Stop the breeders' persecution of Milo and Mina and all other wolves!
At the slightest attack, breeders call for wolves to be slaughtered. Milo and Mina are bearing the cost of this policy on the Millevaches plateau. Some farmers’ unions demonstrated on Saturday to call for their deaths. Everyone is in cahoots to wipe them out, and everyone – public decision-makers included – is making statements, each more nauseating than the last.
Hostility towards Milo and Mina is on the rise…
The very special wolf couple continue to be shot at on the Millevaches plateau. As soon as last Thursday’s attack was announced, the farming unions were already unleashing their torrent of hatred into the public arena.
Gathered last Saturday in Saint-Merd-les-Oussines, the farmers are calling for the wolf brigade to be sent on site, and for reinforced defense shooting to be authorized. They denounce the inaction of public authorities. Inaction, really? While the government representatives are literally lending them an attentive ear…
All wolves are already disliked in France. They’re a good excuse to get the votes of the farming world, as shown by the abject proposal for a resolution by deputies to reduce their population by half.
But farmers still want more, and will not stop until their wish is granted: the eradication of these wild canids, which are intrinsically European.
… and a lobby making more and more slanderous statements
It’s almost funny: Fabien Marcilloux, president of Modef Corrèze, says: “Our thoughts are mainly with the game. We’re here again today for the massacre of a herd.” What is he referring to? The wild animals that the hunters put to death one after the other, or those in his care before they are taken to the slaughterhouse? Either way, these words speak volumes about his feelings towards animals. It’s hardly surprising that he should attack wolves, despite the fact that 8 out of 10 French people consider their return to be a real boon for biodiversity (Ipsos/One Voice poll, November 2024).
According to Corrèze Senator Daniel Chasseing: “Wolves are not compatible with livestock farming. And when there are too many of them, it’s impossible to continue farming.” Prefect Vincent Berton, for his part, is true to the characteristic cowardice that seems to be the hallmark of government representatives: “We’re going to have to adapt. But the wolf is a protected species. I don’t think we have to learn to live with the wolf. You have to be able to protect yourselves from it.”
Don’t they mean to say that it’s livestock farming and intensive pastoralism that are incompatible with wild animals and that trample on their territory? They’re at home here, and as much a part of nature as we are. Wolves have the right to live. Let’s prevent their extermination!
And yet: as in Saône-et-Loire, where Camille is already being hunted down, the prefect has also called in the wolf brigade in June: Milo and Mina’s days are numbered… We’ll fight to the bitter end for them. Join our fight by signing our petition to end the persecution of wolves.