Question 4809 — animals

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Ms. Sabine Thillaye draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to the measures implemented to effectively combat the Asian hornet. Accidentally arriving in the south-west of France in 2004, the Asian hornet has since colonized almost the entire metropolitan territory and shown its damaging nature for biodiversity, for the economy of the beekeeping sector and for public health. If various regulatory measures have been taken in recent years, the classification of the Asian hornet as a second category health danger has until now deprived the fight against this invasive species of an obligatory nature. In fact, this remains unevenly carried out across the territory. It depends in part on local initiatives, in particular beekeepers who carry out inventory work and report hornet nests. Asians without always knowing who to contact. As for the destruction of nests, in the absence of a prefectural decree, questions remain about the conditions governing them. Many individuals also refuse to destroy a nest, deterred by the high cost that this represents, of the order of 100 to 200 euros. Faced with this continuing situation, she would like to know the position of the Government on the classification of the Asian hornet as a first category health danger which would make it possible to organize a compulsory and coordinated fight across the entire territory.

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