100 offended breeders put strain on the prefect of Doubs visiting Mouthe

The topic is eminently delicate. Drawback. Dividing. On edge, the farmers of Haut-Doubs, extra particularly within the Mouthe sector, are ready for an environment friendly response to curb the repeated assaults of the wolf on Montbéliard heifers.

100 peasants

A big delegation of stockbreeders let or not it’s identified this Friday, September 16 to the prefect of Doubs, Jean-François Colombet, who was to go to Chaux-Neuve at 11 a.m. to current the State’s technique to treatment this case which places an entire career on edge.

The consultant of the State was acquired on the entrance to Mouthe by a welcoming committee made up of 100 farmers from everywhere in the division, decided to “make [leur] voice, [leur] disarray”, signifies Florent Dornier, the president of the FDSEA of Doubs in “an indication that we need to be constructive”.

“9 heifers have already been killed, 5 of them in a single week. If the State does nothing, it’s the loss of life of rurality, of agriculture but in addition of the biodiversity of our territory by which the farmers additionally take part”, continues Mr. Dornier.

Video. Speech by Florent Dornier (FDSEA 25).

For a robust state response

The peasants demand a robust resolve from the state. That’s to say the authorization to hold out a sampling shot, most stage outlined by the wolf plan. Two packs are clearly recognized on this cross-border sector. These of Marchairuz and that of Risoux. No official data confirms in the interim that the assaults noticed since August are attributable to them. Not more than an remoted wolf.

On the Swiss facet, two samples have been already taken final March. The federal workplace for the atmosphere permitted two days in the past the slaughter of three younger wolves to be able to regulate the inhabitants of the Marchairuz pack. Mutism of the authorities on this facet of the border, radical measures to scale back the urge for food of predators on the opposite… We are able to actually marvel concerning the existence of cross-border coordination on this very delicate problem. The presentation, this Friday morning, of the motion plan envisaged by the prefect of Doubs will maybe inform us a bit extra.

“There are specificities in our breeding”

Even earlier than this official intervention, Jean-François Colombet seized the megaphone and addressed the demonstrators with firmness and dedication. “It’s a must to perceive that there are specificities in our breeding that you do not discover within the Hautes-Alpes”.

A approach of specifying that we’d like an acceptable response to the scenario skilled by our division. A response that strictly respects the regulation. The prefect of Doubs requested this week the intervention of the cellular brigade of Hole, which he needs to see working with the native wolf cubs for a greater effectivity.