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A Chatipi in Plessé: Press Release

A Chatipi in Plessé: Press Release

A Chatipi in Plessé: Press Release
16.06.2026
Plessé
Chatipi à Plessé : Communiqué de Presse
Animaux familiers

On 22 June, One Voice and the municipality of Plessé will open the first Chatipi in the Loire-Atlantique region. Located within the Résidence de la Rochefoucauld, this space dedicated to free-roaming cats is the result of a partnership between the local council, the association L’Arche de Ninie, the care home and One Voice. Beyond animal welfare, the project also fosters links between the local population, care home residents, and volunteers.

The Chatipi space will be inaugurated on Monday 22 June at 5 pm at the Résidence de la Rochefoucauld, located at 6, rue du Dr Alexis Carrel in Plessé, in the presence of the deputy mayor, Ms Magali Ouary, and former councillor Mr Alain Annaix, who has been involved in the project; Ms Muriel Arnal, President of One Voice, and Mr Florian Valy; as well as Ms Virginie Le Magueresse and Mr Gérald Cruaud, President and Secretary respectively of L’Arche de Ninie, accompanied by volunteers.

A new step towards protecting stray cats

In France, more than 11 million cats live as strays, exposed to disease, hunger and difficult living conditions. Their presence can sometimes lead to misunderstandings and conflicts with local residents.

It is against this backdrop that One Voice is developing the Chatipi programme: an educational and operational initiative designed to stabilise populations of stray cats through neutering, to provide them with shelter, while improving their care (feeding, health monitoring) and their coexistence with humans. More than sixty Chatipis have already been set up across the country.

Until now, the municipality of Plessé had mainly been involved through neutering campaigns carried out with the support of local organisations and residents. Wishing to adopt a more preventive, ethical and sustainable approach, the council sought to strengthen its commitment to the welfare of cats. The Chatipi project now provides a safe haven for stray cats, whilst facilitating their health monitoring and the continuation of neutering and identification efforts.

A local partnership supporting a sustainable project

The project is based on a four-party agreement and collaboration. Each partner has made a contribution:

  • One Voice, which set up the scheme, funded fifteen sterilisation procedures, identifications and health checks, as well as the purchase of the chalet, cat flaps, the information board and thirty kilograms of dry cat food.
  • The local council installed the load-bearing floor, oversaw the assembly of the chalet and will cover the cost of the cats’ food as well as any future veterinary expenses.
  • L’Arche de Ninie is responsible for trapping the cats, monitoring their health, fitting out the cat shelter and placing sociable cats or kittens with foster families with a view to adoption. Feeding the cats and cleaning the site are carried out jointly by the association and the local council.
  • Finally, the Résidence de la Rochefoucauld care home has agreed to host the Chatipi on its premises and has made part of its grounds available for this purpose.

A project that fosters intergenerational bonds

The establishment of the Chatipi space within the care home gives the project a special dimension. True to the spirit of the scheme devised by One Voice, it encourages discussion about animal welfare and the involvement of both the care home residents and the surrounding population.

The care home wishes to organise activities that involve residents in the work carried out as part of the Chatipi project. Among the initiatives being considered is the making of small blankets for the cats. Several locals, as well as a resident of the care home, have also already taken part in operations to catch the stray cats taken in at the site.

This initiative is part of a series of outreach activities organised by the Résidence de la Rochefoucauld, which regularly facilitates encounters between its residents, the local population and pupils from the local primary school.

Practical information

The opening ceremony for the first Chatipi in Loire-Atlantique will take place on Monday 22 June at 5 pm at the Résidence de la Rochefoucauld, located at 6, rue du Dr Alexis Carrel, 44630 Plessé.

With this first Chatipi in the Loire-Atlantique region, Plessé is demonstrating that responsible management of stray cats can also become a genuine regional initiative.

