Photos of two cubs in Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, taken by the curator of the place, had put balm in the heart to many Internet users last week.
And … Thanks to the curator of #Father Lachaise to have managed to take these wonderful pictures of little cc foxes @Anne_Hidalgo pic.twitter.com/e5fS6TRlUR
– kelites penelope (@PKOMITES) April 25, 2020
Under the photos posted by Pénélope Komites, assistant to the town hall of Paris in charge of green spaces and nature in the city, Internet users called on the elected representative to protect animals at all costs. She then evoked the idea of ”relocating” the fox family to the little Parisian crown “So that babies don’t end up on the road “
“Moving the foxes would put them at risk”
But the Paris Animaux Zoopolis (Paz) association quickly protested this idea. For animal advocates, “Moving the foxes would put them at higher risk than leaving them at Père Lachaise ” Amandine Sanvisens, president of Paris Animaux Zoopolis explained in The Parisian last week that the presence of foxes, which dates from before confinement, “Proves that this is a choice because they had access to land and food there. Moving them would upset the education of the cubs ”.
Because of this ethological knowledge, move the #foxes would put them at higher risk than leaving them at Père-Lachaise.
We must think and plan the urban space to include the #animals and live with them.#Cohabitons pic.twitter.com/oTzsYfB9BP– Paris Animaux Zoopolis (@ParisZoopolis) April 29, 2020
The association also believed that the main argument of the green spaces assistant did not hold water: “Crushing young foxes is common, but also in the countryside! Moving them won’t prevent that. “. To prevent accidents, La Paz proposed instead to reduce the speed of vehicles around the cemetery.
The mayor of Paris finally heard the cry of the hearts of the defenders of the goupils. Foxes will be allowed to roam the 45 hectares that make up the cemetery. However, the municipality did not respond to a speed limit around the scene.
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