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In the area of Maurs, we finish off horses well here

In the area of Maurs, we finish off horses well here
25.11.2019
France
In the area of Maurs, we finish off horses well here
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One of the most important horse fairs in France is the scene of countless acts of violence. The animals who are sold there for meat, often after years of loyal service, are subjected to ill-treatment before being sent to the butcher’s shop. An utter outrage! We are filing a complaint with the association of Les Sans Voix d’Eden and we claim that horses get the status they deserve: that of pets!

They gave everything to humans. Some have spent their lives in the hands of individuals for company and leisure. Many have exhausted themselves in equestrian centres and horse clubs, forced to walk, trot, gallop on command and to jump over obstacles as big as they are terrifying. Many have sweated without flinching and have broken their bones while towing extremely heavy equipment. Others, conversely, still young, have suffered from lack of exercise: they were raised only for meat, and they had to be fattened up. All these horses, whatever their age and their case, are now used up, « at the end of the race » and find themselves on the same path: that of the largest equine fair in France, the Maurs Fair, in Cantal.

Abuse as a reward

It is here that, having become « useless » no longer able to be exploited that they are sold by their « owners » before resuming the road that will lead them to the slaughterhouse. This « event » has been going on for 50 years and our investigation in 2006 revealed the unbearable condition of horses, mares, fillies, foals and also donkeys, passing through this town. After sacrificing themselves, all their lives, these animals are not only sent to death by the very people they served, but even worse, abused! A new survey by the association Les Sans Voix d’Eden shows that nothing has changed in more than a decade and that the cruelty still continues at this gathering!

The last whack, just for the road

Video documentation had been filmed on October 24th, shows that some equine keepers still engage in repeated acts of gratuitous violence. Crowded one on top of the other, after exhausting journeys of hundreds or even thousands of kilometres, the exhausted, thirsty, frightened, jostled, sometimes injured and untreated victims also receive … unjustified beatings on the spine, the belly, the head! Kids, sticks, canes, feet… everything is good to add to their state of stress and suffering before their final trip.

Give thanks to the horses!

It’s revolting! We cannot allow these devoted and sensitive animals to be brutalized without the slightest consideration or gratitude. They are subjected to real ill-treatment while for them the death knell sounds … while sellers and buyers get rich on the backs of these poor animals! To put an end to this scandal, we are seizing the matter legally and filing a complaint with Les Sans Voix d´Eden for acts of cruelty to animals.

Furthermore, we are claiming pet status for horses so that these faithful companions of humans are better protected from their drifts, just like dogs and cats. No more horse will end up butchering to be eaten, this will greatly limit their exploitation. Help us in this fight by signing our petition!

Chicco gets the Fur Free Retailer label!

Chicco gets the Fur Free Retailer label!
21.11.2019
France
Chicco gets the Fur Free Retailer label!
Fashion

Chicco, an Italian brand dedicated to the entire world of babies, has long banned the use of animal fur, but goes even further by signing a formal, fur-free commitment with LAV and the Fur Free Alliance, an international coalition. One Voice is the French representative.

The brand, which has always paid great attention to the materials used in the production and creation of its baby and children’s clothing collections – from 0 to 8 years – confirms its commitment to promote sustainable fashion by complying with the standards of Fur Free Retailer and Animal Free Fashion programs and reinforces its decision not to use animal fur.

Chicco’s signature is the result of the brand’s interaction with LAV, as the Italian representative of the Fur Free Alliance International network. This reinforces the sense of responsibility that drives the brand to disseminate and promote respect for the principles of welfare and animal welfare, in accordance with its own mission and DNA, to be « wherever there is a child ».

Joh Vinding, President of Fur Free Alliance, says, « We are delighted to welcome Chicco as a Fur Free Retailer partner. With the support of companies like Chicco, caring for future generations, the absence of fur will be the new standard in the fashion industry. »

For Muriel Arnal, Founding President of One Voice, « To see Chicco join us for a fashion and accessories without fur shows how important the subject is at all levels. The awareness of the damage from this industry on the planet and the biodiversity as well as on health is profound. »

Simone Pavesi, LAV Manager – Animal Free Fashion, adds: « It’s good to know that Chicco has joined our program, as the signing of a well-established brand like Chicco can only emphasize the importance of fur-free fashion. »

Mr. Orseniga, sales manager for Chicco’s fashion and retail sector, concludes: « With this signing, Chicco confirms the brand’s long-standing commitment and we hope this will help promote a positive attitude and more consciousness within the fashion industry about animals and their well-being. »

More and more major international brands are signing up, proof of a profound change in society. These two labels, Fur Free Retailer and Animal Free Fashion are developed in France by One Voice.

