Overview
- An updated Agriculture Ministry tally confirms a Léran herd of 113, vaccinated about two weeks earlier, is set to be slaughtered Friday under the whole-herd culling protocol.
- Officials note vaccine protection begins 21 days after injection, leaving a gap in which infection can surface despite a departmentwide campaign completed on December 31.
- Agricultural unions staged overnight actions at state buildings in Foix, Saint-Girons and Pamiers, protesting the destruction of vaccinated herds and urging a move away from blanket culling.
- Rural mayors declared support for farmers, demanded explanations and improved compensation rules, and scheduled a midday gathering in Mirepoix with the prefect expected to respond.
- The Ariège prefect maintains total culling as the scientific containment measure, while national figures list 116 outbreaks to date and report strong vaccination coverage in Ariège and the Pyrénées-Orientales.