CRUELTY & ABANDONMENT

Cruelty to any domestic animal, including abandonment, is a serious and punishable offence under French penal law.
Article 521-1 states that the punishment is imprisonment and a substantial fine.

[The unnecessary infliction, in public or otherwise, of serious maltreatment, including sexual maltreatment, towards
or the commission of an act of cruelty on any domestic or tame animal, or any animal held
in captivity, is punished by two years imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros]
 
[The same penalties also apply to the abandonment of a domestic animal, or of an animal held in
captivity, with the exception of animals used for repopulation purposes.]

You can view the French wording of article 521-1 in full by clicking on LegiFrance ,  but in essence, both cruelty towards domestic animals, and the abandonment of domestic animals - dogs, cats and kittens
for example - are illegal acts which are punishable under French law.

[It was GHANDI who said - THE GREATNESS OF A NATION IS MEASURED BY THE WAY IT TREATS ITS ANIMALS]

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