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The court prohibit Marineland from relocating the orcas before the end of the independent assessment

The court prohibit Marineland from relocating the orcas before the end of the independent assessment
17.01.2024
Antibes
The court prohibit Marineland from relocating the orcas before the end of the independent assessment
Exploitation for shows

Following our lawsuit, the judicial court of Grasse has forbidden Marineland to move the orcas before the end of the independent expert assessment ordered by the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal on September 21, under penalty of a fine in the event of failure to comply. This is a first step.

One Voice is pleased that the court has recognized the need to leave the orcas in the park for the duration of the assessment, to enable the experts to examine the family of cetaceans. This decision was eagerly awaited.

It will enable us to assess their state of health. We recall that Inouk is experiencing serious dental problems, Keijo is experiencing significant weight loss, and Wikie must be deeply affected by the death of her eldest son, Moana, last October.

The assessment will also provide an opportunity to observe the interactions of the three individuals, the state of the park’s facilities and the quality of the water. One Voice will collaborate fully in the interests of the orcas.

Save our orcas! A sanctuary for them, neither captivity nor exploitation in Japan (or anywhere else in the world)!

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Marineland: One Voice has obtained a temporary ban on moving the orcas – hearing on 16/01/2024

Marineland: One Voice has obtained a temporary ban on moving the orcas – hearing on 16/01/2024
15.01.2024
Antibes
Marineland: One Voice has obtained a temporary ban on moving the orcas – hearing on 16/01/2024
Exploitation for shows

One Voice has just obtained a temporary ban on Marineland moving the orcas. The hearing will be held on Tuesday 16 January at the Grasse legal tribunal to decide whether there will be a longer ban on the park moving the three orcas in order to allow the two legal experts appointed by the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal on 21 September 2023 to carry out their work with the orcas present. In fact, the legal expert report ordered by the Court of Appeal concerns both an examination of the dolphinarium’s Côte d’Azur facilities as well as the orcas’ state of health, even though one of them, Moana, who was barely 12 years old, died in mid-October. This is a significant victorious step for animal advocates like us, even if it in no way predicts the final outcome. The hearing is set for 16 January at 9am in Grasse.

A stress test that confirms the next departure

On Tuesday 9 January, a full-scale stress exercise took place for the transfer of the three orcas that have been held captive since their birth at Marineland Antibes, Wikie, her son Keijo, and her brother Inouk.

One Voice was present and produced almost live footage of the said test, which could well have turned into a transfer to Nice Airport, then to Japan where dolphinariums await them, if we are to believe those involved or the park’s caretakers.

On the Friday before, fences and cranes had appeared at the side of the orcas’ pools, and specifically the ‘medical’ pool. This pool had been nearly emptied since the morning to try to get Wikie onto the stretcher that would keep her in place during the entirety of the transportation. On Tuesday evening, the crane left.

One Voice activists from the Nice branch and nearby were there during the day and the evening. MEP Caroline Roose (EELV-Les Verts) also supported our approach for the whole day.

Since that day, there has been proof that the orcas are in fact destined to be sent to Japan very soon by the park – confirmed on one hand by the Ministry for Energy Transition, who denied only the date, and on the other by the presence of a Japanese delegate being there on the day in question – we spared no effort. We also had to face silence from Marineland, who refused any exchanges or communications.

The Ministry of Ecology’s expertise, who blocked the key focus from us

The first meeting for the independent legal expert report that we asked for and that was ordered by the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal was set, at Marineland, for 28 November 2023. The request from the Secretary of State for Biodiversity to shed “light” on Moana’s death six weeks earlier – an expert report with surprising conclusions – prevented the one we had obtained from taking place on that date. It was therefore postponed. The new date for the first meeting for the independent legal expert report was set for 19 January 2024.

Considering the significant movements around the orcas in the last few days, we believe there is an upcoming transfer for them planned, which would make the legal expert report that One Voice obtained almost irrelevant. This is the reason why we have asked for authorisation to subpoena Marineland from one hour to the next, and we have already had it confirmed that the park will be prohibited from moving them during this emergency interim proceeding.

