The Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili is due to announce Tuesday measures in favor of "captive wildlife".

According to Pierre-Philippe Frieh, spokesperson for the French Federation of Fur Trades, the Minister has already announced the closure within five years of four French mink farms.

He denounces "an animalist groundswell".

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The measures are not yet public, but are already worrying the fur industry.

Tuesday, the Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili is to announce measures in favor of "captive wildlife", which concerns, for example, circus animals, dolphin shows, or even, therefore, the breeding of fur animals .

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"The actors will have to relocate"

Mink farmers are already fixed on their fate.

The four French farms will have to close within five years.

According to the spokesperson for the French Federation of Fur Trades, Pierre-Philippe Frieh, Barbara Pompili herself confirmed this to him on Monday by phone.

"According to our discussions, it is not for questions of animal abuse, because there is no case of abuse", he assures the microphone of Europe 1. "But it is in On the other hand, pursue a groundswell. And we believe that this false opinion is an animalist groundswell that attacks breeding and rurality. "

And the professional to worry about the future of his sector: "This will lead in France to a loss of 2,600 jobs in the fur industry, because the players will feel threatened and will have to relocate to more welcoming and tolerant countries". 

Concern also in circuses

For the three amusement parks with dolphins: Marineland in Antibes, the Parc Asterix, and Planète Sauvage, near Nantes, the NGOs, after having suffered many setbacks, have only one requirement: prohibit the reproduction of 29 bottlenose dolphins and four orcas still in captivity.

The youngest should live another 20 to 25 years, then it would be the end of dolphin shows in France.

This is one of the subjects that the minister must decide on Tuesday.

Another sector, very symbolic, which divides: the circuses.

More than twenty European countries have already limited or prohibited the presentation of animals there, like nearly a hundred municipalities in France.

"We are afraid for our animals, we him (Mrs Pompili) said they were going to die," William Kerwich, president of the circus and show animal capacity workers union, told AFP.

"There are almost 500 wild animals in France, what are we going to do with them?

At the ministry, it is explained that Barbara Pompili led the discussions "each time with the desire to set up transformation plans (for the sectors) and concern for animal welfare".