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The animal cause is for the moment a consensus among deputies, even if the debates are not yet over.

The National Assembly gave a unanimous green light on Tuesday evening to the new “knowledge certificate” that any new acquirer of a pet will have to sign.

This is a key measure of a majority bill against abuse.

This certificate will recall the obligations of care, vaccination and the costs linked to the possession of an animal (food, veterinarian, etc.).

It must help to "awareness" of what the acquisition of an animal represents, argued the Minister of Agriculture Julien Denormandie.

Animals "a subject henceforth irreversibly political"

Beasts are "neither a fad of urban people in need of nature, nor a passing fad, but a subject henceforth irreversibly political", launched the LREM deputy Loïc Dombreval, co-author of the text with Laëtitia Romeiro Dias, another "walker", and Dimitri Houbron from the Agir group.

For nearly 7 in 10 French people (69%), animals are poorly defended by politicians, according to the Ifop barometer for the 30 Millions d'Amis Foundation.

Nearly 500 amendments are on the menu until Friday on this text.

According to elected officials from both right and left, the measures are "useful" but are only "a first step".

While the annoying subjects such as hunting, intensive breeding or bullfighting are not addressed, this bill leaves Olivier Falorni (Liberties and Territories) "with a taste of unfinished business" and is only "opportunism. electoralist ”in the eyes of Bastien Lachaud (LFI).

Despite nuances of appreciation within each political group, the bill enjoys broad support.

It also plans to toughen the penalties against mistreatment, with three years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros for the death of the animal.

In the event of a conviction, people may be prohibited from keeping an animal.

The penalties could be tightened in the hemicycle.

The online sale in question

Animal protection associations welcome these measures but regret that the proposed law does not, for example, prohibit the sale of animals on the Internet, which “promotes illegal breeding”, and in animal shops, which “encourages impulse buying”, according to the president of the SPA Jacques-Charles Fombonne.

He would prefer to reserve the sale to breeders, like several deputies who will bring amendments to this question.

But the government simply wants to better regulate online sales.

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