A Chatipi in Plessé: Press Release

For the stray cats of Plessé, One Voice is inaugurating the first Chatipi in the Loire-Atlantique region on 22 June

The Administrative Court on badgers: Press release

The Administrative Court on badgers: Press release

The Administrative Court on badgers: Press release
16.06.2026
Châlons en Champagne
The Administrative Court on badgers: Press release
Wildlife

On 19 June, One Voice, alongside ASPAS and AVES, will be present at the Administrative Court in Châlons-en-Champagne to demand an immediate halt to the digging-out of badgers — ‘underground hunting’ — in the Ardennes and Haute-Marne for the summer of 2026. This form of hunting relentlessly targets entire families even down in their burrows, despite the courts having already ruled it illegal during this period.

On 19 June 2026, the Administrative Court of Châlons-en-Champagne will examine two petitions for suspension filed by One Voice, ASPAS and AVES. The three organisations are calling for an immediate halt to the digging-out of badgers, which has been authorised since spring in the Ardennes and Haute-Marne.

This method involves sending dogs into burrows to corner the badgers. Trapped underground, sometimes for hours, the terrified animals are then dug out with spades, pulled from their burrows using large tongs and subsequently killed. This form of hunting leaves the inhabitants of the badger burrow with no chance of survival.

For at this time of year, the burrows are home to young badgers still unable to survive on their own. They may be killed on the spot during these operations, or condemned to die of hunger, thirst or exhaustion, slowly, left to suffer after their mothers have been killed.

A hunt already ruled unlawful

Article L. 424-10 of the French Environmental Code prohibits the killing of mammalian young. The Administrative Court of Châlons-en-Champagne has already made this clear in no uncertain terms: in three judgements dated 11 April 2024, it annulled additional periods of underground badger hunting, ruling that young badgers are not self-sufficient during the authorised period and must therefore still be regarded as ‘young’ within the meaning of the law.

And yet, the prefectures persist.

In Haute-Marne, the prefectural order of 12 May 2026 authorises this hunt from 15 May to 19 September 2026 in nearly half of the municipalities, and from 15 August to 19 September in the rest of the region. The explanatory note itself acknowledges the killing of juveniles.

In the Ardennes, the period runs from 1 June to 25 July 2026, with a quota of 110 badgers. On paper, the killing of young badgers weighing less than 8 kg and of lactating females is prohibited. In practice, however, the method remains indiscriminate: once released, the dogs, driven by the hunters, bite everything they find, adults and young alike.

One Voice demands the immediate suspension of these additional hunting periods. When it comes to badgers, the organisation will not back down.

The Administrative Court on badgers: Press release

Badger hunting: One Voice before the Administrative Court of Châlons-en-Champagne on 19 June

 

Bear deterrence: Press release

Bear deterrence: Press release

Bear deterrence: Press release
11.06.2026
Pyrénées
Bear deterrence: Press release
Wildlife

Until 29 June, the Ministry for Ecological Transition is holding a public consultation on a draft decree that expands ‘enhanced deterrence’ measures against bears in the Pyrenees and reduces the protection afforded to mothers accompanied by their cubs. This administrative term means bears being subjected to nighttime attacks involving loud bangs and gunfire. One Voice opposes this and calls for a negative opinion to be submitted.

‘Enhanced deterrence’ involves firing double-detonation cartridges from a rifle aimed at the bears, in order to terrorise them and drive them away. These operations take place at night and may be repeated for several nights in a row in the same mountain pasture.

Let us imagine these bears: in the dark, loud explosions going off, a frantic flight through the mountains. For a mother, this means the risk of being separated from her cubs in the panic – and, for the cubs, their survival immediately jeopardised. This violence is inflicted on a protected species.

More operations, fewer safeguards, and no evidence of effectiveness

The draft decree extends these shootings to new parties — livestock farmers, shepherds, members of pastoral groups, summer pasture managers, and officially appointed huntmasters. It will automatically increase the number of operations and trivialise an exemption that is supposed to remain exceptional. It also weakens the protection of mother bears with cubs: a simple criterion of ‘particular vigilance’ would replace the requirement of ‘certain future harmful consequences for the herd’. And all this without any scientific protocol having ever demonstrated the long-term effectiveness of such shootings, and at a time when the bear population remains vulnerable.

One Voice opposes the very principle of bear deterrence and advocates peaceful coexistence, based on the protection of herds rather than on aggression towards bears. The organisation is calling on everyone to submit a negative opinion before 29 June.

