Animal abuse: this is not a subject of "urban sores", believes Aurore Bergé

INTERVIEW

The National Assembly will examine from next week a bill aimed at strengthening the fight against animal abuse.

"This is not a subject that should be caricatured", defends Aurore Bergé, the deputy La République en Marche of Yvelines who will carry the text in the hemicycle.

"It is not only urban sores that are mobilizing on the subject."

For the member, very sensitive to the animal condition, the file of mistreatment "is really a very shared concern".

"How many parties, of candidates, considered that the question of the animal condition was a subject during the municipal elections" she asks rhetorically.

"Today, you have a number of deputy mayors in charge, for example, of this subject."

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"Keeping the owner from saying 'I didn't know'"

The parliamentarian then gave the outline of the text carried by the majority.

This mainly aims to protect the domestic animal at the time of its adoption or purchase.

Ultimate objective: to limit mistreatment, whether voluntary or linked to ignorance at the time of acquisition of the animal.

In the first case, the text provides for "to worsen the penalties for abuse", indicates Aurore Bergé.

Regarding cases of misunderstanding, for example during "compulsive shopping", the bill introduces a certificate of knowledge of cash needs.

The goal is "to prevent the owner from saying 'I didn't know'," said the MP.

Finally, Aurore Bergé indicates that the text should make it possible to "fight against the places" where compulsive purchases of animals "are carried out", namely pet stores for "dogs and cats".

"The purchase must not be able to be made through an online platform," the MP also concludes.