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Press articles already published in France (see translations below, central column)
https://positivr.fr/il-touche-150-000-euros-dheritage-et-decide-de-tout-donner-a-la-cause-animale/
- vidéo
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- TITLE :
“I ate meat,...I have a debt”
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“A Frenchman gives his inheritance of €150,000 in the name of debt to animals”
- TEXT :
Around the age of 12, a French citizen (Gauthier JOURNET born in 1964, living near Lyon - France) began to become aware of the consequences of his diet on living things. As time passed, he decided to become vegetarian and became one in 1988, at the age of 23, before becoming almost vegan at the age of 42.
Through his upbringing, he declares that he inherited a guilt-inducing and seriously unethical way of eating.
The idea of debt towards the animal kingdom (especially farm animals) and its compensation was born.
Having also inherited 150,000 euros from his parents in 2022, he chose to donate the entirety of this inheritance in 2023 to animal protection associations to begin to repair this debt. In particular for the benefit of whistleblowers who denounce mistreatment or for projects aimed at collecting animals rescued from butchery.
Through his gesture, this Frenchman raises moral questions and wants to question our society about its relationship with living things and more precisely with animals.
If we consider animals to be part of the moral “other,” it becomes clear that humanity as a whole bears a crushing and growing debt to them. Although we have heard of debts, particularly to nature for the destruction of our environment, the debt to animals is never discussed. Yet the number of victims in this debt to animals is staggering.
How can we stop causing them harm? How can we repay this colossal debt to them? These questions, which are complex for our societies, deserve serious attention. This french man hopes that the media coverage of his gesture is just the beginning, a spark to encourage awareness and questioning of our actions towards animals.
Beneficiaries of my inheritance :
Associations :
- PETA association - UK branch
- fondation BRIGITTE BARDOT - France
https://www.fondationbrigittebardot.fr/
- association L214 - France
https://www.l214.com/
- association sea shepherd - French branch
https://seashepherd.fr
- association domaines des Douages - France
https://www.domainedesdouages.com
- association WELFARM - France
- association GAIA - Belgique
- écologie au centre - France - political party
- animal generation - France - political party
www.generationanimal.fr
- refuge of doctor MANSOUR - Tunisia
https://www.soutien-au-dr-mansour.org
- association towards a better world (no website)
- Buziness support :
- RIPAI (in creation) revegetation of plates in public establishments in the Lyon region - France
(website under construction)
- DROLE de ZEBRE: integrating the animal issue into public procurement
https://www.ddzebre.com/about/
https://www.ddzebre.com/collectivites/
- Other action:
sterilization of stray cats
in the name of the debt to animals
I give my inheritance of 150000 €
Around the age of 12, I began to become aware of the consequences of my diet on living things. As time passed, I decided to become vegetarian and became so in 1988, at the age of 23, before becoming almost vegan at the age of 42.
By my education, I inherited a guilt-inducing and seriously unethical way of eating.
The idea of debt towards animals (especially farm animals) and its compensation was then born.
Having inherited 150,000 euros from my parents in 2022, I chose to donate the entirety of this inheritance to animal protection associations to begin to repair this debt. In particular for the benefit of whistleblowers who denounce mistreatment or for projects aimed at collecting animals rescued from butchery. These donations were made in 2023.
I wanted the reasons for donating his inheritance to be publicized. The goal is to make the widest possible audience think about the consequences of our diet and, why not, to make people evolve in a more ethical direction.
photo competition : a photo contest will be organized each year concerning farm animals.
BE AN AMBASSADOR YOURSELF
if you approve of this idea that human beings have a debt towards animals and that you are ready to contribute to try to have mentalities evaluated, you can also spread this notion in society via your networks, social and others, your acquaintances .
You can simply just say that you have heard about someone who gave their entire (it's important to use that word) linheritance in the name of this notion, adding the adress of this website and of the video below :
Animals thank you for your help.
Video text: duration 1 minute 55
My name is Gauthier JOURNET, I am an employee of the largest structure in France and politically uncommitted.
Regardless of all of this and to explain the title of this video, I have been thinking for a long time that we owe a debt to animals because of our way of life.
- food, clothing, entertainment...
I have certainly almost eliminated my share of responsibility in these areas for the future by becoming almost vegan for many years now.