Link to the public consultation (open until 29 June): https://www.consultations-publiques.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/spip.php?page=article&id_article=3370

Bear deterrence: Press release

Bears in the Pyrenees: One Voice refuses to allow their harassment to become the norm

Pomponette the cat, killed by a trap: One Voice files a complaint

Pomponette the cat, killed by a trap: One Voice files a complaint

Pomponette the cat, killed by a trap: One Voice files a complaint
10.06.2026
France
Pomponette the cat, killed by a trap: One Voice files a complaint
Domestic animals

Her name was Pomponette. A gentle, much-loved, peaceful cat. On Tuesday 19 May, at 7 pm, the children of her family, who had gone out to look for her, found her caught in a trap, her ribcage crushed, lifeless. Pomponette joins the long list of domestic, wild and protected animals that have fallen victim to the devices used by hunters and trappers, which maim, strangle and kill. Faced with this cruel and silent death, we refuse to remain silent. We have lodged a complaint on Pomponette’s behalf. One Voice also referred the matter to the Council of State in late 2025 to have the traps banned.

Pomponette rarely went out. She loved her home. She loved her family. Nothing in her peaceful life suggested she was destined to meet her end on a familiar path. For this homebody cat, the likelihood of being caught in a trap should have been zero. It was not. Because in France, the instruments of torture favoured by hunters are not confined to so-called ‘wild’ areas: they also infest the vicinity of gardens and the paths taken every day by animals out for a stroll.

Pomponette’s final moments

Pomponette left home on 18 May. The next day, she hadn’t returned, and this unusual absence was enough: her family immediately began searching for her. It was the children who discovered her body near a wire fence separating two properties. The shock was such that the police were initially called in response to a report of children in distress. At the scene, some adults had the presence of mind to photograph the scene. It was a wise move. When the police arrived the following day, the body and the trap had vanished. Instead, a stone was blocking the hole beneath the wire fence.
During the investigation, the landowners initially claimed to know nothing, before admitting the facts when confronted with the photographic evidence. According to their statements, the trap was intended for a fox to protect their henhouse. The veterinary report is unequivocal. Pomponette showed ‘signs of crushing to the thorax and pulmonary haemorrhages’. The conclusion is crystal clear: ‘death by crushing of the ribcage, resulting in fatal asphyxiation’. Clinical terms that struggle to mask a brutal reality: Pomponette died in agony, alone, far from her family.

One million victims every year

Despite hunters’ claims to the contrary, traps do not choose their victims. And even if they did: invisible and concealed, these indiscriminate weapons snap shut on a cat’s paw, strangle a harmless fox, or kill a protected species such as wolves.
Ubellule was just 17 months old when a jaw trap – a type of trap that has been banned in Europe since 1995 – crushed her paw. Tigrou, for his part, did not survive. And then there are also Cooper, Snooky, Collier Rouge, Mani… and so many others for whom One Voice has filed a complaint each time.
How many animals die in this way every year? How many suffer for hours on end, locked in a cage, with a paw trapped in a snare or a noose, in the grip of indescribable terror? There are no national statistics to tell us this, but hunters and trappers conceal them wherever they please, and the number of victims is estimated to be around one million each year.

Pomponette is dead, and we have filed a complaint on her behalf. Because if nothing changes, others will die tomorrow. At the end of 2025, One Voice referred the matter to the Council of State. Together, let’s put an end to these practices from a bygone era. Sign our petition to ban all traps.

To ban traps, sign the petition! 

Pomponette the cat, killed by a trap: One Voice files a complaint

Caught in a metal snare, Pomponette died of suffocation. One Voice has filed a complaint.

