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The death of Mévy: the hour of reckoning has struck

The death of Mévy: the hour of reckoning has struck

Mis à jour le 03 January 2020

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.

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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 !

Marie-Sophie Bazin
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amie des animaux | Friday 19 April 2019

Malheureusement, derrière ce qu'il nous est montré, c'est-à-dire, la face cachée, il y a beaucoup de maltraitance envers ces animaux ce que les gens bien sûr ne voient pas. Ce n'est pas hélas pour ces pauvres animaux qui subissent la domination de l'homme, un lieu de joie,et d'épanouissement mais un lieu de contraintes et de souffrances !!!

Le Maire de Montpellier a interdit depuis le 1° janvier 2019 la venue des cirques avec animaux sauvages dans notre ville et je l'en félicite !!!

mumu | Friday 19 April 2019

La vie de Mévy était importante, elle a été exploitée, puis tuée et n'a pas eu la chance de vivre heureuse, tout çà pour l'argent, comme d'habitude. Le propriétaire de Mévy doit être sanctionné et lourdement, rip Mévy, un jour je mourrai moi aussi et je caresserai ton âme !

Martinou | Friday 19 April 2019

Il doit être condamné fermement.

pookynou | Thursday 18 April 2019

Il faut absolument interdire tous ces cirques avec animaux !Ils n'y ont pas leur vraie place !