Paris police ban the parade of several dozen camelids this Saturday. The mayor (SE) of Janvry (Essonne) Christian Schoettl was surprised by this decision.
He filed an appeal with the administrative court as soon as the prefectural text was published. “We hope that the judge will decide this morning or this afternoon in our favor, the organizer confided this Friday. He had planned to bring around forty camelids to the capital in semi-trailers via the A6 motorway. These animals, coming from the four corners of France, would have trodden the Parisian asphalt for 3 and a half hours. The police headquarters suggested to the organizer to move its parade to the Bois de Vincennes (12th century), an “unthinkable” alternative for Christian Schoettl. “I don't know who can imagine offering such a route 32 hours before an event, with the logistical burden of moving 34 delegations and 50 camels,’ he said.