France: Environment Minister of France, Barbara Pompili has announced a gradual ban on using wild animals in travelling circuses, on keeping dolphins and killer whales in captivity in marine parks and on raising mink on fur farms.
She said in a news conference that bears, tigers, lions, elephants and other wild animals won’t be allowed any more in travelling circuses “in the coming years.” Starting immediately, France’s three marine parks won’t be able to bring in nor breed dolphins and killer whales any more. Pompili said the measures will also bring an end to mink farming, where animals are raised for their fur, within the next five years. The ban does not apply to wild animals in other permanent shows and in zoos.
Pompili did not set any precise date for the ban in travelling circuses, said that the process should start “as soon as possible.” She promised solutions will be found for each animal “on a case-by-case basis.” The French government will implement an 8 million-euro package to help people working in circuses and marine parks find other jobs.
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