Overview
- Veterinary teams, escorted by gendarmes, euthanised more than 200 cows at an Ariège farm after infections were confirmed, with tear gas used and four arrests reported.
- Portions of the A64 south of Toulouse remained blocked by hundreds of farmers with dozens of tractors, with hay and tyres burned at several sites.
- Agriculture Minister Annie Genevard said vaccination of nearly one million head will begin in the coming weeks and will be mandatory to protect herds and maintain exports.
- France has recorded 110 outbreaks across nine departments, culled about 3,000 animals, and paid nearly €6 million to affected farmers since June 29, according to the agriculture ministry.
- Farm unions are divided, with FNSEA backing full-herd slaughter to limit spread while Coordination Rurale urges targeted measures and quarantine instead.