Question 6063 — animals

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Ms. Ersilia Soudais draws the attention of the Minister of Culture to the use of non-domestic animals for artistic creation (cinema, advertising, video clips, etc.). In the fall of 2024, the release of the film “Bambi, the story of a life in the woods”, directed by director Michel Fessler, sparked a controversy taken up by numerous media such as Le Monde and Télérama. In fact, the director chose to shoot with real animals, such as fawns, does, deer, crows, raccoons, wolves, wild boars and even birds of prey, which belong to trainer Muriel Bec. In February 2021, Muriel Bec publicly opposed the adoption of the law against animal abuse. However, the need for this law, which will end the exploitation of non-domestic animals in traveling circuses in 2028, is undeniable. He is important to recall the position of the federation of European veterinarians which, in 2015, declared that “the needs of non-domesticated wild mammals cannot be met in a traveling circus, in particular in terms of habitat and the possibility for them to express natural behaviors”. The 2021 law presents shortcomings, particularly with regard to the exploitation of wild animals in the sectors of cinema, music and advertising which have been forgotten and whose exploitation is comparable to that of circus animals also undergoing lifelong captivity, training and grueling transport. She therefore asks what measures she intends to take to extend the 2021 law against animal abuse to the sectors of artistic creation (cinema, advertising, video clips, etc.).

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