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While Gérald Darmanin announces measures to combat animal abuse, I meet two young women who have made it their forte, at the head of a shelter, “Le gang d’Oupsie”, in Thiberville, Eure. In this piece of countryside west of the Eure, in Thiberville, sheep, poultry, sows and goats coexist peacefully. Pampered by Mélodie and Léna, two selfless young women, these farm animals end their lives here in peace, when they were destined for much sadder destinies. Like Léon the goat abandoned in a field, or these hens left in a pen, or even this sow that had to be killed. Mélodie and Léna know the story of each of them well. This sow lived in a house with a woman who loved her above all else. This lady was terminally ill with cancer and her family told her that if she could not find someone to take care of the sow, she would be euthanized. So this woman called us. We showed her all the space she would have her sow of hers and the lady died the very night we told her we...

On January 16, the Q fever committee offered a webinar on the benefits of vaccination against this disease. The results of numerous studies show that it significantly reduces the incidence of Q fever in herds, down to only 1 to 3%, and that it can generate up to €12,000 in net profit per 100 cows. The impact of Q fever on herds no longer needs to be proven. It is the second cause of infectious abortion in cattle, according to the Q Fever committee, which brings together veterinarians, breeders and, more generally, livestock professionals. Therefore, this committee organized a webinar on January 16 to discuss vaccination and its benefits, in the fight against this little-known zoonosis. “In addition to miscarriages, Q fever also causes stillbirths in calves, delivery of weak animals, retained placenta and reproductive disorders” adds Raphaël Guatteo, veterinarian, professor of bovine medicine at Oniris and member of the Q fever committee. He cites a study of nearly 5,...

From the publisher Published on 01/27/2023 at 14:51 This farm is unfortunately already well known to the city. The buildings have seen (too) many animals. Reported for negligence, the animals had been seized on the spot. Since then the owner, according to the mayor, hasn’t taken in animals anymore. “These issues have been resolved as a result of what happened. I didn’t expect this owner to sell his building. We didn’t go to him to buy this building,” explains Brigitte Aubert. The municipality of Mouscron intends to purchase the neighboring farm from the SPA to create a refuge for wild animals. The goal: to welcome animals that the SPA or the cat’s cocoon cannot take care of. An offer that does not exist in the entity. By Elise Seynaeve Published on 01/27/2023 at 14:55 Second largest city in Picardy Wallonia, Mouscron has just under 60,000 inhabitants. A figure that unfortuna...

Although the birds in our gardens are not aggressive and cute, they are not pets . On the contrary, they are wild animals. These characteristics imply it you shouldn’t make it a habit to feed them all the time . The birds in our gardens need to maintain some independence. It is said that it is necessary to avoid feeding them all the time. Therefore, you can support them, but not always and not always. This is explained by the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO). when to feed the birds in our gardens ? How to do it ? And what kind of food? What is the ideal season to feed birds in our gardens? Feed the birds in our gardens it is a gesture of kindness . However, at the risk of killing them, it should not be done in every case and not in all seasons of the year . What season can we feed birds in our gardens and when not? According to the opinion of the League for the Protection of Birds (LPO), we should only feed the birds in our gardens during the cold seasons ...

Leave their association? “ vs it doesn’t even come to mind. There’s no way! If necessary, waiting to find a home, we will place the animals with friends from right to left waiting to find but we will look for a solution. We have already managed to replace many of our protégés.” Loïc Lemerre, 39, and Sébastien Risso, 36, are at an impasse. The house where they collect their animals has to be sold by their owner and they are looking for a new place to welcome their pets. It was in 2021 that they created the Faune Rescue association, just a few months after setting up their own green space maintenance business. Exo Gardens . Loïc was a carer. Sebastian, cook. The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged their professional life choices. The dream of a refuge “à la Brigitte Bardot” Born in the Var, each in families that already took in injured or abandoned animals, they in turn wanted to take care of the protected young, treat them and have them ado...

It’s a first: a vaccine for honey bees has been licensed in the United States. The goal: to protect insects from bacteria Paenibacillus larvae which decimates the beehives, and consequently the beekeeping industry. vortex perhaps he would see in it an extension of the field of biopolitics. Excuse me vaccines for bees on the other side of the Atlantic, “biopolitics”, a concept developed by Michael Foucault , extends not only to humans, but also to animals? To answer the question, we have to go back to the meaning of this notion in a nutshell. From biological laws to biopolitics At the beginning of his course at the Collège de France on March 17, 1976, Foucault defines biopolitics as “taking into account the life and biological processes of the human species” for power. More precisely, the philosopher identifies an inflection, around the XVIII And century, starting from which life was no longer considered only as a given, but as a political issue. To the...

A Brazilian study evaluated 665 dogs of different breeds and their owners for elements related to aggression. It has been found that social, environmental, physical and morphological factors can significantly influence aggressive behavior. Normally, although scientific evidence is lacking, there is a tendency to think that certain dog breeds may be genetically more aggressive than others, such as pit bulls, rottweilers and Siberian huskies, which are often – and unjustly – singled out as “dangerous” for humans in first place. Establishing a classification based on concrete data is impossible, however according to a new study there are several factors that can significantly influence the probability that a dog is more or less aggressive towards strangers and / or the master. The breed of the dog, as one might expect, has almost nothing to do with it. Among the various factors intervene the behavior of the master, the sex of the latter and that of Fido, th...