After 10 days of refusal, a breeder accepts euthanasia of his herd

The Savoy Prefecture announced on Sunday that new cases of contagious bovine dermatosis had been detected in the exploitation of Pierre-Jean Duchêne, near Entrelacs (Savoie). The breeder, who hitherto refused euthanasia of his herd accepted the euthanasia of his herd, reports Monday July 21 Here Pays de Savoie (ex-France blue).

To limit the propagation of this contagious disease affecting cattle and which is not transmitted to man, the State has decreed the systematic euthanasia of any herd with a sick cow, aroused anger and protest in bisses concerned and part of the agricultural world. It has been ten days since the breeder, supported by rural coordination, prevented access to his herd to avoid the slaughter of his 121 animals.

“It must be recognized that the disease is there”Deplore to the Pays de Savoie Pierre-Jean Duchêne. “The state will not fold, I think you have to know how to stop for a moment”he assures. “It is a heartbreak, but now, today, the decision was made. The state has been stronger than us”The 28 -year -old breeder is lamented, who considers that the“Total slaughter” East “An aberration”. “It hurts me to be the 4ᵉ generation on this exploitation and then to have wiped out the work of three generations before me, I could never forget it and it will be very hard to recover”he continues.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, 285,000 cattle must benefit from the vaccination campaign launched since Friday. Cow protection is only complete after 21 days of injection. The prefectures of Savoy and Haute-Savoie recalled breeders this weekend to the greatest vigilance, and to respect the rules in force concerning the prohibition on the movement of animals, to avoid making traveling the flies and the tales responsible for the transmission of the disease.