US EditionFrench Farmers Protest Cattle Cull as Disease Spreads
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The government wants to slaughter whole herds in the cattle disease Lumpy Skin. Farmers protest for more vaccinations.
A French farmer's distress: 'I found the first dead cow when I went to the pasture'
Near Benque, a village an hour from Toulouse, farmer Christian Lasserre discovered three carcasses on Saturday. He fears a new outbreak of lumpy skin disease and the culling of the entire herd.
Horror 'lumpy skin disease' spreads across Europe as threat to Britain explained - The Mirror
Mass culls to stop the spread of lumpy skin disease have sparked clashes between farmers and police in France - the UK government has brought in a ban on cheeses to stop the virus crossing the Channel
French farmers protest cattle cull as disease spreads
French farmers are protesting the systematic cull of cattle as herds face the spread of nodular dermatitis, or lumpy skin disease. The disease is classified as a category-A disease by the EU's animal health law, which implies that if one cow gets stick, the entire herd must be killed. FRANCE 24's Solange Mougin looks into the contested measures.
About 100 breeders and 35 tractors demonstrated in Frommentel and Argentan (Orne) on 15 December 2025 against systematic slaughter linked to contagious nodular dermatosis.
Photo: CETM. Many truck drivers working in refrigerated transport may have trouble returning before the holidays. Serious problems also await carriers, whose losses could run into the millions of euros. This is all due to lumpy skin disease in cattle and the ongoing negotiations on a trade agreement with South America. Both issues mentioned at the beginning have angered French farmers. They oppose the forced slaughter of cattle ordered by the Fr…
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