No to the slaughter of stray dogs in Frontenaud!
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.
Thursday March 21st Frontenaud in Saone-et-Loire, the gendarmerie discovered the dead bodies of a man and his dog. Both had traces of bite marks. But nothing indicates that the bites were caused before their death or worse, were the cause. However, the Prefecture then decides to publish an order authorizing the slaughter of stray dogs. An open door towards a massive slaughter of homeless dogs … We file an appeal to the Administrative Court of Dijon and ask for the suspension of this order!
Editorial
18th April 2019
Victory!
We were heard: the decree that we had confronted has been repealed by
the Prefect!
The hearing should have been held this Friday April 19th
in Dijon.
Stray
animals must be protected, rescued and not hunted.
Considering
that this tragedy was the result of a stray dog in the area,
the Saône-et-Loire Prefecture publishes a radical decree authorizing
the shooting of any homeless dogs that are “potentially
dangerous”
All
dogs left on their own, abandoned, without family, suffering from
hunger, cold, are likely to be shot. What is the crime of these
individuals? Are they not already vulnerable enough, struggling alone
for their survival without the comforting warmth of a home?
Abandonment is already a profound trauma for them. The anguish, every
day, to find the strength necessary to live until the next day! Why
not rescue them rather than shoot them? Will killing be for a long
time to come a privileged solution enjoyed by the authorities?
Moreover,
the Rural Code provides that capture is mandatory for dogs without
families. Killing a stray individual should only be a solution by
default, considered only after trying everything to save him or out
of necessity as one might have to defend oneself … Today, if they
have become fearful, it is possible to socialize these dogs little by
little with the help of committed professionals.
Undercover
and stalking a single animal – which is already a scandalous act –
the Prefecture simply authorizes the mass slaughter of all abandoned
dogs in the street! A cruel (and ineffective) vision of managing
strays that is reminiscent of other scandals in another French department or elsewhere in the world.
One Voice lodges an appeal for
the use of excess power against the decree of the Prefecture of
Saone-et-Loire and an interim suspension. Support us by signing the petition for a better legal status for our dog and cat companion’s,
who are classed as full members of our family.