

Correct.

They threw me a goodbye party
and everything. With gifts.

They gave me a card with a macaque.

The first days that I didn't have to

go to The Bunker,
that I didn't go through that door,

or do any more studies, it was so strange,

because I'd spent so much time
in that routine.

Being a different person.

I'd spent 18 months undercover.

544 days, to be exact.

I feel like a part of me

died there with the rest of those animals.

I wasn't able to watch
all the footage again.

So I decided to get in contact
with a colleague.

I called him, told him what I had,
sent him a clip.

He was blown away and said, yes,
I could count on him, he'd help me.

And we were working like that,
at a good pace,

and the pandemic hit.

Everything reminded me of The Bunker.

Of course, face masks made Chess nervous,

so we had to go out at hours
when no one else was out.

I looked for a job in order to get out

and because I needed the money.

I started working at
veterinary hospitals again.

It healed me, you know?
Working to save animals again.

It was good for me, really.

And with my colleague…

The pandemic slowed us down a bit,
but it's true that it also

helped us get very precise in reporting
and organizing the footage.

I mean, 7,000 files that had
hours and hours,

hundreds of hours filmed…

FOOTAGE

in the end, we managed to make
an hour-long video

that we sent to the organization
Cruelty Free International,

but what I didn't expect

was what came after that.

The Community of Madrid has suspended
the research activities

of a laboratory over alleged
animal abuse after an inspection.

It was conducted after
an NGO reported the facts

through a video of cruel practices.

We warn you
that these are difficult images.

The released images
of extreme animal cruelty

in a laboratory has forced the suspension
of clinical trial research.

The company has opened…

It was a frenzy.

It reached the Congress of Deputies.
It was something… Boom.

The case of Vivotecnia,
a laboratory in Madrid,

that in reality was a place of torture
and abuse toward animals.

Where they were hit,

they were neglected,
they were abused, they were mistreated,

as evidenced by footage
that was collected over two years.

They're not only hurting and inflicting
pain on other living beings,

they aren't just making us,
animal lovers, suffer.

Those who torture or mistreat animals
are a danger to society too.

A new protest in Madrid
against animal abuse.

Some 2,000 people demonstrated
to seek the liberation

of animals still remaining
in Vivotecnia's labs.

The Community of Madrid,
for its part, suspended

research activity at the lab

after an inspection revealed
evidence of animal abuse.

Vivotecnia! Animal torture!

This Sunday, PACMA
and other animal rights organizations

filed a criminal complaint
against Vivotecnia.

Not even two days had gone by

before I started getting threats.

They knew that it was me
who had filmed that,

so they came for me.

The phone didn't stop ringing.

It wouldn't stop.

I understood that I had to disappear.

The first thing I did
was get rid of my phone.

They wanted to blame me
for what I had filmed.

The judge also wanted to find me
because he said that, if I didn't testify,

he would close the case.

The idea of the judge filing away the case

devastated me.

I thought about the animals
still inside there

and decided to go in for questioning.

I had to undergo
an interview with the police

in which they would decide
whether they believed me

and give me protected witness status
that my defense was asking for

in order to initiate a trial…

or whether they'd throw me in jail.

Well, it didn't take long for the police
to realize

that what I was telling them
was the truth,

and a few days later,
I was given protected witness status.

GOVERNMENT LAUDS
RAPID CLOSURE OF VIVOTECNIA

AFTER VERIFYING SIGNS OF ANIMAL ABUSE

MADRID SUSPENDS RESEARCH ACTIVITY
AT VIVOTECNIA FOR ITS ANIMAL ABUSE

FAILED TO COMPLY WITH INTERNAL CONTROLS
REQUIRED BY LAW

Since the start of the month,
the laboratory Vivotecnia, denounced

for mistreatment of animals
in its research and trials,

has resumed work.

The Community of Madrid
assures that all measures

have been taken to avoid animal suffering,

but animal rights organizations

say that these measures are insufficient

and threaten legal action.

Well, imagine my frustration.

The injustice.

After everything I had presented,

the images, the videos,

the social media
crying out to close this place.

The people in the street.

I don't know. What can I tell you?

In my opinion,
Vivotecnia should have been closed.

Like the German lab.

It was only closed
for three months. Three.

They gave them
an absurd, insignificant fine,

and not one animal was rescued.
Not one. Not a single one.

Not a single animal was saved.

THE COMMUNITY OF MADRID LIFTS
SUSPENSION OF VIVOTECNIA

AND ALLOWS RESUMPTION
OF ANIMAL TESTING

VIVOTECNIA TRIAL:
DEFENDING THE INDEFENSIBLE

TRIAL IS IN PRELIMINARY PHASE
AND MAY BE SHELVED

The investigation was delayed.
I'm still waiting for the trial date.

The only ones charged as of right now
are merely workers.

I mean, they're not really

going after the people
who are really responsible, are they?

The ones who run the company.

The media and social pressure waned.

It's like it suddenly
disappeared, stopped.

As you know,
I decided to come here to London,

I had to get far away.
Where I could keep working.

And I called you to do the interview
before I go undercover again.

But first, I'd like

for you to see with your own eyes,
and listen to

those dogs at the breeding facility

who are going to end up
in labs like The Bunker.

Okay, guys… Let's get ready to go?

-Don't take her mic off.
-I was going to say that.

-Don't take it off.
-Got it.

At the next corner, we have to turn left.

-Come on.
-Let's go. Okay.

CAMP BEAGLE
WYTON - UNITED KINGDOM

It's a pleasure to meet you, Carlota,

and to have you here at Camp Beagle.

Your work has been an inspiration for us.

With the investigation you've done,

we can explain to people what's happening,

what happens to these dogs
when they leave this place.

These are the containers where they live.

As you can see, no windows.

Those little vents don't let any light in.

One unit there, behind another.
Behind another.

This is the first row.

Then there's another row,
and another, and another row.

These dogs suffer
from the day they're born

until the day they die.
All they know is suffering.

It's very hard for me to be here,

but I feel like someone has to.

Someone has to do this.

Just like you made your sacrifice
in that lab.

You'll understand me
better now, won't you?

That helplessness I felt at the fence.

And that desire to jump over.

Because the puppies I saw in the bunker,

that I saw suffering there…

Many of those I had to kill.

I had to kill them…

in order to keep documenting that place.

They're from there,

breeding facility like this.

In The Bunker, I couldn't
do any rescuing. I couldn't.

That's why I admire what
Animal Rising did here at Camp Beagle.

I want you to meet them.

ANIMAL RISING
LOCATION UNKNOWN, 2024

-Did you push it? Can you see it?
-Do we all fit?

-This one?
-I think so.

CAMP BEAGLE
DECEMBER 2022

FOOTAGE PROVIDED BY ANIMAL RISING

-Are you nervous?
-No.

Yes and no. You know how it is.

I don't really understand why
you want to go undercover again.

You know how hard it is,
how dangerous it is,

how stressful it is,

and the consequences you might face
if you're caught this time.

Yes, I know.

But someone has to do it.

Someone has to risk their life to document
the reality that lies behind those walls.

People have the right to know the truth.

And that's my job:
infiltrate and demonstrate.

I know there are powerful lobbies
that will keep coming after us,

but we can't stop
fighting for the animals.

The struggle doesn't end
until the last cage is empty.

That's why so many people keep rescuing,
keep documenting and keep protesting.

And a few, like me…

will keep going undercover.