The death of Mévy: the hour of reckoning has struck
One Voice leads a nonviolent fight to defend animal rights and respect all life forms. The organization operates independently and is thus free to speak and act freely.
On April 11th, a new tribunal was held to shed light on the last moments of the tigress Mévy, killed in a cowardly way on November 24th, 2017 by her keeper in a Parisian dead-end road.
The
sessions are linked to the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris. To
defend the memory and the rights of the young tigress Mévy and to go
beyond this and into her killing, within the framework for our direct
quotation of a voluntary slaughter of an animal. We have already
participated in two hearings this year, the second took place on
April 11th,
2019.
Commercial Motivation
As
a reminder, while our complaint back in 2017, immediately after the facts, had been shamefully dismissed, we initiated direct proceedings
against the owner of the Bormann circus who detained the feline, let
her escape and preferred to shoot her out of sight rather than keep
her cornered until the arrival of reinforcements that would have allowed for her capture.
During
the hearing on April 11th,
our lawyer was able to speak for Mévy and bring about many elements
incriminating her owner. She notably underlined that if the trainer
had chosen to kill the tigress, it was only for financial gain. The
circus had indeed moved to the 15th
arrondissement. With Mévy on the run, he risked losing his plot and
being prosecuted for crimes. So, he preferred to shoot, to eliminate
this annoying witness, rather than to wait for an outside
intervention … And commit an irretrievable
act.
A life is priceless
Who
cares? Since this tragedy, the circus has quietly continued its
performances and has received a financial windfall. However, this
tigress was unique, irreplaceable. Her value, like that of each
living being, lay in a whole other dimension, that of the financial
field. She was an individual, she had a breath, she had emotions,
feelings and also had a great intelligence.
Today,
she is no longer breathing. The one who – by his own admission – had
“bottle-fed” her, the one who had deprived her of her
freedom to do her thing. The one who had negligently allowed her to
escape and eventually kill her, without hesitation with three
bullets, while she was lying prostrate at the bottom of a dead-end
road. We cannot close our eyes. If we cannot save Mévy, we will
fight to the end to represent her, we will attend as many hearings as
it takes to plead her case … and to allow her to end up being
heard !
Ce 11 avril avait lieu au Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, l’audience pour Mévy suite à notre citation directe pour atteinte volontaire à la vie d’un animal #CirquesSansAnimaux. A dérouler ⤵️
— One Voice (@onevoiceanimal) 11 avril 2019