Question 5865 — animals

Summary

Mr. Pouria Amirshahi draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to the need to take concrete and ambitious measures in favor of the animal condition. Animal protection is a growing concern in society but certain practices causing significant suffering to animals persist. This is the case for glue traps, banned in Spain and New Zealand in particular, but the use, sale and manufacture of which remain authorized in France. Far from being simple instruments of capture, glue traps inflict extreme suffering on trapped animals, who become exhausted, break their bones or self-mutilate in desperate attempts to escape. These devices also threaten biodiversity by capturing protected species without distinction, not having the capacity to sort between a targeted rodent and a hedgehog, a robin or a bat, protected species which can then also die there. Faced with these findings, several major retail brands have already made the decision to no longer market these traps, but France still does not have a clear legislative framework on this subject. This is part of a broader reflection on the animal condition and the need to evolve the legislation. If the rural and maritime fishing code recognizes the sensitivity of animals, the persistence of these cruel practices reminds us that there is still a long way to go. Therefore, he questions him about the actions that the Government intends to take, more generally, to fight against animal suffering and regulate the practices that contribute to it.

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