Sticky trap hunting: Is the public rapporteur finally on the side of birds?

Sticky trap hunting: Is the public rapporteur finally on the side of birds?
19.11.2019
France
Sticky trap hunting: Is the public rapporteur finally on the side of birds?
Wildlife

Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 will mark a turning point – hopefully, decisive – against hunting with glue, cruelly trapping small birds by this method which prevents them from escaping free, forces them to panic, injure themselves or even die. Never before had this happened: the public rapporteur is preparing to conclude the referral of all ministerial decrees on the hunt with glue, which we attacked at the State Council in 2018. Before this it was the court of justice of the European Union, and for that, it takes up the argument that we had developed against the decrees of 2019.

Unsurprisingly, the public rapporteur confirms in his conclusions the suspension of the decree on the extension of the 2019 wild geese hunting season by asking for its cancellation once and for all. So obviously, we absolutely do not prejudge the final decision of the judges of the State Council, but the function of the public rapporteur is to indicate to them the ins and outs of the appeals and to advise them on a direction.

Coincidence?

At the same time as we filed the appeals on the 2019 decrees, the Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition expressly asked all the Prefects concerned to carry out checks on the quotas of birds hunted. Why? Because we asked for proof that the birds hunted are in small quantities, since this is what the ministry claims… How many, where, when and which birds are trapped, which ones are released? Since we are told that the traps are selective, the minimum would be to be based on facts! And to say that the defenders of the planet and of animals are often considered at best as just dreamers, at worst as ridiculous ultra-sensitive… But as soon as we demand accountability, we realize that there is none! Who is rational in history?

The interest of hunters is not the general interest

Biodiversity is depleted, birds disappear while they are part of the common heritage of Humanity. The interest of hunters has for too long been confused with the general interest, namely the conservation of our heritage, and therefore of the individuals who compose it. The fact that the European Commission has given France formal notice confirms the non-selectiveness of the glue hunting, as well as the lack of supervision and control by the authorities, which gives us good hope for a probable end to the glue hunting in the medium term. Even more so (other « traditional » hunts, the lengthening of the duration of the hunting of wild geese, etc)!

We await with determination the audience of Wednesday, November 20th and the decision that will follow for glue hunting and that of wild geese, as well as the repercussions of the formal notice of France by the European Commission, a procedure in will failure be triggered? For the other traditional hunts such as that of the falling wire traps, netting on land and on the lakes, we will continue to systematically attack those arrested and who have targeted small birds.

When the birds fall from the sky

When the birds fall from the sky
15.11.2019
France
When the birds fall from the sky
Natural habitat

From the skies of our countryside and cities, birds are disappearing everywhere. Dying from hunger, under a hail of bullets or from hunting with glue, what else remains for them, hope? For each of them, we will fight to the end.

Birds are disappearing everywhere. This phenomenon is general, it spares neither birds from the cities, nor from the countryside. 421 million birds have disappeared in less than 30 years in Europe and 73% of Parisian sparrows in 13 years.

The causes are multiple and cumulative: phytosanitary products, the disappearance of insects, sites where to nest and climate change… As if that were not enough, they must also face so-called managers of nature, those who seem to above all want to eradicate all in their path.

In Deux-Sèvres, partridges are in very poor condition, with eight birds missing from ten. Yes, partridges, the very ones that are supposedly well managed by hunters. Having to endure the local shoots and then the reintroduction to the countryside of these birds by means of the hunters efficient breeding schemes…

Irresponsible right up to the end of a rifle

And some speak of « responsible » hunting? But where is the responsibility when one takes to the forests that are deserted by walkers with a gun in hand to shoot all that moves? And of course, there have been mistakes made – damage to a protected species (dogs, cats and even residents who dared to go out into their gardens have been targeted)! Where is the responsibility when we release weakened, fattened animals, who have been selected to be easy prey? Where is the responsibility when using ancestral methods that blindly trap or kill? Where is the responsibility when a bird from a migratory species, has be reintroduced or protected in another country, only to be slaughtered while crossing ours?

Concerning responsibility, well there is obviously none when you see the disappearance of species. And what is left? A bloodthirsty leisure activity which desperately tries to justify its killings when its country’s population is largely opposed to it.