 

Un million de victimes chaque année

Malgré les discours des chasseurs prétendant le contraire, les pièges ne choisissent pas leurs victimes. Et quand bien même : invisibles et dissimulées, ces armes aveugles se referment sur la patte d’un chat, étranglent un renard inoffensif, tuent une espèce protégée telle que les loups.
Ubellule n’avait que 17 mois quand un piège à mâchoire – des pièges pourtant interdits en Europe depuis 1995 – lui a broyé la patte. Tigrou, lui, n’a pas survécu.  Et puis il y a aussi Cooper, Snooky, Collier Rouge, Mani… et tant d’autres pour lesquels One Voice a porté plainte à chaque fois.
Combien d’animaux meurent ainsi chaque année ? Combien agonisent des heures durant, enfermés dans une cage, la patte coincée dans un collet ou un lacet, en proie à une terreur indescriptible ? Aucune statistique nationale ne permet de le savoir, mais les chasseurs-piégeurs les cachent où bon leur semble et les victimes avoisineraient le million chaque année.

Pomponette est morte et en son nom nous avons porté plainte. Car si rien ne change, d’autres mourront demain. Fin 2025, One Voice a saisi le Conseil d’État. Ensemble, faisons cesser ces pratiques d’un autre âge. Signez notre pétition pour l’interdiction de tous les pièges.

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Beauval Dolphinarium: Press release

Beauval Dolphinarium: Press release

Beauval Dolphinarium: Press release
05.06.2026
Saint Aignan
Beauval Dolphinarium: Press release
Exploitation for shows

By authorising Beauval Zoo (Loir-et-Cher) to establish a ‘centre for the study, scientific research and conservation of dolphins’, the prefecture has just taken a further step towards the opening of a new dolphinarium in France. One Voice, which has long denounced this captivity project disguised as a scientific centre, rejects this new direction: planned breeding, concrete pools, eventual transfers to other parks and an approach which is primarily economic, to the detriment of the dolphins’ welfare.

The project is not new, and One Voice has been campaigning against it for months. But with this authorisation, it has reached a decisive milestone: administrative approval, which the organisation fully intends to challenge. Its lawyers have immediately begun reviewing the case file.

Beauval would take in, on the one hand, the 11 dolphins from Planète Sauvage (Port-Saint-Père), whose dolphinarium is due to close, and, on the other hand, 8 of the 12 dolphins from Marineland, which is already closed to the public. According to the latest announcement by Mathieu Lefèvre, Minister for Ecological Transition, the dolphins from Marineland would first be sent to Spain; eight of them would then return to France, to Beauval, once the facility is ready. A round trip between France and Spain – traumatic for these animals – only to end up… in yet another dolphinarium.

A ‘research and conservation’ label that doesn’t hold water

One does not study wild animals in captivity, except to measure the effects of that captivity on them. As for ‘conservation’, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is not an endangered species. The IUCN classifies it as of ‘least concern’. This classification serves only one purpose: to fulfil the requirement for a research programme in order to be authorised to keep dolphins.

The zoo will join the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP): in other words, it will carry out breeding programmes. However, breeding is in no way necessary for the dolphins’ welfare, and no reputable scientific literature supports this, as Dr Pierre Gallego, a veterinary surgeon and marine biologist specialising in cetaceans, points out in his analysis of the project.

The announced dimensions – around 10,000 m² of water surface area and 30,000 m³ of reconstituted seawater – remain derisory for animals that, in the wild, readily travel 50 to 90 km a day. Self-aware and possessing a vocal signature unique to each individual, dolphins are constantly making choices: choosing their partners, avoiding conflict, diving, hunting. No tank allows for this, and the resulting chronic stress seriously undermines their health.

Finally, during the consultation process, the facility clearly considered transferring dolphins to other dolphinariums, including those in China. This is the exact opposite of sanctuaries.

The water in the pools will need to be treated continuously. Yet the licence was granted without an environmental impact assessment: it is surprising that such a decision was taken without evaluating the impact of such a facility on the environment.

The only solution: genuine marine sanctuaries

The calculation is primarily financial. In captivity, dolphins are a money-spinner: sought-after shows, educational presentations, births, and transfers from one zoo to another. A sanctuary, on the other hand, brings in no revenue – no performances, no breeding, no resale: just a cost, with no commercial return.

By approving Beauval, the State is embracing this profit-driven logic and prioritising the profitability of an industry over the welfare of animals for which it is responsible. Reduced to mere assets to be monetised, the dolphins are paying the price. One Voice refuses to go along with this.

