Sunday, January 24, 2016

Toulouse – bird flu breeders are mobilizing on Facebook – L’Express

On Facebook, Lionel Candelon, founder of the old movement within a week, Sunday published an open letter on the site addressed to Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll.

The goal is to get “ the total repeal of the decree of 15 (of 15) in January 2016 and proposing a new meeting of ALL players in the industry, including the most small “, it reads.

The order, to be released Tuesday, imposes particular the judgment of the waterfowl production for at least five months.

Ducks angry ” denounce this decree. “ This sudden measurement and unheard brutality caught short thousands of farms and businesses in our southwestern regions “, say these foie gras producers while expressing ” well aware that the outbreak of avian influenza that plagues called important biosecurity measures “.

They warn the minister that “ the remedy does more damage than the disease ” all that “ no expert ” will guarantee the eradication of the virus.

If the order is not withdrawn, threatened the contractor of the Hautes-Pyrenees, son and nephew of a farmer, “ we expect big movement in the south-west. We n ‘have nothing to lose, we will fight to the end “, he said in a telephone interview with AFP.

The sector directly affects 100,000 people. The roofers have already closed in the West and people are already laid off “, he has said.

“Our movement has tonight -éleveurs 2763 members and employees in the sector, as well as concernés- citizens and we will create a N2 list because supporters are multiplying, has he told AFP.

A list can only accommodate 5,000 members, he said recalling that the movement date last Tuesday.

We have nor of union or political banner. It is a movement of the people and I will ensure that no union group retrieves the , “said the former soldier, saying that none of them had heard the distress of farmers since outbreak of the crisis.

Today, also added the founder of the movement, “ we estimated at one billion euros should be compensation to the industry (in case entry into force of the decree). The government does not have the

Cedric Davant Lannes, a farmer of the Gers, has launched an online petition to support these claims.” I am duck “. She had collected 1417 signatures Sunday evening.

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