" Alert.
Two dogs were found, including a Husky, without a collar.
Call.
If there is no response, head to the SPA to euthanize them.
» Exasperated by the presence of stray animals in his town, Michel Marquois, the mayor of Pont-de-Veyle, chose a radical method - in a message posted on the Internet - to make the owners of the two animals concerned react: the threat of death.
A way of communicating which did not please its constituents and the defenders of the animal cause of the department, who denounce the attitude of the elected official.
“How could such an announcement be broadcast?
» says Thomas Iglésis, candidate in the last legislative elections, under the colors of the Animalist Party.
A semblance of an apology
Upset, the environmental activist describes the mayor's message as "horror and absolute shame" and recalls that "euthanasia is against all the principles of the SPA".
Another activist drives home the point: “Pont-de-Veyle, a city where life is good except for the animals!
»
Threats which were not carried out since one of the two lost dogs was able to be recovered by its owners.
What happened to his companion in misfortune?
Nobody knows.
No doubt he ended up leaving the village, since Michel Marquois never saw him again.
Faced with the outcry and to calm things down, the mayor of Pont-de-Veyle issued a semblance of an apology, explaining that he regretted his words and saying he was incapable of having animals slaughtered.
Straight in his boots, however, he notes that his communication plan worked.