The animal cause has become political.
Whether we regret it or not, the repeated efforts of its activists are beginning to bear fruit.
By announcing on September 29 a
"major turning point for animals"
, Barbara Pompili, Minister of Ecological Transition, unveiled concrete measures: progressive ban of wild animals in traveling circuses and cetacean shows in dolphinaria, elimination of here at five years of breeding American mink for their fur ... In other words, to use the expression of political scientist Patrick Hassenteufel, the animal cause has just succeeded in being
"put on the agenda"
: from a theoretical problem, finding a certain echo in intellectual circles, it has become a public problem.
To read also:
End of wild animals in circuses and dolphinariums: "We must stop telling lies, the animals are very well treated"
The script was actually written in advance.
For about fifty years, the fight for "animal liberation" has been led by a fringe of academics who are very popular in Anglo-Saxon and, more recently, French faculties.
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