Question 29978 — breeding

Summary

Mr. Mohamed Laqhila draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food regarding the consideration of the well-being of farmed animals in the national and European recovery plan mentioned by the President of the Republic during his speech on March 12, 2020. According to a European Commission Eurobarometer survey (2016), 98% of French people consider it important to protect farmed animals and 88% believe that this protection should be strengthened. Faced with this increasingly preponderant societal demand and the pressing need to develop a sustainable food production model, it now appears essential that the Government integrates increased requirements in terms of animal welfare within the framework of its policies and public support for agriculture. In fact, nearly 80% of animals are raised each year in France according to intensive production methods. These practices are the cause of much animal suffering, whether due to breeding conditions (density, permanent confinement or even mutilating practices) or transport and slaughter (long transports, inappropriate handling in slaughterhouses due to very high production rates). The “farm to fork” strategy published in May 2020 by the Commission European Union warns of the urgency of improving animal welfare and reducing the use of antibiotics in livestock farming, in order to guarantee the sustainability of food systems, recalling on this occasion that better consideration of animal welfare improves in particular their health and the quality of food. The Common Agricultural Policy appears today to be one of the tools particularly suited to initiating a transition breeding methods towards better respect for animal welfare and to support virtuous practices, such as for example open-air breeding systems, with access to pasture and without mutilation. The current crisis having highlighted the limits of the intensive production model, he would like to know what measures the Government intends to take as part of its recovery plan and its national strategic plan for next CAP, in order to support a breeding model more respectful of animal welfare and thus respond to the concerns recently made real priorities by the European Commission.

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