Nemo, Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron's dog, is for the first time the star of a video posted Tuesday, December 22 on social networks to warn against animal abandonment and to promote adoption.
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Truffle in the air, the four-legged companion of the presidential couple barks in the short video to testify, using subtitles, of his fate of an abandoned dog before being adopted in 2017 in a SPA refuge in Yvelines .
"
My story begins with an abandonment (...) Like me, 100,000 animals are abandoned each year
" in France, he says in this video posted on Emmanuel Macron's accounts on Instagram, Snapchat, Tiktok and Facebook.
“
So on Christmas, adopt them.
But adopt in conscience,
”he adds.
The text specifies that an "
action plan will be implemented
" to promote adoption, to which the recovery plan will devote 20 million euros.
"
Mistreatment will be more heavily punished,
" he says.
“
Because your animal is part of your family.
He is counting on you,
”the video concludes.
In January, Parliament is due to continue discussing a bill to combat animal abuse, which aims to "
improve the conditions of detention of pets and equines
", notably through the creation of an awareness certificate for any acquisition of a future animal.
A crossbreed dog of Labrador and Retriever-Griffon, Nemo has become the darling of the Elysee Palace, where he regularly appears alongside Emmanuel Macron, especially during visits from foreign leaders.
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