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Port de Saleix, at 1800m above sea level on the GR10 between Aulus and Marc, looking east
Two hours hard walking from the village of Saleix, Ariège, the rendezvous for the latest meeting of the anti-bear ASPAP was not an obvious choice. But as Philippe Lacube, one of the historic leaders of the movement and now President of the Ariège Chamber of Agriculture, explained:
“We could have gone to the streets of Foix or Toulouse. We preferred being in our mountains. We preferred being on our soil, at home; because, I think, it is this land we need to retake control of.”
These farmers, shepherds, mayors and supporters have had enough and believe the French state is not listening.
Amongst the speakers: Philippe Lacube et Gérard Dubuc (view towards Aulus)
Last week an attack near Aston left 260 sheep dead as they tumbled down a slope that was too steep for them in their haste to escape from a bear.
Jean-Pierre Mirouze, one of the farmers who lost his sheep: “Damn those bourgeois ecologists who get their tan from neon lights, who don’t know how we live here, how we manage [our farms]. But we believe, we have the guts, it is in our blood.”
Anti-bear demonstration at the Port de Saleix
The demonstration was punctuated by the sound of guns. One of the speakers finished with a call to arms.
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Footprints on the mountains