France bans circus animals and mink farms, but not bull fighting

[Catherine]

The French Parliament has voted to ban the use of wild animals in circuses. The ban also includes dolphin shows and mink farming. The penalties for mistreating animals will also increase. 
What hasn't been banned is bull fighting which takes place in a few places in southern France. Hunting is still allowed and so are some agricultural practices such as the production of foie gras pate.
The law does a lot, but animal rights activists believe it does not do enough.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/n...llfighting

These are major improvements. It is way past time for circuses to retire their animals. The same goes for Dolphin shows. 
There never should have been mink farms in the first place so closing them is a good thing. I can't believe they are still allowing bull fighting. 
I still wonder what kind of people attend bull fights.
It is an uphill battle to change farming practices. Still it should not be hard to ban foie gras production. It is such obvious animal cruelty.

Hunting is a touchy issue. Even restricting it or regulating it is going to take more time and effort.

This law is still a big victory. Think of all the mink that will not be born to suffer miserable lives and horrible deaths. Think of the dolphins and circus animals that will not be forced to perform for human entertainment. That is a lot of animal suffering that will come to an end.  We can certainly celebrate that.