Lambert Wilson, Nathalie Baye, Jacques Dutronc ... About fifteen celebrities are calling for the prohibition of the sale of animals online and in pet stores, a way to fight against abandonment while shelters are already saturated in the heart of summer.
These actors, singers and intellectuals, like Matthieu Ricard, expect the government to take "
really effective measures to fight against abandonment at source
" by "
banning their sale in stores and online, on sites like Le Bon Coin
”, they explain in an open letter.
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For them, the pet trade "
leads to an objectification of the animal, brought into the world for profit and sold as a common commodity, and to countless cases of neglect, abuse and abandonment
."
At the beginning of July, the SPA launched a cry of alarm in the face of the acceleration of the abandonment and the saturation of its shelters with 7,700 residents awaiting a new master, their maximum capacity.
The offspring of an unsterilized cat can expect 370,000 kittens in seven years
The signatories - which also include Rémi Gaillard, Raphaël Mezrahi, Marilou Berry and David Hallyday - also believe that one of the most effective solutions to stem this situation is the sterilization of pets. According to them, “
a bitch and her unsterilized offspring can lead to the birth of 67,000 puppies in just six years, and in seven years, a cat and her young can produce the astronomical number of 370,000 kittens, in a context where it There are already thousands of adoptable, playful and affectionate animals waiting in shelters in France
”.
As for the association Peta, it has just launched a campaign calling on Le Bon Coin, the leading classifieds site in France, to ban the sale and barter of animals on its platform, "
a practice that causes enormous suffering for these people. sensitive and vulnerable beings
”.