On the other hand, for the past and because of the education that I received, and since I had the usual and classic behavior of the French in terms of food until the age of 23, I am also indebted.
Having received an inheritance from my parents of €150,000 and in this context, I decided to donate all of this sum to animal protection associations as a start of compensation for the family debt towards animals. This has its origins in the same areas of consumption, but especially food. If we push the reflection further, a debt is the result of causing harm to others. As soon as we morally include animals in the notion of "others", we can consider that it is in fact all of humanity that has a debt. This is colossal and increasing every day.
We have already heard of debt on several occasions, in particular towards nature for its destruction, but never towards animals which, in the end, remains the heaviest, given the number of victims. The ultimate goal of my approach is to highlight this notion of debt and, by this fact, to bring everyone and our society to think about changing our behavior towards animals. How can we stop harming them and how can we pay our debt to them.
In addition, a photo contest will be organized each year concerning farm animals.
MY STORY :
The genesis :
Quite young, probably around 12-13-14-15 years old, the fact of killing living beings on purpose just to eat them challenged me. As time passed, I put myself in the shoes of these victims and told myself that I would not like to have the same thing done to me.
I therefore felt that mistreating and stealing a living being's life as both unacceptable and unfair, even to feed myself, as I can easily do otherwise, In my head and over time, I decided to give up eating what I considered to be corpse. The very idea of eating it makes me want to throw up more than anything.
The unpleasant feeling of being a scavenger. Living with my parents and wanting to avoid conflict with them, I waited until I was financially independent of my parents to become a vegetarian at the age of 23. With my parents, the transition was not serene as the cultural weight is important and fixed. Insensitive to my arguments, I was only entitled to an opposition – which I had nothing to do with.
On the other hand, the absence of a positive reaction to my ethical arguments made my parents appear to me as egocentric, even selfish people and indifferent to the suffering and mistreatment of animals.
This made me tell myself that when I inherit from them I will give their money, which I will receive in the form of an inheritance, to animal protection associations. This is to try to compensate for the consequences of their indifference. The idea of debt to the animal kingdom was born.
I specify here that I did not blame them because I know that cultural resistances are the most difficult to overcome mentally.
But on the other hand, their money would be used to compensate the descendants of their indirect victims when they would have liked this money to remain in the family. Concerning me, I did not inherit only money. Through my upbringing, I inherited an unethical and guilt-inducing diet. Even though I was not responsible of this fact and I ended up giving it up when I realized things, I also had the same debt, unfortunately.
Far beyond myself and my family, I quickly considered that all of humanity has the same debt. This one is colossal and getting worse day by day.
The donation
My relationship with money is particular. 3 aspects:
1-I consider that it is the worst invention of the human being and that it ended up corrupting the spirits. When you think about it, money is at the root of almost all the evils that ravage humanity: delinquency, war, slavery, theft, exploitation, fraud, kidnapping, unemployment, misery, corruption...
2- the very notion of inheritance linked to someone's death: "I no longer have my parents but in exchange I receive money". I have a lot of trouble with that.
3-The only money I consider is mine. that of my parents: theirs. If the money is there and I should inherit it, I might as well use it for good things rather than hoarding it or spending it on some self-centered futility.
Since I was going to give this inheritance, it was necessary as such, to take advantage of it to try to confront as many people as possible with this notion of debt towards animals. The goal is that they become aware of it and end up questioning their own behavior, and its consequences, in terms of respect they have, or not, towards non-human living beings. The idea of media coverage was born. I therefore hope for the widest possible and international media impact so that the greatest number of people evolve, under the influence of their bad conscience over time, in the direction of vegetarianism or better still veganism. This idea of media coverage is much more important than dispatching and the very use of the sum. The press conference is one thing, but I rely more on the dissemination of my approach via social networks.
Note that the donations will go towards the origin of the family debt: meat consumption. If there had been hunters or aficionados in the family, I would have also made a donation in this direction. More specifically, the donations are essentially directed towards
- the structures that provide assistance to farm animals, mainly
- whistleblowers who report abuse and unacceptable behavior.
- the structures that help and encourage the migration to a vegan diet and the consideration of animal issues.
