“The amazement is total”, a Var breeder undergoes two wolf attacks in his sheepfold in a week: 105 animals killed

It was a carnage that the breeder Laurent Rouvier noted on Friday July 18 in the middle of the night in his sheepfold following an attack by wolves. Consequently, The second he suffers less than a week apart.

It is a horror scene that the helpless man discovers in front of his dead sheep. Therefore, others slaughtered or ripped between life and death with little chances of survival. Nevertheless, “By going to treat my animals at four in the morning. In addition, I discovered the attack of the wolf when I had closed the sheepfold the day before after 10 p.m. Therefore, I found 60 downtown and 16 injured animals, some of whom have died since”he explains.

“Total amazement! For example, What’s going on? Similarly, This is the second attack that I suffer in less than a week. Wolves “the amazement total”, var breeder have already killed in my sheepfold on the night of Friday July 12. 35 of my lambs and sheep did not survive. From this attack. I only have one left in life on the 12 which had not been killed directly but died of their injuries. Sold on the summer markets are dead. specifies the dismayed breeder.

Helplessness in front of the scourge – "the amazement total", var breeder

“I had twelve dogs in the sheepfold. I think it was a big pack of which some wolves attracted my dogs in pursuit while another part attacked in the sheepfold. A lamb was entirely devoured, but a loup alone cannot do that. Today what is more? “the amazement total”, var breeder We already do everything we can to defend ourselves and we have problems anyway. no longer dare to let them play outside! “, deplores Laurent Rouvier.

Friday the findings of use was made by the agents of the French Biodiversity Office (OFB). Unable to be present when they came. the breeder called colleagues in solidarity (Comps, Trigance, Montferrat and Châteauvieux) who lent a hand by solidarity in order to evacuate the dead animals to a fleshy feeding for vultures.

Legitimate claims?

One of them. Nans Bellini breeder and mayor of Châteauvieux, expresses a unanimous demand: “We demand more flexibility so that the wolves can intervene as soon as there is predation of the wolf on our herds without waiting for authorizations at the national level.”

Following the first attack on the sheepfold of Mr. Rouvier. an “the amazement total”, var breeder authorization to shoot was granted on July 13 and 14, but “It was lifted too early, if they had maintained the right to shoot, I would probably not have suffered the second attack”underlines the victim breeder.