This is one step towards victory thanks to our unfailing determination to find solutions

We would like to sit around a table to discuss the orcas’ future. The State has a responsibility towards these great mammals: in 2021, at the time of the vote against animal abuse, authorities clearly established that they would do everything they could so that these animals would be sent to sanctuaries and not be endlessly exploited. We will never give up: the marine sanctuary in Canada is just waiting for confirmation of Wikie, Inouk, and Keijo’s arrival to be able to get ready for them.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

The 2022 figures on animal testing have finally come out… and are not reassuring

The 2022 figures on animal testing have finally come out… and are not reassuring
15.01.2024
France
The 2022 figures on animal testing have finally come out… and are not reassuring
Animal testing

Inevitably, the figures on animal testing are taking time to be published. We therefore had to wait until January 2024 to find out the extent of these practices in France during 2022: 2,128,058 uses of animals. A fairly relative reduction in suffering, declaring biopsies of baby rodents, and persecution of primates: the results are not brilliant.

(Hardly) less suffering…?

On a global scale, we see in the tables produced by the Ministry of Research that the number of experiments that are moderate and severe in severity have reduced slightly in relation to 2021. But in concrete terms, more than a million animals were still involved in 2022. And this very relative reduction mainly relates to rodents, while it is the opposite for other species: since 2018, between 100 and 200 dogs have suffered in severe experiments. In 2022, it reached a record number of 225.

Incidentally, the number of ‘mild’ projects has blown up, increasing to almost 50%, although it had been stable for years. In comparison with previous years, we have seen that the huge usage of mice in “basic research” is the cause – but public authorities remain silent on this subject. After all, as the Vice President of ethics committees Anses/EnvA/UPEC recently stated, “white mice, forgive me, don’t deserve a lot of discussion”. Do you not agree? No, us neither.

Practices have remained invisible until today

According to the Ministry, the increase is mainly due to a new “guide” from the European Commission, which means that now, if we want to cut off a piece of tail or a finger from rodents in order to verify the success of a genetic modification, we must declare it. And according to a project summary approved this autumn, a “tail biopsy” would generate only “mild stress or pain for a short duration” in baby rats and mice…

These new figures reveal that, every year, hundreds of thousands of animals have endured these practices without them having been declared until now. France is also late on this subject, since the “implementing decision” from the European Commission, who implemented this declaration in 2020, should have been applied from 2021…

Yet more macaques

Since November 2022, using “first generation” (F1) primates in captivity has been banned in the European Union, meaning those whose parents were captured in the wild where they were living with their family in complete freedom. The reason is that capturing them threatens Asian long-tailed macaques with extinction and is a great source of suffering for guenons and monkeys in Mauritius, where we have investigated recently.

France, always quick to respond, brought yet more F1 macaques into laboratories in 2022 (946) than in the previous year (639).

One Voice is keeping vigil to defend animals

According to the ministry, “at an equivalent scope compared to that of previous years”, the number of uses would have decreased to 1,802,025. This figure has come out of thin air without them showing the calculations – and it is very difficult to find any justification for it in the tables, graphs, and succinct explanations that are far from being worthy of an organisation who regulates scientific research on a national level…

As we do each year, One Voice has asked public officials for the detailed figures, which will allow us to inform you in a comprehensive way and to update our accurate, transparent, and specialised analysis, which we invite you to consult.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

Cats and dogs: the end of pet shop sales, the start of ‘click and collect’

Cats and dogs: the end of pet shop sales, the start of ‘click and collect’
15.01.2024
France
Cats and dogs: the end of pet shop sales, the start of ‘click and collect’
Domestic animals

This is an innovation of the law of 30 November 2021: the sale of cats and dogs in pet shops has become illegal as of 1 January 2024. Although this is a step forward in the fight against reckless and irresponsible purchases ‘on paper’, in fact, with it having only just come into force, these steps are easily abused. One Voice is rising up against this abuse.

Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur/One Voice

For several days now, we have been receiving a multitude of reports throughout France informing us that this or that pet shop is continuing to display and sell puppies or kittens. But some also highlight even more despicable actions.

Animals sold like objects with ‘click and collect’

Some pet shops, refusing to put an end to their business that is now illegal, are offering new services: to avoid losing money, they are now encouraging people to buy the animal on their brand’s website before coming to collect it from the shop. Like we do for our grocery shop…

Without even trying to hide it, they also explain that the puppies continue to be delivered to the shop despite the sales ban that dates back almost two weeks! Just after the vote on the 2021 law, we were already denouncing the lack of implementation of these measures in pet shops on the Côte d’Azur.

