Question 14802 — animals

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Ms. Julie Lechanteux draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature to the effective application of the ban on the reproduction of wild animals in traveling circuses. A traveling circus of the Franco-Belgian type was recently established in the town of Roquebrune-sur-Argens, after having been the subject of a refusal to set up in the town of Frejus. Its current location has been authorized on private land, in formal compliance with administrative procedures. However, the presence of lion cubs within this establishment has been confirmed, including through the press. The circus manager indicates that these animals, a few months old, were the result of “accidental” births. This situation raises major questions with regard to Law No. 2021-1539 of November 30, 2021 aimed at combating animal abuse, which has prohibited since December 1, 2023 the acquisition and reproduction of wild animals with a view to their presentation to the public in traveling circuses. Furthermore, several animal protection organizations have alerted state services to the proliferation of similar situations involving this same circus, citing repeated births presented as “ accidental”. In this context, she wishes to know how State services legally assess the notion of "accidental birth" with regard to the ban in force, whether specific instructions have been given to decentralized services to ensure uniform application of this ban across the territory and what sanctions are actually implemented in the event of circumvention or non-compliance with the law. Beyond this particular case, this situation creates a legitimate incomprehension among local elected officials as to the effective application of a ban which has even entered into force. She therefore asks what measures the Government intends to take to ensure strict compliance with this ban and to avoid any gray area in its application.

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