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Animal-loving anarchists set fire to French zoo

Tue, 07 Aug 2018 19:46:37 +0200

Anarchists have claimed responsibility for setting fire to a zoo in central France.

France to install cameras in all abattoirs after animal slaughter scandals

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:25:32 +0100

France's parliament voted on Friday to install CCTV cameras in slaughterhouses across France, following numerous scandals of animal cruelty.

Jilted Frenchman jailed for burning girlfriend’s cat alive

Tue, 02 Feb 2016 09:31:41 +0100

A Frenchman who burned his girlfriend’s cat alive in a jealous rage before throwing it from the seventh floor window was handed a two--year prison sentence on Monday.

French chef held for 'killing and eating' dogs

Wed, 03 Sep 2014 16:28:00 +0200

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.

Dog owner throws pooch from third floor window

Thu, 13 Feb 2014 16:16:00 +0100

Yet another case of animal cruelty made headlines in France this week. Just weeks after a cat chucker was jailed a dog owner was also handed a prison sentence for throwing his pooch from his third floor window, along with the rest of his belongings.

Cat-flinger video sparks outrage in France

Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:25:00 +0100

A man in Marseille faces charges of animal abuse after a video appeared on YouTube in which he is allegedly filmed throwing a cat against a building. The alarm was raised after thousands of viewers demanded his arrest in an online petition.

Chickens mob gates of French parliament

Thu, 05 Dec 2013 11:26:00 +0100

We’ve all heard it said that politicians lack courage, but on Wednesday it was the turn of several dozen actual chickens to mob the gates of the French parliament in Paris. Find out what it was all about.

Police smash squalid illegal abattoir near Paris

Mon, 02 Dec 2013 11:36:00 +0100

Some 200 animals were rescued on Sunday from a squalid, unlicensed abattoir outside Paris. The animals, left without food or water, were destined for Chinese restaurants throughout the region, and were about to be slaughtered, according to reports on Monday.

VIDEO: Police accused over bullfight protest

Mon, 26 Aug 2013 12:25:00 +0200

Local police and bullfight organizers have been accused of "brutality and savagery" in forcibly ejecting anti-bullfighting protestors from an arena in south-western France over the weekend (see video below.) One man was left with serious head injuries.

Israel risks French ire with ban on foie gras

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 19:47:00 +0200

It may be a much-loved delicacy in France but Israel looks set to become a foie gras free country after lawmakers adopted a bill banning the importation and sale of livers of animals that have been “tortured”.

'Bullfighting is a culture we must preserve': Valls

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:23:00 +0200

French Interior Minister Manuel Valls delivered a passionate defence of bullfighting Tuesday, as the country's constitutional council examined a call to ban the bloody sport.

Jailed: man who stabbed sausage dog with fork

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:14:08 +0200

A 51-year-old man has been given an eight-month prison sentence for killing a dachshund by repeatedly stabbing it with a fork, a court spokesman in the northern French city of Chartres said on Tuesday.

Foie gras makers protest against California ban

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:09:00 +0200

France's foie gras industry says legislation due to come into force in California on July 1 banning the sale of duck or goose liver pate over animal rights concerns contravenes international trade law.