France Télévisions will limit the use of animals on film sets

The debate on the use of animals is gradually emerging in the sector, shaking up habits and sometimes sparking controversy, as recently with the announced return of the show “Intervilles” without the famous cows on one of the public channels. .

Generally speaking, France Télévisions has just modified its “code of conduct for commercial partners” to require all its suppliers to favor, “whenever possible, the use of images provided by banks images, special effects or animatronics (kinds of robotic puppets, Editor's note)”, according to the new version of this document.

Incentive clause

It also asks for guarantees on the trainers employed, who must not have “been the subject of any conviction for animal abuse”.

The public group is the first major player in the audiovisual sector and “the only group” to respond to this request from animal defenders, underlines the PAZ association (Projet Animaux Zoopolis), which made the request.