TRANSLATION OF PRESS ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN FRANCE
- https://www.leprogres.fr/societe/2023/07/18/il-reverse-150-000-euros-a-la-cause-animale-le-geste-fort-de-ce-lyonnais
He donates 150,000 euros to the animal cause: “I ate meat, I have a debt”
Manager of a public college in Lyon, Gauthier Journet, domiciled in Grigny, announced that he would donate his inheritance of 150,000 euros to animal protection associations. Le Progrès - Jul 18, 2023 at 07:30 | updated Jul 18, 2023 at 11:55 “I ate meat so I consider myself in debt. »
It is in these terms confided to the microphone of our colleagues BFMTV, that Gauthier Journet, 58 years old, announces donating 150,000 euros to the “animal cause”. In the columns of Le Parisien, this manager of a public college based in Grigny explains that he wants to compensate part of the “family debt”.
Because, in addition to money, he considers having inherited a “diet devoid of ethics”. “Make people think about their eating behaviors” Heir to €150,000 from his parents, he announced on Monday July 17 that he was donating the entire amount to animal protection organizations: L214, Welfarm, etc. Among the other beneficiaries, we find the Domaine des Douages, a shelter managed by a former breeder who became vegan, and campaigns to sterilize stray cats, indicates Le Parisien. “I want to make people think about their eating habits,” assured the Lyonnais. The goal is to bring the widest possible audience to consider the consequences of their way of life on the animals. »
- https://actu.orange.fr/france/j-ai-une-dette-familiale-un-quinquagenaire-verse-son-heritage-a-la-defense-des-animaux-magic-CNT0000025FEVg.html
“I have a family debt”: a fifty-year-old pays his inheritance to protect animals
Gauthier Journet, 58, will donate 150,000 euros to animal protection associations, BFMTV reported Monday July 17. A choice as much personal as an invitation to “make people think” about our consumption patterns.
“As part of this family debt, I am donating these 150,000 euros to animal protection associations.” In Lyon, Gauthier Journet decided to donate the entirety of his parents' inheritance to organizations working for the defense of animals. Questioned by BFMTV, this 58-year-old man, a civil servant in a public college, revealed this on Monday July 17.
Believing that he had received "a diet devoid of ethics", the Lyon civil servant expressed to Le Parisien the desire to pay off "a family debt". An eminently civic gesture, aimed at “making people think about their own eating behavior, its consequences, and evolve in order to make this world a better place,” he told the channel.
More than 3 million animals slaughtered every day
“I have already donated 68,000 euros. The rest will be to come,” said Gauthier Journet. Several organizations will benefit from this donation: L214, Welfarm, and the Domaine des Douages, a shelter located in Nièvre. The establishment, which accommodates nearly a thousand former animals intended for slaughter, will receive 25,000 euros in donations from the fifty-year-old, indicated Le Parisien.
According to the L214 association, 3.2 million animals are slaughtered every day, or more than a billion each year to feed the population in France. The vast majority of them are chickens. To do this, the agri-food industry relies on 240 structures dedicated to slaughtering, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. The production volume produced by these structures varies from 10 to 200,000 tonnes annually.
- https://www.radioscoop.com/infos/un-lyonnais-reverse-l-integralite-de-son-heritage-a-la-cause-animale_279317
A LYONNAISER DONATES HIS ENTIRE LEGACY TO THE ANIMAL CAUSE
Tuesday July 18 - 11:06
A fifty-year-old from Lyon has decided to donate his entire inheritance to associations defending the animal cause.
150,000 euros for the animals! The beautiful gesture of a Lyonnais who decided this Monday, July 17 to donate the entirety of an inheritance he received to associations defending the animal cause.
In an interview with Le Parisien, the man explained that he wanted to raise awareness of this cause, indicating that he himself had inherited a diet that did not take animal welfare into account.
Many associations will be able to benefit from it
Donations will therefore be made to associations which fight against intensive breeding, such as the Lyon association L214, or to shelters which rescue these animals.
One of them, located in Nièvre, collects nearly 850 animals from breeding and is therefore going to benefit from 25,000 euros, in particular to repair certain infrastructures.
Part of the money will also be used to finance campaigns to sterilize stray cats.
- https://info-politique.fr/index.php/2023/07/18/un-lyonnais-donne-lintegralite-de-son-heritage-150-000e-pour-les-animaux/
A Lyonnais donates his entire inheritance (€150,000) for animals
Paris, France – In a conference held yesterday Monday July 17 in Paris, Gauthier JOURNET, a 58-year-old from Lyon, announced his intention to donate his entire inheritance to animal protection organizations. This decision is the result of his deep conviction that we owe a debt to animals because of our current way of life.