The Ministry of Agriculture is an instigator

But perhaps our leaders had not anticipated this eventuality…? This is not the case. It is the Ministry of Agriculture themselves who came up with this idea, proposing to regulate this practice instead of banning it:

«The Ministry of Agriculture indicated […] that this ban on transferring consists of a ban on the physical presentation of dogs and cats in pet shops and not a more general ban on the transfer of these animals by pet shops. The Ministry therefore believes that, if pet shops are not authorised to present cats and dogs for sale in a pet shop, they can hand them over online in return for payment. The Ministry is therefore in the process of assessing this activity, in particular by considering regulating the conditions for keeping cats and dogs as well as the conditions for handing animals over. The Ministry thinks that a modification of the regulatory provisions or training will be necessary on this subject. (sic)»

A ban that is insufficient to a great extent

The spirit of the law has been completely perverted, and impulsive purchases will be able to continue. If we do nothing, this will not get better, because puppy show kind of events are still legal and blithely trample on the reflection period, an already minimal measure imposed by law. And as animal trade has good days ahead of it, personal classified adverts are also still relevant. We are demanding an end to online sales, and it is for this reason that we filed a complaint against Leboncoin last November.

Rodents, fish, birds, and reptiles are not protected and continue to be sold like simple consumer items while associations are regretful of the annual increase in them being abandoned.

As long as animals are sold as objects and then thrown away, our companions will continue to be mistreated. Together, let’s demand an urgent plan against feline straying to put an end to abandonments and to slaughtering in pounds.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

In 2024, mice and rats continue to be subjected to the worst experiments in French laboratories

In 2024, mice and rats continue to be subjected to the worst experiments in French laboratories
11.01.2024
France
In 2024, mice and rats continue to be subjected to the worst experiments in French laboratories
Animal testing

In the middle of the end-of-year holidays, the Ministry of Research approved four projects which will subject more than 22,000 rats and mice to painful and repeated stimuli. We condemn the State’s deference for these experiments, for which they are always quick to underestimate the degree of severity.

18,635 rats and 3770 mice. All of them will be deprived of food for hours before being isolated to be subjected to acute or chronic localised pain. Immobilised, they will feel their paws being burnt with a metal filament or suffer high temperatures, as an example. These exposures could be repeated several times a day, for several days. And that is without counting the lesions caused by the products that will be administered to them, or the blood tests carried out.

Although the non-technical summary (NTS) of one of the projects tries to reassure the public by stating that “an anaesthetic is applied before each procedure that needs/allows it”, we are not fooled. The wording used itself indicates that some of them do not allow even the slightest respite to be afforded to rats and mice. When it comes to testing painkillers, as is the case here, their distress is quite the opposite of guaranteed.

Increased and underestimated suffering

Half of the animals used will endure suffering labelled as severe. For another third, it will be ‘moderate’. And you can bet that when we talk about seconds, in certain cases it is a question of chronic pain, which regulations themselves classify at the highest degree of severity. This will not be the first time that the Ministry of Research has not even tried to reinforce its own decree. When it comes to caring for animals even a little bit, it is clearly not worth it.

In France, where less than 14% of experiments carried out belong to the most severe degree of severity, accepting this type of project on rodents does not even raise eyebrows. Despite the controversy and growing opposition from citizens, forced swimming tests inflicted on these animals benefit from the same leniency. And, while we condemned the concerning increase in the births of mice presenting genetic modifications that torment them, the authorities found nothing wrong with that either.

We will continue to give the million mice and 100,000 rats tested on each year by French laboratories a voice. To find out more about what these animals are subjected to here, you can go to our dedicated website.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

Several thousand tenrecs killed in Réunion: yet hunting was illegal!

Several thousand tenrecs killed in Réunion: yet hunting was illegal!
10.01.2024
La Réunion
Several thousand tenrecs killed in Réunion: yet hunting was illegal!
Wildlife

We have condemned the illegality of the decree from the Réunion Prefect authorising the hunting of thousands of small rodents from January 2022. Unfortunately, the tribunal rejected our plea considering that there was no urgency to suspend the massacre of these small unfamiliar animals in France. On 29 December 2023, so almost 2 years later, the court has just ruled the case on its merits: thousands of individuals were slaughtered completely illegally. Although this decision unfortunately does not change anything for the tenrecs already killed, it paves the way for new legal action to save these animals used as targets by hunters.

