Article 6KWSJ Swiss farmers dump dead sheep in protest against rising wolf numbers

Swiss farmers dump dead sheep in protest against rising wolf numbers

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Nadeem Badshah
from Environment | The Guardian on (#6KWSJ)

Farmers lay carcasses in front of government building in Lausanne to press for resumption of wolf cull

Farmers in Switzerland dumped the carcasses of sheep that were killed by wolves in front of a regional government building on Saturday as part of a protest to demand more action against the predators.

About a dozen breeders came from the Saint-Barthelemy area in the western Swiss canton of Vaud to lay 12 carcasses in front of Lausanne's Chateau Saint-Maire, the regional government headquarters, AFP reported.

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