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Over 800 dogs rescued from breeding kennel in central France
‘I had never organised a seizure of this scale’
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New electric heating DPE rules start in January 2027
The measure is set to shake up the way energy efficiency is rated
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French mayor bans foie gras from Christmas market
‘Just because a practice has existed for a long time does not mean it should be exempt from being questioned’
Bathtub posters call for whales to go back in sea
Rights groups have launched poster campaigns across the country to stop aquarium attractions using whales and dolphins.
The C’est Assez protests, on Paris Métro and buses in Nantes and Nice, show a dolphin and a whale in a bathtub.
They target dolphinariums in Port-Saint-Père near Nantes and Antibes near Nice demanding the mammals be freed and that reproduction in captivity be banned.
The ecology ministry started a rethink on zoos, circuses, mink farms and dolphinariums last year. Rights groups want the mammals released back into the sea in special sanctuaries.
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