Tenrecs: the other victims of digging out

We know about underground hunting with hounds for badgers and foxes, but other species are targeted by this cruel practice: in Réunion, tenrecs are also victims of it. Each year, almost 100,000 of them are killed after hours of being hunted down. Nothing is spared for these small animals that are already poached all year round.

Their suffering is little known, much like the ecology of this unique species. Although they bear a resemblance to hedgehogs, particularly because of their quills, there is no link between the two species. Besides, we do not know much about these animals, except that they only aspire to live peacefully without the risk of seeing hunters or poachers destroy their families and their habitats at any given moment.

Both in form and in substance, this is a doubly illegal situation

After our rallying against underground badger hunting with hounds, which allowed us to obtain a suspension on this practice in more than thirty departments and to confirm a complete ban on killing the cubs, this reasoning is echoed by the Réunion judge. He confirmed what we have been stating for years: digging out carried out by hunters and sending dogs down into setts will inevitably lead to entire families being decimated, including their young.

Finally, the ruling accused the prefect of having opened the hunting period without previously having submitted any information on the tenrec population, and this despite the fact that it is in decline and is the subject of few scientific studies. Why bother with such formalities when the only objective is to please hunters?

According to the draft decree relating to the opening of the hunting period in Réunion, the prefect once again has to authorise the hunting of small mammals. If this is confirmed, we will of course be there to give these animals, massacred in their many thousands each year, a voice at the emergency interim proceeding if necessary.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

Marineland: the shocking expert report for the orcas led by the Ministry of Ecology

Marineland: the shocking expert report for the orcas led by the Ministry of Ecology
04.01.2024
Antibes
Marineland: the shocking expert report for the orcas led by the Ministry of Ecology
Exploitation for shows

On 28 November 2023, the Ministry of Ecology short-circuited the independent expert report that we legally obtained by sending proper veterinarians to Marineland. We had access to the reports written by the so-called professionals. The veterinary specialist for orcas in captivity, David Perpiñàn, was shocked by the content of these documents to say the least.

The government sent their experts on the exact same day as the meeting with those appointed by the judge, forcing us to postpone it. It is now set for 19 January, but will the orcas still be there? While waiting, the veterinarians sent to Marineland by the Ministry of Ecology concluded that Wikie, Inouk, and Keijo were in good health and that the state of the pools, quality of the water, and the conditions they were being kept in were impeccable.

But since we are telling you that the orcas are fine…

The reports from the two veterinarians chosen by the Ministry agree so much that we have also found the same typing errors in their documents. And not only did they not consider it necessary to observe Wikie, Inouk, and Keijo for more than two hours in total (by comparison, David Perpiñàn spent two whole days at the sides of the pools at the end of September and made new observations until the very last second), but it also did not seem a good idea to them to consult the medical history prior to 2023.

Forced to acknowledge the extreme tooth wear suffered by Wikie, their accounts downplay these sea giants’ suffering and they twist things to arrive at the conclusion that they are in great shape. Despite Inouk’s ongoing pain, despite the heavy and recurrent treatments that have to be administered to him… the veterinarians are unfazed: according to them, Inouk is taking the medication, so he is fine.

As for Keijo, he lost 10% of his bodyweight (more than 220 kilos) between his 9th and 10th year. For an adolescent that is still growing, what could be more normal than this amount of weight loss?

… incidentally, the captivity industry agrees

The veterinarians’ documents do not cite any scientific articles but rely on the date provided by the captivity lobby (the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, and the European Association for Aquatic Mammals), whose recommendations are based on… nothing. Wikie, Inouk, and Keijo can happily flounder in water that can reach 21°C even though temperatures do not exceed 11°C in the waters where their parents were captured – no problem!

With no autopsy report for Moana, veterinarians bet that his family is not in danger

And it does not matter that the cause of Moana’s death is still unknown forty days later (a delay that is never seen in dolphinariums), the report’s conclusion is formal: no risk factor linked to his death constitutes a threat to those surviving. Oh really? We had understood that the conclusions of the autopsy were not yet known.

