Question 12335 — breeding

Summary

Mr. Léo Walter alerts the Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty to the need for rapid and substantial support from the State for the outdoor, pastoral and grassland sheep sector in the face of the problem of lupine predation. He recalls that the French Biodiversity Office has just announced the figure of 1,104 wolves on the national territory. There were 2,500 attacks and 7,000 animals killed during the same period in 2022. We could reach a total of 12,000 animals attacked by the end of 2023. In order to move away from the binary debate opposing biodiversity and livestock farming, the MP wishes to emphasize that the objectives of the attack prevention policy must be to reduce damage to herds, to support the profession and to improve the working conditions of shepherds; and this while preserving the presence of wolves in France. At the end of the announcements of the new “Wolf Plan 2024-2029”, the MP wishes to draw the minister's attention to three points: 1/ The cash flow difficulties caused by the costs of covering the protection measures which are still, to date, advanced at 80% by the breeders and are then reimbursed. However, reimbursement times are 8 to 9 months for the first 300 files, and 10 to 11 months for subsequent ones. Looking forward to, the remainder (4,000 euros on average per farm) is the responsibility of the operator. The MP underlines the significant number of files submitted this year in his department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (620), the most predated department in France. 2/ The operating problems of the “Safran” software, which lead to time-consuming procedures and even longer reimbursement deadliness. 3/ The particular situation of breeders cattle, which cannot meet the criteria for financing protection, despite certain exemptions. The MP therefore asks the Minister to urgently set up a cash advance of 60% of the amount received for the protection measures in year N-1 or the forecast established for “Safran”; he wishes to know the measures put in place to make this software operational; he finally questions her about the feasibility of compensation for direct and indirect losses as well as authorization of simple defensive fire the first declared attack for cattle breeders. He finally wishes to recall that bill No. 351 of which he is a co-signatory, registered with the office of the National Assembly in October 2022, relating to the indirect responsibility of the State in incidents caused by protection dogs responds also at a request from the profession. He invites it to allow its examination by the national representation and wishes to know its position on this subject.

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