Question 21412 — animals

Summary

Mr. Bruno Fuchs draws the attention of the Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities to the danger represented by the insufficient application of legislation regarding animal pounds. Article L. 211-24 of the rural code specifies that each municipality must have a pound suitable for receiving and keeping stray animals, these being placed under the responsibility of the mayor. For fulfill this duty, the mayor chooses to provide this service by means of direct management with a municipal or intermunicipal pound service or by means of a delegation of public service to a private structure or an associative structure. Regardless of the animal pound management method adopted, the costs generated can be considerable for a municipality. The lowest observed rates for a municipality of more than 1,000 inhabitants start at 0.647 euros per capita per year for private management and can in many cases exceed the euro per capita per year. Faced with this constraint, municipal services are acting to reduce the overall amount of compensation for the costs inherent in impound management, sometimes to the point of not having an impound service. However, there is one stray animal per 250 inhabitants on average. In France. Animal wandering poses problems for the protection of other domestic animals but also risks for humans regarding public safety (accidents on public roads, health risks, etc.) or even socio-economic issues (herd attacks). The guide for mayors relating to animal pounds produced by the Ministry of the Interior does not, however, mention any warning relating to the sanctions incurred in the event of non-compliance with these regulations. Indeed, if 60% of French municipalities have an impound service, many others do not set up such services without suffering consequences as a result. Thus, many mayors whose municipality is in an irregular situation remain unpunished. He questions him about the existence of an effective sanctions system applying to mayors who choose to evade their obligations, at the risk of threatening the security of surrounding territories.

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