The bear population in the mountain range, which is at least 96, is steadily increasing. This does not seem to impact the number of attacks on sheep and cattle herds.

While cattle in South America are often pasture-raised, French cattle are typically confined, requiring constant feed supplementation. “The cost of consistently providing feed is fundamentally ...

Beef has been taken off the menu in numerous schools and restaurants in France and Italy, Spain, Austria, Hungary, Poland and the Netherlands have restricted imports of live French cattle.