Gauthier JOURNET, who describes himself as politically uncommitted, has long been aware that our way of living imposes a considerable burden on animals, whether through our diet, consumption patterns or our leisure activities. To fulfill his part of the responsibility, he has gone almost vegan for many years, reducing his impact on animals for years to come.
However, he recognizes that his past, influenced by his education and French eating habits, also gives him a debt to animals. In order to repay this family debt towards animals, he took the bold decision to donate his entire inheritance, amounting to €150,000, to animal protection associations such as L214, WELFARM, Fondation Brigitte BARDOT, PETA (GB ), GAIA (Belgium).
His act goes beyond a simple symbolic gesture. It raises deeper moral questions about our relationship with animals. If we consider animals to be part of the moral “other,” it becomes clear that humanity as a whole bears a crushing debt to them. A debt that continues to grow every day. Although we have heard of debts to nature for the destruction of our environment, the debt to animals is often overlooked. Yet the number of victims in this debt to animals is staggering. Gauthier JOURNET hopes to highlight this often ignored debt and encourage each individual as well as society as a whole to think about our behavior towards animals.
How can we stop causing them harm? How can we repay this colossal debt to them? These issues, although complex, deserve serious attention. Gauthier JOURNET emphasizes that this gesture is a start, a spark to encourage awareness and questioning of our actions towards animals.
By publicly announcing his action, he hopes to inspire others to evaluate their own relationship with animals and find concrete ways to repay this collective debt. The time has come, according to him, to change our behavior and work together for a future where our debt to animals is finally repaid.
The approach is supported by Nathalie DEHAN, municipal elected official and metropolitan councilor on the animal condition commission, and sponsored by Jean Marc GOVERNATORI, elected ecologist from Nice, who were both present yesterday alongside Gauthier JOURNET.
We also note the presence of:
– Philippe BOURIACHI, municipal councilor and regional councilor for Île-de-France as well as national co-spokesperson for the Ecology in the Center party;
– Maité CORNILLEAU, who represented the Génération Animal party;
– Marie-Morgue JEANNEAU for PETA Great Britain;
– Dominique MAUER for the Domaine des Douages refuge;
– Johan VAN ROY for GAIA;
– Mireille BOUVIER for the association “Towards a better world”;
– Lama BASBOUS for RIPAÏ;
– Anne-Laure MEYNCKENS for Funny Zebra.
- https://www.lejsl.com/societe/2023/07/18/il-reverse-150-000-euros-a-la-cause-animale-j-ai-mange-de-la-viande-j-ai-une-dette
Society :
He donates 150,000 euros to the animal cause: “I ate meat, I have a debt”
Manager of a public college in Lyon, Gauthier Journet, announced that he would donate his inheritance of 150,000 euros to animal protection associations.
The JSL editorial team with Le Progrès - Jul 18, 2023 at 1:12 p.m. - Reading time: 1 min
“I ate meat so I consider myself in debt. » It is in these terms confided to the microphone of our colleagues BFMTV, that Gauthier Journet, 58 years old, announces donating 150,000 euros to the “animal cause”.
In the columns of Le Parisien, this manager of a public college based in Grigny (Rhône), explains that he wants to compensate part of the “family debt”. Because, in addition to money, he considers having inherited a “diet devoid of ethics”.
“Make people think about their eating behaviors”
Heir to €150,000 from his parents, he announced on Monday July 17 that he was donating the entire amount to animal protection organizations: L214, Welfarm, etc.
Among the other beneficiaries, we find the Domaine des Douages, a shelter managed by a former breeder who became vegan, and campaigns to sterilize stray cats, indicates Le Parisien.
“I want to make people think about their eating habits,” assured the Lyonnais. The goal is to bring the widest possible audience to consider the consequences of their way of life on the animal kingdom. »
- https://www.leparisien.fr/animaux/un-lyonnais-reverse-tout-lheritage-de-ses-parents-a-la-cause-animale-17-07-2023-ZDMMWU277RDYFHFOFRFUOCYOPM.php
A Lyonnais donates his parents’ entire inheritance to the animal cause
A 58-year-old from Lyon decided to donate 150,000 euros to animal protection associations. There is no shortage of choice in this area. It's even difficult to find your way around.