The red carpet is therefore rolled out for the orcas’ imminent departure to Japan. All that is missing is a little stamp and here is the consultation of the competent scientific authority giving the green light to this exfiltration…

«The 2021 law “against animal abuse” allows dolphinariums who lead scientific research projects to continue to own cetaceans. While these programs exist, they have always had a prerequisite to have authorisation for keeping animals. This law gives the illusion that Marineland cannot keep them after 2026. The park uses these false pretences to sell this incredibly unique family of orcas to the worst networks. And the Ministry of Ecology would be able to say that they did everything they could to help the dolphins and whales born in France and who they therefore have responsibility for.» Muriel Arnal, President of One Voice

To stop the transfer of Wikie, Inouk, and Keijo to pools in Asia, sign and share our petition and write to the State Secretary in charge of biodiversity as well as to your MPs. The fight continues!

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

Deaths at Marineland: an insubstantial law and a government who digs orcas’ graves

Deaths at Marineland: an insubstantial law and a government who digs orcas’ graves
29.12.2023
Alpes-Maritimes
Deaths at Marineland: an insubstantial law and a government who digs orcas’ graves
Exploitation for shows

The facts about a baby dolphin who died on Christmas day: dates, names of the people in charge of transferring Inouk, Wikie, and Keijo from Marineland to another dolphinarium, biased expert reports… Faced with such a scandal, we will stop at nothing for the orcas born in captivity in France. If we have to rally an army of supporters to stop cranes and lorries from passing through, we will do so.

We have been fighting for more than ten years to guarantee decent lives for the orcas kept captive at Marineland Antibes, and then some. We have explored all possibilities to find an angle of attack for the animals exploited by the park: the dolphinarium decree of 2017 that was passed, attacked, and then cancelled and never reinstated; measures announcing the 2021 law, and then this one, full of secret ways for dolphinariums to continue their morbid trade; and working against sending them to China in 2019, then more recently to Japan…

Like Moana, Inouk has been showing signs of distress and disease for years, and more recently it was Wikie’s turn… Last September, after an appeal and two years of fighting, we obtained something which should have been a formality: an independent expert report on the orcas’ state of health and that of the facilities.

Muriel Arnal, President of One Voice, stated:

«When the State Secretary for Biodiversity suddenly launched an expert report on the same day that the experts appointed by the judge had planned theirs, forcing us to postpone, we understood. A Ministry that is supposed to stand up for biodiversity who has not stopped working to protect the captivity industry. In spring 2017, we were full of hope – a far cry from where we are now…»«We had a robust solution for Inouk, Wikie, and Keijo, which we presented, supported by orca specialists worldwide. We are immensely angry, equal to the shame that should choke those who are facilitating this deadly transfer. This family of orcas, the only one in dolphinariums, prepares to live through the most violent abuse, equivalent to being captured in the wild. We will never forget.»

A government with no consideration for the orcas that it has a moral responsibility for

For a short while, new heads have been appearing at the edge of the pools and seem to be learning the habits of the late Moana, Keijo, Inouk, and Wikie…We also know the faces, names, and titles of the people who are supposed to be participating in the transfer to another park. They are Mark Simmons, Thad Lacineck, Brad Andrews, and Grey Stafford. Their profiles speak for themselves.

The transfer of Inouk, Wikie, and Keijo should take place between 8 and 12 January 2024, during the night. The roads in Antibes will be blocked to let the convoy pass through to the airport. Marineland, with compliance from French authorities, gets rid of orcas, sending them to rot in another dolphinarium in a country where the annual Taiji killing takes place, which we helped to make the western world aware of.

Absurd and yet more dangerous ideas from Marineland’s boss

Just a few days ago, the park’s boss was even considering organising a departure drill for the three surviving orcas born in the pools at Marineland Antibes. In other words, he was mocking these cetaceans’ fear and stress, having to experience gravity for the first time in their lives while being taken out of the water, winched using a crane, suspended in mid-air and then put back into the water afterwards… for it to happen all over again ten days later.

