https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed French rapper Timal was arrested east of Paris on Wednesday after posting a video to Snapchat showing him kicking a dog, police and prosecutors told AFP. https://www.thelocal.fr/20220901/french-rapper-arrested-after-kicking-his-dog-in-video Thu, 01 Sep 2022 17:05:43 +0200 french-rapper-arrested-after-kicking-his-dog-in-video The Paris city council on Wednesday agreed to shut down a live bird market operating in the historic centre close to Notre Dame cathedral, responding to rights activists who called it a cruel and archaic operation. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210204/paris-authorities-to-shut-down-bird-market-over-cruelty-concerns Thu, 04 Feb 2021 12:37:01 +0100 paris-authorities-to-shut-down-bird-market-over-cruelty-concerns A French animal rights group has published unsettling images of cows with a plastic "porthole" surgically inserted into their sides to allow access to their stomach contents, rekindling a debate over the welfare of animals in industrial farming. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190621/shock-images-of-the-french-cows-with-surgical-stomach-portoles Fri, 21 Jun 2019 10:10:13 +0200 shock-images-of-the-french-cows-with-surgical-stomach-portoles French police are warning pet owners that they face a possible prison term and fine of up to €30,000 if they abandon their animals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190607/french-police-warn-of-jail-terms-for-people-who-abandon-their-pets Fri, 07 Jun 2019 13:08:50 +0200 french-police-warn-of-jail-terms-for-people-who-abandon-their-pets Investigators in southeast France have seized a white tiger cub at the home of a suspected exotic animal trafficker, while pythons and endangered marsupials were found at his mother's house, a police source said Saturday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190504/white-tiger-seized-at-house-in-southeast-france Sat, 04 May 2019 20:39:38 +0200 white-tiger-seized-at-house-in-southeast-france A fundraising campaign has been set up for four lion cubs who were rescued from apartments, a garage and a luxury car in France so they can be sent to a game reserve in South Africa. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190429/how-you-can-help-the-four-rescued-lions-of-lyon Mon, 29 Apr 2019 11:33:51 +0200 how-you-can-help-the-four-rescued-lions-of-lyon A French woman has been given a suspended jail sentence after a rescue pig she was supposed to be taking care of ended up being turned into paté. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190408/french-woman-turned-into-pat-the-pig-she Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:31:46 +0200 french-woman-turned-into-pat-the-pig-she The 63-year-old was found dead in his Montpellier apartment on Monday, where emergency services found that his dog had apparently eaten part of his leg. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151111/frenchman-found-dead-and-partially-eaten-by-dog Wed, 11 Nov 2015 18:01:43 +0100 frenchman-found-dead-and-partially-eaten-by-dog A woman in south west France got the fright of her life when she discovered a 1.5 metre long boa constrictor slithering around her living room, French media has reported. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150826/french-woman-finds-boa-constrictor-in-living-room Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:00:49 +0200 french-woman-finds-boa-constrictor-in-living-room Some 150 endangered baby tortoises will return to Madagascar eight months after they were found wrapped in sticky tape and hidden in a crate at a Paris airport, the centre that cared for them said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150818/france-to-return-150-tortoises-to-madagascar Tue, 18 Aug 2015 17:51:57 +0200 france-to-return-150-tortoises-to-madagascar French officials on Friday scaled down a frantic hunt for a mysterious big cat prowling on the outskirts of Paris after scotching earlier fears it was a tiger. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141114/france-scales-down-hunt-for-mystery-cat Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:36:11 +0100 france-scales-down-hunt-for-mystery-cat UPDATED: French authorities searching for a mysterious big cat spotted prowling around a town on the outskirts of Paris revealed on Friday it was unlikely to be a tiger as initially suspected. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141114/animal-on-the-loose-not-a-tiger Fri, 14 Nov 2014 14:19:00 +0100 animal-on-the-loose-not-a-tiger UPDATED: A tiger remained on the loose near Paris on Friday morning as emergency services armed with tranquilizer guns resumed the search following a fruitless all-day hunt on Thursday, with worried residents ordered to stay indoors. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141114/escaped-tiger-still-on-the-loose-near-paris Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:45:00 +0100 escaped-tiger-still-on-the-loose-near-paris A man working as a chef in the southern suburbs of Paris has been sectioned and accused of killing and eating dogs after the mutilated bodies of two animals were found outside his home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140903/french-cook-killed-and-ate-dogs Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:28:00 +0200 french-cook-killed-and-ate-dogs The discovery of two separate boa constrictors slithering around a French town in under a month has residents in panic mode. Now authorities have launched a probe into fears someone intentionally set the potentially dangerous creatures loose. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140605/french-town-terrorized-by-mystery-boa-constrictors Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:28:00 +0200 french-town-terrorized-by-mystery-boa-constrictors In a horrible irony, an effort to save dozens of stray dogs from being put down ended with 24 suffocating in an animal protection group’s rented truck. A seemingly small error appears to be at fault. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140515/dozens-of-dogs-suffocate-rescue-truck Thu, 15 May 2014 14:26:00 +0200 dozens-of-dogs-suffocate-rescue-truck Who gets custody of a dog after a divorce? A French lawmaker has proposed a bill to create a legal framework to answer precisely that and other tricky questions surrounding pets. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140418/doggy-custody-bill-proposed-by-french-mp Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:15:00 +0200 doggy-custody-bill-proposed-by-french-mp France took a major step this week towards upping the legal status of animals, which presently sees them classed the same as a chair, a lamp or any old 'personal property'. But cats and dogs will soon be judged as “sentient, living beings”. The change wasn't welcomed by all. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140416/animals-to-no-longer-be-furniture-in-france Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:49:00 +0200 animals-to-no-longer-be-furniture-in-france A French couple driven into psychotherapy and insomnia by the screeches and squawks of city-owned peacock have won a €4,000 settlement from the city of Marseille. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140331/noisy-peacock-costs-marseille-4000 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:44:00 +0200 noisy-peacock-costs-marseille-4000 A sheep farmer's children came upon a scene of "unspeakable carnage" when they opened a barn door to find 24 sheep and lambs beaten to death with a blunt object. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140221/two-dozen-sheep-clubbed-to-death Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:53:00 +0100 two-dozen-sheep-clubbed-to-death