France wants to strengthen the fight against animal abuse

Photo of a dog taken during the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, May 24, 2019 (illustrative image).

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France is the European champion for the abandonment of domestic animals.

The bill which aims to strengthen the fight against animal abuse and which is submitted to the National Assembly from this Tuesday, January 26, attempts in particular to remedy this.

It is generally welcomed as progress, although some deputies regret that it does not legislate on hunting with hounds or on industrial breeding.

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The first chapter of this bill aims to improve the conditions of detention of pets and equines, with an awareness certificate for any acquisition of a pet.

The idea is to empower future owners.

Article 7 aims to deal with the abandonment of equines by professionals, which has become a real problem in France.

Reinforced sanctions

Chapter 2 will strengthen the penalties for

domestic

animal abuse

, with the application of higher penalties for

acts of cruelty

, coupled with awareness and prevention courses for those convicted.

The presence of zoophilic sites on the internet will also be severely repressed.

Chapter 3 aims to end the abuse of wildlife used for commercial purposes.

It prohibits the keeping of wild animals by traveling circuses and dolphinariums.

It also prohibits the exhibition of wild animals on television. 

The end of some breeding

Chapter 4, on the other hand, puts an end to the breeding of American mink raised for their fur within five years, by prohibiting the creation, the expansion and the transfer of farms.

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