Five years to close down 4 mink farms, 2 of which are subject to legal proceedings? It was high time!
In four years seven mink farms have closed; there are therefore no more than four still operating. And we have begun legal proceedings against two of these four. Moreover the hearing about the one in Montarlot is scheduled for 13 October.
As the association that acted as rapporteur of the group on fur when it met at the Ministry of Ecology during the Spring and Summer of 2019, it is precisely thanks to our unceasing and repeated campaigningthat these mink farms have eventually closed! We were supported by our partners in the Fur Free Alliance, who have again recently challenged the French embassies in their countries.
When one thinks that Poland, the second-biggest supplier of fur in the world, is going to close theirs down and that the Netherlands is closing their 160 mink farms in March when they had expected to take three years over it, France is taking its time. But we have noted this long-awaited decision and are continuing our campaign to ensure that no mink are born next Spring on these cruel and polluting farms.
No date for the end of circuses ... training hidden from view and anyone's guess when it will be implemented!
No end date announced, no information on how it will take place! Hippopotamuses and elephants will be the first to benefit from the end of captivity and travelling circuses. It will be introduced gradually. Big cats last. But the Minister forgets that the circus is not only about travelling: it is also about training, which is completely hidden from view! And what about the animals that are not used in performances, which shouldn't even be held in captivity?
The Minister of Ecology received circus representatives last week, and the discussions were "heated" if the trainers are to be believed. Other meetings are expected to take place. Allowing circuses several years to stop exploiting felines is another slap in the face for the lions and tigers that have never known anything else for their whole lives. It is a slap in the face for those that have been slaughtered. It is a slap in the face for the hippopotamuses and elephants that will remain in circus wagons for months or even years, some until they die. For Jumbo, Boulie, Mina and Kamala, Nelly and Brigit – already more than 50 years on the road. For Baby and Samba too.
In 21 years of campaigning for the abolition of circuses in France we have seen two thirds of circuses give up using animals in performances. There were 500 big cats in circuses 21 years ago. How can the State ensure that its measures are observed when there isn't even a register of wild animals kept in circuses? Big cats have always ensured that trafficking remained lucrative.
Muriel Arnal, Chair of One Voice, says:
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