To the chagrin of the associations, the senators had, last month, unraveled the text against animal abuse voted by the deputies last January.
The most innovative provisions have been reinstated.
Common ground was found on Thursday between the two chambers in a joint committee.
Thus, as desired by the deputies, dolphinariums will no longer be able to hold cetaceans within five years from the promulgation of the law.
It is therefore the announced end of the two establishments in France, while the Upper House was opposed to it.
"The deadline, which was seven years in the very first version, in January, has been reduced to five!"
Welcomes the deputy Loïc Dombreval (LREM), rapporteur of the law.
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Relieved by this favorable outcome, the associations nonetheless noted a decline.
“Contrary to what was initially voted by the assembly, the text does not prohibit reproduction until the closure of the dolphinariums.
There will be
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