A wheelbarrow loaded with two butchered pigs is seen at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. Reuters photographer Andres Martinez Casares: “The grunts of a pig or the bleating of a goat are one thing. Then there's the sound of animals about to be killed. That's something else. If you haven't heard that before, it's quite something. It's very early in the morning when this happens, well before dawn. Day after day, it's the same toil over and over again. The market of Croix des Bossales, in an area that once held a slave market, stands among impoverished Haiti's interim parliament compound, shipping ports, and downtown Port-au-Prince. The outdoor slaughterhouse of La Saline, which supplies the market, is mired in mud and littered with rubbish. It's a cluster of shacks, some with tin roofs, other with tarpaulins. It isn't among the best neighbourhoods, so to start with it was complicated being there. Little by little people became more trusting and let me work in peace to document the daily grind of killing and preparing the market. Smell is one of the most basic associations we have, taking us back to childhood or reminding us of a loved one. The stench produced from burning animal skins is very distinctive. But the smell that best defines this place is a mix of damp earth, animal dung and blood, which you can savour from the road when you pass by. If in the future I happen to chance on that kind of smell again, I am sure it will take me back to Port-au-Prince in the hours before dawn”. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Dead and live goats are seen at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A butcher peels the skin of a pig at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 20, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Live goats stands in La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 27, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A street vendor has breakfast at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Jean Libonet hangs a butchered goat to be sold at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Jesner Sakage peels a goat head at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 20, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A butcher blows the skin of a goat at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 20, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Two butchered goats lie on a table at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Sheep for sale lie on the ground La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A man pulls two goats at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A butcher is seen at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Jesner Sakage peels a goat head at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A butcher carries a butchered goat on his head at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A butcher carries a butchered goat at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Sheep for sale lie on the ground at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A man ties animals on his motorbike to transport them at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Jesner Sakage takes a goat head out of a pot at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 20, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Jesner Sakage takes a goat head out of a pot at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 20, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





Two men push a wheelbarrow loaded with two pigs to be butchered at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 4, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A butcher cuts the skin of an animal as he peels it at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A butcher pulls a pig at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 19, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)





A butcher holding his knives rests at La Saline slaughterhouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 18, 2015. (Photo by Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters)