At the microphone of Europe 1, Jacques-Charles Fombonne, president-volunteer of the SPA, denounces the cowardice of the owners of animals who abandon their companions before going on vacation.

Every summer, it is the same observation, there are more and more abandoned animals. According to the foundation 30 million friends, France is even champion of Europe abandonment of animals (with 100,000 retirements per year).

"The most cowardly reflex and the easiest to imagine is that of abandonment"

More than half of the drop-outs are in the summer. Vacationers get rid of their animals before going on vacation. The 62 shelters of the Society for the Protection of Animals (SPA) have welcomed more than 8,000 animals since the beginning of the season, far exceeding their capacity. "We have our refuges that are saturated from July 15", deplores the president-volunteer of the SPA, Jacques-Charles Fombonne. "If people do not have the means to put it in a shelter or to have it kept by the family, then the most cowardly and easiest reflex is abandonment," he says. -t it.

"Abandoning an animal is an offense punishable by two years imprisonment"

At the microphone of Europe 1, Jacques-Charles Fombonne denounces the "compulsive purchases" of pets, at the origin of the abandonment according to him. It also recalls that those who risk such practices are likely to be prosecuted. "Abandoning an animal is an offense punishable by two years' imprisonment, a fine of 30,000 euros and which will appear on the criminal record of the person who abandoned the animal," he says.