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Lettre ouverte : 38 ONG lancent un appel au président de la République sur la condition animale

By May 17th 2022June 9th, 2022No Comments

Document type : News from CIWF France

Author: CIWF France

Preview: As part of the Convergence Animaux Politique campaign, 38 NGOs, including CIWF France, are asking the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron for a "clear roadmap" on the treatment of animals in an open letter published in the Journal du DimancheMay 15, 2022!

Mr President,

Despite NGO requests and unlike many other candidates*, you made no commitment to animal protection during the election campaign. Meanwhile, you have adopted positions that are clearly not conducive to animal protection, whether on the issue of slaughter without stunning or on hunting.
During your first term in office, driven by parliamentarians from both the government and opposition benches, significant progress was made on the protection of captive wild animals and pets. However, you have shown tolerance for hunting, contradicting  your stated position on ecology.
Further, the welfare of farm animals has seen little progress, despite your promises to ban the rearing of laying hens in cages and to introduce compulsory video monitoring in abattoirs. 
Your failure to adopt a clear position in favour of animal welfare is reflected in what the French public think about you:  68% of them judge you to be little or not at all committed to this issue, even though 81% of citizens say they are sensitive to animal welfare matters. [...] We ask you to listen to the many members of the public for whom this issue is crucial and to draw up a clear and ambitious roadmap for animal protection. The next five years must at last become a decisive turning point on the subject.
You have also expressed your wish to take stronger action on ecological issues. In many respects, though, environmental and animal protection issues are closely linked. This is the case with regard to livestock farming and food: a planned move away from intensive livestock farming would eventually reduce the consumption of livestock products, thereby substantially limiting our greenhouse gas emissions, while inflicting less suffering on animals. This policy would also make it possible to achieve the objective greater food autonomy that you are calling for in France [...] On the subject of animal welfare, as on many others, you will have to listen and act with ambition, in order to restore your citizens' faith in democracy. Our NGOs will continue to be vigilant and active throughout this five-year term. We will do so in a pragmatic and constructive but determined way, in the awareness that we have the support of a large majority French of citizens.



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