“There is no such thing as a magical sanctuary,” declared the minister. That is untrue. In Taranto, the San Paolo Dolphin Refuge, which One Voice helped to fund, is set to welcome its first dolphins as early as this summer: proof that, with political will, creating this type of sanctuary in Europe is a realistic prospect. Building a sanctuary is, in fact, simpler than erecting a dolphinarium, however attractive it may be to visitors… But it requires the courage to embark on this ecological transition, which the ministry of the same name is methodically working to scupper.

“First, we were sold the idea of a sanctuary. Then came breeding, then exports, even to China: the mask has slipped. Studying and ‘conserving’ dolphins in captivity – when they aren’t even an endangered species – is utterly cynical. We stopped a dolphinarium from being built in Beauval in 2016; together with scientists and our partners across Europe, we will see this through to the end once again.” Muriel Arnal, President of One Voice

One Voice will fight the creation of this dolphinarium by every means possible. If the dolphins were to be shunted off to Spain, abandoned in Valencia or locked up in a new dolphinarium in Beauval, the French people who have campaigned to close dolphinariums would see their wishes flouted. A new dolphinarium in France in 2026 would be outrageous. The organisation is launching a campaign and calls on all those who love dolphins to stand ready: marine sanctuaries are the only acceptable solution – a credible solution, provided there is political courage.

Beauval Dolphinarium: Press release

One Voice condemns the prefecture’s approval of the Beauval dolphinarium

Restrictions on animal testing: Press release

Restrictions on animal testing: Press release

Restrictions on animal testing: Press release
05.06.2026
Europe
Restrictions on animal testing: Press release
Animal testing

The European Commission wishes to phase out the use of animals in toxicity testing. This is a major scientific and political step forward, in response to the mobilisation of more than 1.2 million European citizens. While France remains the leading country in the European Union in terms of animal testing, One Voice is calling on the French government to translate this ambition into action without delay.

As the French member of the European Coalition to End Animal Experimentation (ECEAE) and Cruelty Free International, One Voice welcomes this roadmap as the culmination of a long struggle. It follows directly from the European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty-Free Cosmetics’, which gathered more than 1.2 million signatures.

A reality that remains extensive in France

Across the European Union, around 500,000 animal procedures are carried out each year for chemical safety testing. Fish, dogs, rabbits and other animals are force-fed toxic substances for months on end, causing pain, haemorrhages, organ failure and death. A single reproductive toxicity test can involve up to 2,500 animals for a single substance.

In France, the situation remains a cause for concern: according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Research (2023 data, published in 2025), nearly 2 million animals were used in experiments, with 207,014 of these cases involving regulatory testing alone – accounting for 19.7 per cent of the European total. France has thus been the leading country among the 27 for many years, far ahead of the others.

This persistence contrasts with an unambiguous public opinion: according to an Ipsos/One Voice poll, three out of four French people say they are opposed to animal testing.

A roadmap that still lacks measurable ambition

One Voice notes several concrete steps forward in this roadmap but also has reservations. It sets out no quantified targets for reducing the number of animals, nor any specific timetable. All the Commission’s actions are limited to the period up to 2029, with no medium- or long-term vision accompanied by deadlines. Finally, no specific funding is provided for: the Commission merely lists existing resources, whereas the development of alternative methods requires dedicated and adequate investment.

What One Voice is asking of France

While key pieces of legislation such as the REACH Regulation are currently under review, the implementation of this roadmap will depend largely on the willingness of Member States. One Voice therefore calls on France to draw up a national plan to phase out animal testing, comprising:

  • Quantified targets and an ambitious timetable with interim milestones to provide incentives;
  • A substantial reallocation of public funding towards the development and validation of non-animal methods;
  • Transparency regarding French data on animal testing and the monitoring of indicators.

Such a plan is necessary to ensure that France acts as a driving force, rather than a hindrance, in this scientific and ethical transition, and to join countries already committed to this cause, such as the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

“This roadmap proves that rigorous science without animal suffering is no longer a utopian ideal: the technologies to replace animal testing already exist. While France remains one of the main supporters of animal testing in Europe, this is not an inevitable fate imposed on it; it is a deliberate choice favouring a well-established and lucrative industry, from animal breeding farms right through to laboratories. It is time for France to stop protecting this outdated system, which the French people no longer want.” Muriel Arnal, President of One Voice.

