All the surveys show it: concern for animal welfare continues to grow in France.
According to a survey published by Ifop last August, more than 70% of French people say they are sensitive to the plight of animals.
Similarly, 90% of them ask for access to the open air to be provided for those from breeding which, according to most of the associations that I have been able to consult, is not the case for 83% of chickens, 97% of turkeys, 99% of rabbits and 95% of pigs reared on slatted floors in buildings.
In addition, 80% of the meat produced in France comes from intensive breeding.
As incidental as it still appears to a minority, the question of the moral and legal status of the animal has not ceased to preoccupy scientists, jurists and philosophers since the dawn of time.
From Plutarch to Schopenhauer via Bentham or Montaigne, he has never lacked classical thinkers to plead for greater respect for those whom Michelet called our "inferior brothers".
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