All for one and one for all

So, for all the bird victims, we chose the path of appeal, because a single bird killed by hunting is a bird that will be missing, an individual who had the right to live. For each and every one of them, we will go all the way. And not one case in law through the courts is to be feared in case of failure.

In France, the courts and tribunals are not bound by their previous decisions, but a new act of law can be opposed in a new case. So, nothing to fear then, quite the contrary, for those whom we will protect and continue to fight for without stopping. And since the State Council seems to have taken the side of the hunters by dismissing our requests, it is before the European Commission that they will have to justify their actions!

We will be on November 20th at 2 p.m. be Infront of the State Council for our appeal to the merits concerning these orders of cruel traditional hunts (using glue, etc.) which trap and injure, even kill, blackbirds, thrushes, and many ‘other little birds. We will also be there to cancel the ministerial order authorizing the killing of wild geese during February, while they are crossing our skies and are in full migration. At the beginning of February, we had obtained the suspension of this order.

Letter to Elisabeth Borne, Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition

Letter to Elisabeth Borne, Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
14.11.2019
Letter to Elisabeth Borne, Minister of the Ecological and Inclusive Transition

Dear Madam Minister,

We know your interest in the cause for animals which was expressed in particular through your involvement concerning the bear Micha.

This is why, we would like to bring to your attention the major dysfunctions of the veterinary inspection services of the departmental directorates of social cohesion and population protection (DDCSPP) in terms of animal protection.

The death of Micha, on November 12th within the La Tanière zoo-refuge in which he had been placed in September 2019, is unfortunate proof of this.

Indeed, in the case of Micha as in the case of the elephant Maya, the lion Elyo (Nale) or even the hippopotamus Jumbo, the inspection reports of the DDCSPP did not raise any breaches of regulations that were in force or danger concerning animal welfare.

For these four individuals, as for many others, we must wait until our association mandates independent veterinary experts and publishes images from these investigations before the alarm bells are sounded.

Elyo was legally detained in a circus under intolerable conditions. It is only after the filing of our complaint for acts of cruelty, that the public prosecutor of Dunkirk had mandated a veterinarian to inspect the animal. The report is final, Elyo is in physical and psychological suffering. However, our complaint will be dismissed by the prosecutor, forcing us to summon the defendants to appear in court.

Maya, was exploited for 40 years in a circus and was released in 2018 after years of fighting led by our association. After reading the unanimous reports from six independent specialists mandated by the association, the Prefecture of Lot-et-Garonne finally agrees to mandate an independent investigation which leads to the same conclusions as our experts.

Maya lived in conditions unsuitable for her age, her needs and in violation of the legislation in force.

Another iconic example is Jumbo, the hippopotamus that we still fight for today. The veterinary services of the DDCSPP consider that the living conditions for this hippo are in full compliance with legislation. On the contrary, following our complaints, both ONCFS agents and our experts demonstrate that the animal’s physiological and biological needs are not being met.

These examples highlight the failings of the official veterinary services to identify and put an end to situations of proven animal abuse.

DDCSPP inspections today consist only of a summary verification of the animal’s sanitary conditions. These animal protection services do not fulfil their missions.

Such failures leave situations of lawlessness in France, where not only the regulations in force are not respected, but where wild animals, protected on a national, European and world scale lead to suffering and mistreatment which can lead to their death.

This is why our association calls for an end to the exploitation of wild animals in circuses. In the meantime, we ask you to take measures to put an end to these failings. These measures could consist of:

The creation of an independent authority responsible for the control of establishments holding captive wild animals and capable of removing animals in the event of serious breach of the legislation in force.

The urgent establishment of a network of independent veterinary experts specialized in the different species and read to mobilize within 48 hours after their referral, to organize a controlled visit of establishments and the removal of animals where necessary.

The involvement in emergency procedures of specialist veterinarians appointed by the applicant associations.

Our association is of course willing to provide its expertise on this subject and remains at the disposal of your Ministry for any appointment it wishes to grant.

Thank you for the attention you have paid to this letter, we ask you to believe, Madam Minister, in the assurance of our consideration.

Muriel Arnal
Présidente de One Voice

Micha died on the 12th November

Micha died on the 12th November
12.11.2019
Micha died on the 12th November

After a few days’ antibiotics were discontinued to see if he could regain his strength by himself, Micha’s health then deteriorated sharply. He would have to be anesthetized to undergo surgery and tests. Several days were necessary before the Tanière could recive this permission…Micha never woke up. He had tumours everywhere, even in his brain.

