Overview
- About forty producers from the Pays de Savoie gathered outside the Haute-Savoie prefecture in Annecy on September 26 at the call of FDSEA and Jeunes Agriculteurs.
- Protesters demanded immediate easing of movement for vaccinated cattle to allow the descent from high pastures and rapid compensation for losses tied to the outbreak.
- Farmers cited urgent animal-welfare concerns as snow at around 1,600 meters and dwindling forage leave herds cold and short of feed.
- Unions say they proposed supervised transfers with veterinary checks at departure and arrival plus automatic quarantine, which farmers report authorities refused, while the prefecture declined to comment to TF1.
- Estimates of cattle still immobilized range from roughly 2,000 to about 4,500, and the regulated perimeter is not expected to be lifted before October 21 if no new cases are detected.