The Local France

Why a French school just enrolled 15 sheep (yes, sheep) as students

Wed, 08 May 2019 12:14:14 +0200

Will this scheme manage to pull the wool over French authorities' eyes?

French farmers protest bears after sheep plunge off cliffs

Tue, 05 Jul 2016 17:35:26 +0200

Dozens of French farmers protested on Tuesday against the presence of bears in the Pyrenees mountains, after a flock of 125 sheep took fright and fell to their death in a ravine.

Farmers cry wolf in Paris over sheep 'massacre'

Thu, 27 Nov 2014 15:13:00 +0100

Sheep grazed around the Eiffel Tower on Thursday as angry French farmers flocked to the capital to express their frustration over increasing attacks by wolves which some say have been "overprotected" by the government.

'Carnage' in French barn leaves 24 sheep dead

Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:53:00 +0100

A sheep farmer's children came upon a scene of "unspeakable carnage" when they opened a barn door to find 24 sheep and lambs beaten to death with a blunt object.

Farmer saves five-legged sheep with online sale

Tue, 05 Nov 2013 10:37:00 +0100

A farmer in southwestern France appears to have given in to his softer side, putting his five-legged sheep up for sale online because he couldn’t bear to see it go to slaughter, it was reported this week.

Wolves to be 'educated' not to kill sheep

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:59:00 +0100

In a bid to try and crackdown on the number of wolf attacks on farm animals the French government has announced a plan to try and "educate" the wild beasts. The proposal has been greeted with mixed reactions.

Town hunts werewolves after sheep attacks

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:40:00 +0200

A spate of attacks on sheep, many of them found with their throats slit, have caused a mysterious beast hunt in a town in western France.

Ravenous wolves colonise France, terrorise shepherds

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:46:37 +0200

A bloody, stinking sheep's carcass greets shepherd Yves Vignon as he walks to check on his flock on the foggy Alpine heights. It's the 17th of his ewes to be savaged in a month.