At the beginning of September, we had already denounced the conditions of extreme misery in which he and his companions were living in at their winter quarters of the Poliakov’s, in Loir-et-Che. The Minister of Ecology, Élisabeth Borne, had then discovered like the rest of the public that his paws were infested with maggots, his breathing was difficult and then she chose to intervene on his behalf.

Micha left behind him Bony and Glasha, whose suffering is evident, probably less glaring but equally serious, and Mina the little monkey and several parrots, horses and a dromedary, the of which has just died…

Even so, he still lived a real bears life be it only for a few weeks or so, a real bear’s life, eating until he was full, having recovered weight and a well-tempered character. All this after suffering horribly for hours, days, weeks, months, years…

But for the officials, the Prefect, the veterinarian and trainers, who have for too long permitted that no improvement takes place for the animals of the Poliakov’s, will they eventually be held accountable! Several law suits are ongoing, including one on November 28th, we will be facing the Prefect of Loir-et-Cher Administrative Court in Orleans.

For twenty years we have been demanding the liberation of the Poliakov’s bears. For almost two months we have been demanding that Bony, Glasha and the other animals are released from their infamous jails. For twenty years we have been calling for the cessation of the exploitation of animals in circuses. How many more deaths will there be before the publication of a ministerial decree prohibiting this medieval practice ?

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Micha, Bony, Glasha: The mistreatment continues in circuses!

Micha, Bony, Glasha: The mistreatment continues in circuses!
09.11.2019
France
Micha, Bony, Glasha: The mistreatment continues in circuses!
Exploitation for shows

Micha, is still in a critical condition and requires urgent care. Bony and Glasha are being ignored by the public authorities, despite of their state of health and conditions of detention. As we launch emergency procedures for them, the Prefect conveniently requests silence from the zoo-sanctuary. Do the authorities perceive the PR disaster that is coming after turning a blind eye for so many years? For Bony, Glasha and Micha, we will not be silent!

After regaining forty kilos and returning to a state of healthiness from that of a previously unhealthy state, Micha’s condition has become very concerning. In recent days, he has required emergency attention. In order to be able to help him, the zoo-sanctuary has had to beg for permission from the Poliakov’s to treat the bear-because yes, the torturous couple still own Micha!

A code of silence from the public authorities

In the online press release and the open letter Published by the prefecture three days after the filing of our appeal against it, the authorities boast of having obtained the consent from the owners, while expressly demanding that Micha’s condition be kept silent. Would the Prefecture try to put a leaden weight upon what these three bears have already endured? This code of silence around Micha’s health worries us about the survival of Bony and Glasha lingering in the depths of their infamous jails.

These outlaw trainers, still protected

During the ten years that Bony, Glasha and Micha were locked in the 2 m² cages of a circus truck, the authorities closed their eyes. Then they continued to keep their eyes closed when the bears found themselves locked in dungeons in disgusting conditions, beaten on all sides by the wind, exposed to diseases, etc. And this has been going on for 7 years. How can these trainers be so well protected? How can we treat these animals with such impunity?

Festival des Arts du Cirque 2005, Micha, Glasha et Bony filmés dans les cages du camion où ils vivaient. En 2012, ils seront transférés dans les geôles des Poliakov où sont encore Glasha et Bony. Quand auront-ils enfin le droit de recevoir soins et attention?! #CirquesSansAnimaux pic.twitter.com/IccJ3M7ab9

— One Voice (@onevoiceanimal) October 13, 2019

Our attack, has triggered a response from the Prefect

With this announcement, would the Prefecture hope to disarm those who defend Micha, Bony and Glasha?

A few days before its publication, Tuesday, November 5^th 2019, we filed a suite on the merits for the excess of power, against its inertia, its poor appreciation of the situation, and its silence in the face of our requests for the last two months.

Friday, November 8th, 2019, we also filed an urgent suspension:

to have the trainer’s certificate of competence withdrawn,
cancel their authorization to open
and to seize Bony, Glasha and the others animals from the clutches of the Poliakov’s.

Attempt to justify the unjustifiable

No, Mr Prefect, until the month of September all was not well! Maggots do not just appear in a matter of a few days in a living being, nor does serious malnutrition and nor does the greenish traces seen in the bottom of the feeding troughs. There is also the matter of rats in the dungeons and in the enclosure. How is it that the Poliakov’s were able to drag poor Micha into a performance with a certificate from a vet? (We question this horse vet! – in front of the Council of Order).