We will not give up, especially faced with more than questionable reports and an accelerating timetable

We consider the reports issued by the Ministry after Moana’s death to be a cynical joke. They confirm that the orcas are in good health. Proof of this would be the resumption of them swimming in circles after several days of staying still in mourning; and that which the very young male died from was not contagious in the short term. We are barely simplifying… As for the Ministry, they are asking us not to disclose these conclusions. They can dream.

The date of the expert report ordered by the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal at our request should take place on 19 January… in front of pools that in all likelihood will be empty. While waiting, we have launched various proceedings to go all in.

A two-day-old baby dolphin dies in front of its grieving mother

To add to this tragedy, and still according to our information (reliable since it was published immediately and confirmed since by Marineland), Joe, a captive dolphin at the dolphinarium, gave birth on 23 December. Her baby only survived for 2 days, until Christmas day… The dolphins in the ‘lagoon’ at the marine zoo are destined to be sold or transferred to Dubai.

We do not want to have to physically (but always peacefully) interfere with the trucks that will take the orcas away, but we will not shy away from the task at hand to save them. We will go to Asia if necessary.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

Wolves: the European Commission in favour of massacring them

Wolves: the European Commission in favour of massacring them
28.12.2023
Europe
Wolves: the European Commission in favour of massacring them
Wildlife

Last September, the European Commission started to collect data on the situation of wolves in Europe, while encouraging member states to slaughter them. The “verdict” was given on 20 December. They proposed to change their protection status from “strictly protected species” to “protected species”, the consequence of which would be that the exemptions allowing them to be eliminated would be further relaxed. One Voice is protesting against our leaders’ inconsistency, in particular regarding wild animals.

An anti-wolf point of view: an electioneering business asset on the eve of European elections

After the first round of eradications in France and in other countries in Europe, wolves have returned by themselves to the Alps Mountain range and little by little elsewhere in the country. These intelligent and sensitive animals, whose way of life is not too dissimilar to ours in many ways, incidentally play an essential role within ecosystems.
And yet… we still hear the same tune from farmers who perpetually blame them of being responsible of all evils.

This heinous discourse born from fear and well-established prejudice by cyno-agricultural lobbies are widely shared by the media and listened to by political and institutional circles, meaning that a second wave of disappearances in France will be inevitable as prefects are issuing authorisations for lethal shots. Especially as the European Commission is now clearly stating that they will no longer act as a shield to protect them. Much to the contrary.

If member states accept this declassification proposition, it will be submitted to the Bern Convention Committee in December 2024.

We, European people, are in favour of protecting wolves!

The most infuriating thing in all of this is that the vast majority of French people and Europeans far from share this viewpoint encouraged by agricultural and hunting lobbies.

In fact, a survey carried out in November 2023 for a group of associations in the EU (Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, and Romania) showed that rural populations are largely in favour of protecting wolves, bears, lynx, etc.
The same can be said for France, where draft decrees relating to the ‘National Action Plan for Wolves’ recently submitted for public consultation have been the subject of strong opposition and criticism. The participants, of which we are one, effectively condemned a policy that encourages and justifies this upcoming massacre. And yet, it is very likely that the laws will be published in the state.

No proposition of a compromise, no creative thinking. The only way they see the situation is in terms of competition for territory and food and the fear of children being devoured. And the only response considered by our decision-makers who have become short-sighted and astigmatic from looking at them under a distorted magnifying glass: to always kill these so-called threatening enemies.

Whether or not they are listed as a protected species, wolves – like any other animal – must be able to live in peace. We will never stop defending them and will continue to fight to stop them being shot. Join us in this fight by signing our petition.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice

2023: a year in pictures

2023: a year in pictures
25.12.2023
International
2023: a year in pictures
Other campaign or multi-campaigns of One Voice

Between the happiness of rescues, the joy of victories, but also the anger in the face of the persecutors and the guilty slow responses, in 2023, we navigated a whirlwind of strong emotions. We never gave up and the results show it.

To those who give us the means to build a fairer world for animals, we would like you to share our joy and hope in pictures.

Our investigations, legal actions, rallies, appeals… they are growing rapidly. Our latest surveys prove it: opposed to hunting and animal experimentation, the vast majority of French people are with us.
We appreciate these members. They offer us a smooth landing for 2023. And propel us forward into 2024 with strength and conviction.

For the animals, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Translated from the French by Joely Justice