Overview
- A nighttime surveillance video from the Sarrey pasture shows a wolf shortly before the slaughter, which authorities describe as the department’s most severe case since the species’ return.
- The French Biodiversity Office visited the site to collect hair samples and examine bite marks to determine whether one or multiple wolves were involved.
- The prefecture reports 191 wolf-attributed attacks in 2025 causing more than 800 ovine victims, compared with 10 attacks in 2024.
- Monitoring earlier this year documented local reproduction, with camera traps identifying nine wolves in late summer, including seven pups.
- Local farm unions plan mobilizations and seek professional removal operations, while 15 shepherds hold defensive-shooting permits and a national rule easing such defense is slated to take effect on January 1, 2026.