In conclusion, the Poliakov’s only allow the care of their animals when they are absolutely obliged to do so. The Prefecture does not wish for this mistreatment to be known. Also, since we have to get there…, our lawsuits continue on to get the truth and to secure the rescue of the other animals.

The hearing of our interim-suspension against the inaction of the Prefect will take place on November 28th at the Administrative Court of Orleans.

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Dog training: The solidarity of hundreds of dog trainers

Dog training: The solidarity of hundreds of dog trainers
09.11.2019
France
Dog training: The solidarity of hundreds of dog trainers
Domestic animals

For these hundreds of professionals, our investigation into dog training and the violent techniques used in this type of education is a relief for them. Professional trainers join with us to denounce « these heinous acts described and proven by (our) videos », encouraging us to persevere in our actions! They oppose those who have attacked us in court: they do not represent these people. Their solidarity touches our hearts and strengthens our determination to help the dogs who suffer at the hands of these violent dog trainers.

Contrary to the claims of the thirty or so trainers who have brought us to court, we have not been denounced by the dog training world, rather the opposite “the integrity of real professionals”. As proof, the solidarity of three hundred and fifty-seven professionals (to date) who along with individuals have been moved by our undercover investigation. These people were able to have their say, those who speak very rarely in public.

Enough is enough!

Several recent publications by those who claim to be spokespersons on social networks have put light to the powder keg. Those in the dog training industry and who have nothing to hide support us and want to say it loud and clear: they do not feel » unfairly criticize » or « accused » by our investigations. On the contrary, they have mixed feelings, our survey has never questioned the practices or values of dog educators as a whole, far from what has been targeted.

United against the violence!

To put an end to these barbaric methods, we will always call for a ban on training dogs to bite and the training of so-called defence dogs, transforming them into weapons by means of violent training methods. We repeat, every dog deserves to live in a loving home. A good communication and complicity between human and dog cannot be based on shouting, hitting and nor the pain caused by collars with sharp spikes or collars that discharge electric shocks… And in this venture, we are all united, associations, professionals and individuals, against a minority who practice this harmful method of training towards our companions of more than 30,000 years, dogs!

Wolves, the prey of the French State

Wolves, the prey of the French State
08.11.2019
France
Wolves, the prey of the French State
Wildlife

In politics, if you want to be credible, you have to be concerned with consistency. Difficult for the Ministry of Ecology to assume the persecution of a protected species. So, in order not to burn their fingers on sensitive material, they delegate their management, they strengthen the skills of a Prefect, as though they pass on a hot potato. But when an association like ours takes offense, it is forced to show its true face and recognize its position… Yes, in France, the massacre of wolves is carried out with the consent of government officials who are supposed to defend them!

Since the wolf population has painfully reached the threshold of 500 individuals, more and more our country seems not to care about its role in protection, but to work to decimate it.

From speeches to action, the big gap

Officially, however, the government is keeping up with the hype. They say they feel concerned about the decline in the biodiversity and the preservation of the wildlife. They claim to encourage cohabitation between wolves and humans… But it is with guns that he settles the question! Because in reality, it is by legitimizing the large-scale massacres of wild canids that the leaders put breeders and hunters in their pockets.

It’s not me, it’s someone else

To avoid having too much blood of a species–especially one who is protected-on their hands, and to be caught in the act of contradiction, the central power has found the parade… By the decree of September 12^th 2018, it designated a Prefect to coordinate the national wolf action plan. Until December 31^st 2023, it will be the Prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, who « drives and coordinates the action of the Prefects of all the departments concerned by the national action plan on wolves for the implementation of the said plan”. Among other prerogatives, the magistrate was given unusual skills. He can « specify » the conditions for applying the decrees of the ministers responsible for ecology and agriculture. More prosaically, it is empowered to make exceptions to measures to protect species of wild fauna and flora. And decide, in this case, to joyfully increase the rate of « removal » of wolves, within the « limit » of 2% of the average size of their population estimated annually. But why stop there? Beyond this threshold, shootings called « simple defence », have been approved by the Prefects of the departments and are still possible! A wolf around? Hunters are called to the rescue! Let us recognize that this delegation of the “license to kill”, this dilution of responsibilities at all levels of the state apparatus, opens the door to the worst abuses… Without anyone-and this is the whole perversity of the system-being directly incriminated.

