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Law must also protect wild animals from cruelty, NGO says

2021-11-16T16:28:00.309Z


The penal code, which protects domestic and captive animals from acts of cruelty, must also do so for wild animals in the wild, defended ...


The penal code, which protects domestic and captive animals from acts of cruelty, must also do so for wild animals in the wild, defended Louis Schweitzer, president of the Animal Law Foundation (LFDA) on Tuesday.

"

If you willfully injure an animal in the care of a man, you are liable to prison and a fine,

" the former Renault boss told AFP.

The penal code currently punishes two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros for "

exercising serious abuse, or of a sexual nature, or committing an act of cruelty towards a domestic animal, or tamed, or held in captivity

”.

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If you are having fun breaking the four legs of a wild animal in the wild, the police can do nothing against you.

It is scandalous and incomprehensible,

”lamented Louis Schweitzer.

The Foundation thus defends the extension of this article of the penal code to free animals.

As part of the presidential campaign, "

we are going to analyze the positions of the candidates on animal subjects

", in conjunction with other associations, also indicated Schweitzer.

"

There is a majority opinion in favor of animals but it did not shift votes, unlike hunters,

" he said.

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In 2019, the Animalist Party, however, created a surprise by collecting more than 2% of the vote.

"

We go from a subject of opinion to something that has political weight

," said Louis Schweitzer.

During a conference organized in Paris, representatives of other NGOs recalled the urgent need to protect biodiversity and species, whose survival is threatened by human activities.

They also welcomed the adoption scheduled for Tuesday by the National Assembly and then by the Senate on Thursday of the bill to combat animal abuse, which provides in particular for a tougher punishment in the event of abuse.

Source: lefigaro

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