Restrictions on animal testing: Press release

One Voice welcomes the European roadmap for chemical safety assessments without animal testing, but there is still a long way to go

Jumbo’s Distress: Press Release

Jumbo’s Distress: Press Release

Jumbo’s Distress: Press Release
02.06.2026
Orthez
Jumbo’s Distress: Press Release
Exploitation for shows

On 29 May, when the Zavatta-Muller Circus was in Orthez (64), investigators from One Voice filmed the hippopotamus Jumbo frantically banging his head against the wall of his trailer. This repetitive behaviour is a sign of distress. Held captive for nearly forty years by the Muller family, Jumbo is now due to be in Serres-Castet (64) from 5 to 7 June. Despite the proven mistreatment he has suffered, and the breaches of the law relating to his appalling conditions of captivity, nothing has changed for him.

As a semi-aquatic and gregarious animal, Jumbo should be spending up to sixteen hours a day submerged in water and walking every night in search of food. For nearly forty years, he has been kept alone in a metal trailer, without access to a suitable pool. Severely overweight, he suffers from significant joint pain: wildlife vets have deemed his state of health to be extremely worrying. And yet, he continues to be moved from town to town and put on display to the public.

Convictions, and yet impunity

The Muller family has long been known to the authorities. In 2020, the Criminal Court of Valence convicted Alexandre and Edmond Muller of ‘unlawful operation of aFor years, One Voice has been monitoring Jumbo, a captive hippopotamus at the Zavatta-Muller Circus, and documenting his movements week after week. At every stage, the same damning reality emerges. Footage filmed in Orthez, prior to the circus’s arrival in Serres-Castet for performances from 5 to 7 June, provides further chilling evidence of this.

A gesture of distress that they are trying to silence

In the video, Jumbo, submerged in the skip that serves as his pool, bangs his head against the metal wall, over and over again. This type of repetitive behaviour is characteristic of profound distress in an animal deprived of everything it needs to live: space, plenty of water, other creatures of its own kind, and the freedom to move about.

In the background, the circus trainer can be heard clearly shouting at him: ‘Jumbo, Jumbo, stop.’ For One Voice, this command is telling. It does not express concern for the animal, but rather a desire to put a stop to behaviour that is disruptive, because it lays bare, without ambiguity, what circuses seek to conceal: the distress of an animal condemned to survive in appalling conditions.

Nearly forty years in a metal trailer

n establishment keeping non-domestic animals; placing or keeping an animal in an environment causing suffering; and using an unsuitable method of confinement likely to cause suffering or injury’. These charges directly concerned the living conditions imposed on Jumbo.

An order to seize the hippopotamus had even been issued before the hearing. It failed due to the violence opposed by the circus operators. And despite the conviction, Jumbo remained in their hands. Since then, reports and complaints have been pouring in, yet nothing has changed.

Get Jumbo out of there. Now.

No animal should spend its life in a trailer. No animal belongs in a circus. As the Zavatta-Muller Circus prepares to set up in Serres-Castet from 5 to 7 June, One Voice is calling on the authorities to commission an independent assessment and to finally take action on Jumbo’s behalf.

Jumbo is not an act. He is not an attraction. This elderly hippopotamus no longer belongs on the road, but in a sanctuary. There is still time to rescue him.

One Voice invites the general public to sign its petition: Let’s save Jumbo!.

Jumbo’s distress: Press release

The Muller Circus: a new video shows Jumbo banging his head in distress, just days before his arrival in Serres-Castet

Foxes found dead: Press release

Foxes found dead: Press release

Foxes found dead: Press release
02.06.2026
Val de Marne
Foxes found dead: Press release
Wildlife

Four foxes were found dead over the weekend of 23–25 May 2026 in Le Plessis-Trévise (Val-de-Marne). The local council has filed a complaint on suspicion of poisoning. One Voice will also be filing a complaint. These serious incidents must be fully investigated.