Recourse to the State Council

In November 2018, by a gracious appeal, we called on the Prime Minister to cancel his decree of September 12^th. Our request having remained literally a dead letter, we seized the State Council in March 2019. For the moment, the latter has not yet been decided. But we already know that the Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive Transition is neither on our side or that of the of wolves. On October 7^th, he sent a letter to the President of the Council asking him to reject our request. Thus, even the institution is supposed to be officially in charge of protecting the nature in our country, though it prefers to submit to the demands of farmers and hunters! Rather than establishing an alternative and an ethical solution to pastoral problems, rather than giving back their full place to these marvellous and sentient beings whose ancestors we have already persecuted, it lets lobbies take hold of the subject, put pressure on local elected officials (and in turn on state representatives) to spread slander!

Fanaticism and obscurantism

The return of wolves to France has raised deeply archaic fears. Even if, God and devil are not as much invited to the debate as in medieval times, the great predators find themselves as formerly hunted down on all sides, victims of terrible prejudices born of simple ignorance or skilfully maintained by those who want their skin. Treated like “monsters”, “game” or just like bulky competitors, they fall one after the other. These wolves, who have barely risen from the ashes, are dying again on the earth where, however, their ancestors and ours knew how to live together in peace, in the distant past… It was a very long time ago, during Prehistory. Long before Homo sapiens, under the influence of frenzied beliefs, believed himself one day to be the king of « Creation » and suddenly saw in the eyes of the wolf, his brother from a yester year, the look of the « Evil one » in his eyes. Do we want to once again stray from the path of wisdom? Do we really want to exterminate everything that reminds us of our wild origins and our own animality? The French government can always argue that 500 individuals are enough to make a species viable, we know, as well as scientists, that this is not the case. In fact, the Court of Justice of the European Union has just extended the precautionary principle to protected species. Doubt must therefore benefit them! Above all, like everyone else, the right to exist.

Until this hearing

While waiting to be at the State Council to defend them, we will in November 2019 be in these places:

11/14/2019 at the Lyon administrative court for the appeal against the merits against the prefect of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region who had assumed, last year, the right to increase the ceiling by three wolves annual slaughter,

11/19/2019 at the Lyon Court of Appeal against the Prefect of Savoy who appealed the decision of the Grenoble administrative court to have declared illegal his decree of September 10, 2015. This judgment had saved three wolves out of the 6 planned to be shot.

Dog training: the law of the strongest?

Dog training: the law of the strongest?
06.11.2019
France
Dog training: the law of the strongest?
Domestic animals

We are to be sued by the High Court of Valencia for having, it is said, « tainted the entirety of a profession » by denouncing some of the methods that are used in dog training circles, images and testimonies to support.

They had asked for a postponement of the hearing, we did not oppose it, it was up to the court to decide.

On November 5^th, the President of the 1st Chamber categorically opposed any dismissal, even in the short term, believing that the case was in good condition. There was therefore no argument. The matter was put under deliberation ration on January 14^th 2020.

The survey dates back to 2014-2017. Several reported cases have led our investigators to infiltrate dog training centres. They brought back facts, images and statements that are spine chilling.

A report, supported by the analysis of a behaviourist veterinarian, and articles followed, reporting unprecedented brutality against dogs, committed in front of children (a fine example of education). We have produced scientific studies on the damage that can result from such activities, which psychologically break individuals to subject them to the law of the « master ».

For having presented these facts, around thirty professionals are asking us today for more than 170,000 euros for « collective denigration ».

Freedom of expression!

We are accused of misinformation when raw facts were filmed and we have also highlighted the training centres of this profession practicing methods of care, for balanced dogs and not to be traumatized, those who are willingly to learn are abandoned if they do not obey the finger and the eye.

By underlining the Link, this scientifically substantiated relationship between violence committed against animals and that against humans in the vicinity, we have highlighted the fact that brutality is neither an end in itself nor as animal psychology, but that it can have serious consequences. This remains visibly incomprehensible to many canine educators…

A question of respect above all

If the investigations of the Zoé Cell, our ear on the ground against cruelty, produced scenes of maltreatment proven in various canine clubs, whose fault is it? One Voice has only denounced a pedagogy based on training and brutality, highlighting its shortcomings and consequences while stressing that other canine education methods, ethical and sustainable, exist…

As a non-violent association committed for 25 years in the respect of all animals, we are proud to have denounced practices unworthy of fear of seeing them become widespread. We repeat: there is a positive and non-violent education of dogs provided by professionals. Many dogs are affected and we are talking about respect for others. We hope for the foresight of justice. Otherwise all excesses are allowed, the debate is no longer public and no progress is possible.