By Axelle Playoust-Braure
July 17, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.
Donations will finance associations helping farmed animals intended for food consumption, such as Welfarm, L214…
The gesture impresses. Gauthier Journet, a 58-year-old from Lyon, has just inherited 150,000 euros. Rather than keeping this sum, he announced this Monday July 17 that he was going to donate the entire amount to animal protection organizations. This manager of a public college explains that he wants to compensate part of the “family debt”. Because, in addition to money, he considers having inherited a “diet devoid of ethics”.
Its donations are therefore directed towards associations helping farmed animals intended for food consumption: Welfarm, L214… But also to campaigns to sterilize stray cats. “If there had been hunters or aficionados in the family, I would have also made a donation in this direction,” he confides. Among the main beneficiaries, we find the Domaine des Douages, a refuge managed by a former breeder who became vegan. These 100 hectares located in Nièvre accommodate “850 animals rescued from farms and slaughterhouses”. The 25,000 euros received will be used to redo part of the roof of the barns, which were badly damaged during storm Mathis.
Fish, “great forgotten”
Few people can donate such a sum to associations. But even with 150 euros or 15 euros, which structure should you turn to? According to what criteria? There can be large differences in effectiveness between several organizations working in the same field, recalls Corentin Biteau, research manager for the NGO Altruisme Efficace France. “Instinctively, we can tell ourselves that it is important to act for pets: they are close to us and part of the family. Except that they are much less numerous than livestock. »
Every day in France, more than 3 million land animals are put to death in slaughterhouses (the vast majority of so-called broiler chickens, i.e. intended for meat production). Nicknamed the “forgotten ones of the animal cause”, more than 2,000 billion fish are fished each year across the world for human food, in conditions that most often cause them great suffering. Companion animals, for their part, represent less than 1% of animals victims of mistreatment by humans.
“Of course, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do anything for dogs and cats! But it’s important to understand that we are dealing with very different orders of magnitude,” explains Corentin Biteau. “There are so many mistreated animals, so many animals to rescue, that if we are able to identify options that allow us to act on a large scale, I think we should prioritize these solutions instead. -there,” he insists.
A white paper for “giving effectively”
We may be encouraged to give to a cause that affects us personally or that affects someone close to us; or we give because we are directly requested, for example by representatives of associations in the street. “I understand that people want to help causes that are close to their hearts,” explains Corentin Biteau. What I recommend is a mix between donations aimed at supporting causes that affect us on the one hand, and donations more oriented towards large-scale impact on the other. »
- https://positivr.fr/il-touche-150-000-euros-dheritage-et-decide-de-tout-donner-a-la-cause-animale/
He receives 150,000 euros in inheritance… and decides to give everything to the animal cause
Believing that he owes “a debt” to animals, Gauthier Journet has decided to donate his entire inheritance to the animal cause.
Lisa Guinot
Gauthier Journet, 58, received an inheritance of 150,000 euros following the death of his parents. This Lyonnais decided to pay the entire amount to animal protection associations.
Gauthier Journet is a 58-year-old man who lives in Lyon and is the manager of a public college. Recently, the fifty-year-old received a nice inheritance of 150,000 euros following the death of his parents. But instead of using this amount for his personal pleasure, he decided to donate the entire amount.
Gauthier Journet will donate the 150,000 euros to the animal cause. A gesture which aims to “make people think about their own eating behavior, its consequences, and to evolve in order to make this world a better place”, he confided to Le Parisien.
A donation for the animal cause
The Lyonnais will donate this money to animal protection associations, such as Welfarm or L214, which provide assistance to farmed animals intended for food consumption.
Gauthier Journet also paid 25,000 euros to Domaine des Douages, a shelter managed by a former breeder who is now vegetarian. This woman welcomes 850 animals that she saved from farms or slaughterhouses. This money will allow him to rebuild part of the roof of his barns, destroyed during Storm Mathis.
Finally, Gauthier Journet wishes to donate part of his money to help campaigns to sterilize stray cats.
“A debt” to animals
If Gauthier Journet made such a decision, it is above all because he wants to make up part of the “family debt” because for years, his family followed an “unethical diet” according to the fifty-year-old.
“I ate meat so I consider that I have a debt,” he told Le Progrès.
For the moment, Gauthier Journet has already donated 68,000 euros, and he does not intend to stop there.
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