Alerted by the discovery of these four dead foxes, the town of Le Plessis-Trévise has referred the matter to the courts. At this stage, no explanation has been confirmed, and the investigation should determine the cause of death. One Voice will file a complaint and intends to follow the proceedings closely to ensure that the person or persons responsible are identified and punished, should the poisoning be proven.

Using poison to kill an animal never targets a single species: poisoned bait can kill all wildlife, as well as pets such as dogs and cats, and pose a real danger to children, who are prone to putting their hands in their mouths. The situation is all the more serious given that, at this time of year, there are still fox cubs in the wild.

Val-de-Marne is one of the few departments not to have classified the fox as a ‘species likely to cause damage’ (ESOD). This classification, in force in the vast majority of French regions, authorises the killing of the animal all year round, by any means, even the most cruel. It must, however, be strongly emphasised that even where the fox is classified as an ESOD, poisoning remains prohibited.

According to estimates, between 500,000 and 600,000 foxes are killed each year in France based on their ESOD classification, even though there is no scientific evidence of overpopulation, and the species plays a beneficial role in ecosystems. Killing them serves no purpose whatsoever. It has been shown that this does not reduce the number of attacks on chicken coops, for example. For One Voice, every fox has the right to live in peace.

“Using poison is an act that is as cowardly as it is illegal: it endangers wildlife, our pets and even children. One Voice will not let these incidents go unchallenged and will follow the investigation through to the end.” Muriel Arnal, President of One Voice.

One Voice reiterates its ongoing commitment to the protection of foxes and calls for an end to their classification as ESOD.

Foxes found dead: Press release

Foxes found dead in Val-de-Marne: One Voice files a complaint on suspicion of poisoning

 

Action against bullfighting: Press release

Action against bullfighting: Press release

Action against bullfighting: Press release
01.06.2026
France
Action against bullfighting: Press release
Exploitation for shows

As part of the 5th edition of Day Against Bullfighting, One Voice and its local branches are taking action throughout June 2026 across France. From Saint-Étienne to Toulouse, thirteen rallies will serve as a reminder that the torture of an animal cannot be an entertainment.

  • Surrounded by barriers, the bulls have no way out. For every bull that enters the arena, death awaits at the end of a long ordeal, amidst the shouts of the crowd. This suffering – applauded, staged and displayed to families – is nothing but violence. Bullfighting is no contest on equal terms: it is organised killing, disguised as tradition and art.

    Through its regular investigations, One Voice exposes its true nature – one of brutality and torture – and fights against the continuation of bullfighting in all its forms. Recently, its legal action led to the cancellation of a bullfight scheduled to take place in La Brède (33).

    Thirteen events, from 6 to 28 June

    From 6 to 28 June, One Voice volunteers will gather in thirteen towns to inform the public and give a voice to the bulls and horses that fall victim to bullfighting. Stalls, events and marches will mark this month of campaigning.

    “Bullfighting is an exception to the law that prohibits and severely punishes the kind of cruelty inflicted on bulls in the arenas, all in the name of tradition. While other countries are moving forward, France continues to allow the torture of animals in full view of children, with the backing of heavy subsidies. Such violence and cowardice leave one at a loss for words.” Muriel Arnal, President of One Voice.

    Events:

    • Saint-Étienne (42) — Saturday 6 June, Place de l’Hôtel de Ville. March, 10 am – 12 noon.
    • Montpellier (34) — Saturday 6 June, Place de la Comédie. Information stand, demonstration and leafleting, 11 am – 1 pm.
    • Captieux (33) — Sunday 7 June, Place du 8-Mai. Information stand and leafleting, 2.30 pm – 6 pm.
    • Nice (06) — Friday 12 June, Pointe de Rauba-Capeu. Information stand, street performance and leafleting, 6 pm – 7.30 pm.
    • Metz (57) — Saturday 13 June, Rue Winston-Churchill. Information stand, street performance and leafleting, 2 pm – 5 pm.
    • Limoges (87) — Saturday 13 June, 87 Rue Louis-Armand. Information stand, street performance and leafleting, 2.30 pm – 4 pm.
    • Fréjus (83) — Sunday 14 June, Boulevard de la Libération, Sablettes Beach roundabout. Information stand, street performance and leafleting, 10 am – 11.30 am.
    • Marseille (13) — Sunday 14 June, Quai du Vieux-Port. Information stand, event and leafleting, 5 pm – 6.30 pm.
    • Troyes (10) — Saturday 20 June, Place de l’Hôtel de Ville. Information stand, event and leafleting, 2.30 pm – 5 pm.
    • Bar-le-Duc (55) — Saturday 20 June, 10 boulevard de La Rochelle. Information stand and leafleting, 10 am – 12 noon.
    • Paris (75) — Saturday 20 June, starting from place Valhubert, street performance at the Arènes de Lutèce. March, street performance and leafleting, 2 pm.
    • La Rochelle (17) — Sunday 28 June, Place des Petits-Bancs. Information stand, event and leafleting, 2.30 pm – 5 pm.
    • Toulouse (31) — Sunday 28 June, Square Charles-de-Gaulle. Information stand and leafleting, 10 am – 12 noon.

    Venues and times are subject to change: details and registration on the events’ Facebook pages.

    Further information

    Action against bullfighting: Press release

    Bullfighting: in June, One Voice is taking action in thirteen towns to give a voice to the bulls and horses


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Wolves abandoned: Press release

Wolves abandoned: Press release

Wolves abandoned: Press release
29.05.2026
France
Wolves abandoned: Press release
Wildlife

By adopting Article 14, which was significantly toughened during the debates, MPs have paved the way for an unprecedented weakening of wolf protection in France. For One Voice, this vote constitutes a major attack on a protected and vulnerable species. The text has yet to be examined by the Senate, and our organisation continues to campaign to prevent an eradication policy from becoming the state’s official response to a problem whose causes run much deeper.

By adopting Article 14 of the draft bill on agricultural protection and sovereignty, the National Assembly has taken an unprecedented step in its determination to wipe out wolves in France.

Presented by the government as a bid to strike a balance between the interests of livestock farmers and the preservation of biodiversity, Article 14 in reality paves the way for a derogation scheme specifically designed to target wolves, in stark contrast to that applicable to other protected species.

Whilst it was initially intended merely to provide a legal basis for provisions that we were already contesting, the text was considerably toughened during parliamentary debates. Several particularly worrying amendments were adopted, including:

  • authorisation for defensive shooting without prior notification in certain cases of ‘self-defence’;
  • the possibility of killing wolves within national parks and nature reserves;
  • authorisation to shoot cattle and horse herds on the contested grounds that they are ‘unprotectable’;
  • the use of thermal imaging goggles by holders of hunting licences who have received specific training.

Even more worrying is that no provision in the text refers to livestock protection measures. At no point does the law mention support for livestock farmers or the development of preventive measures. All references to management measures relate exclusively to shooting devices and ‘culling’ schemes.

Making wolves scapegoats will not resolve the agricultural crisis

For One Voice, this legislation illustrates the gradual abandonment of wolves by the authorities. Faced with a deep-seated and multifaceted agricultural crisis, the government and a large majority of MPs have chosen to blame the wolves, rather than tackling the structural causes of the difficulties faced by the agricultural sector.

Yet the available scientific evidence shows that culling is ineffective in permanently reducing attacks on livestock. Instead, these culls directly contribute to the decline of a wolf population that remains far below the viability threshold, estimated at between 2,500 and 5,000 individuals. The French population is currently estimated at just over 1,000 wolves.

The organisation also points out that cattle and horse herds are not officially recognised as ‘unprotectable’ and that several public reports have questioned the technical validity of this concept.

‘No government has gone this far in its determination to wipe out a species that is vital to nature and biodiversity. Whilst wolves play an essential role in ecosystems and are rightfully protected, politicians are choosing to kowtow to lobbies that seek only their own short-term profits, trampling on our children’s heritage and the views of the vast majority of French people who love wolves and want to see them living in peace in our countryside’, says Muriel Arnal, Chair of One Voice.

The National Assembly’s vote is merely the first stage of the legislative process. The bill must now be examined by the Senate in the coming weeks before its final adoption, expected in the summer.