Western Ag Reporter Podcast

Editor's Perspective - Swiss Ranchers Show Bloodshed by Wolves

April 18, 2024
Western Ag Reporter Podcast
Editor's Perspective - Swiss Ranchers Show Bloodshed by Wolves
Show Notes

“Farmers Dump Sheep Killed By Wolves In Front Of Swiss Government Building,” a headline on the Swiss news site, Barron’s, proclaimed on April 6. Talk about one heck of a headline. The article went on to explain that “around a dozen breeders” laid out 12 dead sheep, who had been killed by wolves, in front of government headquarters in Lausanne. “We are sick of this. We want the wolf killed,” Patrick Perroud, a farmer and butcher from the nearby municipality of Oulens, was quoted saying. “Cohabitation is not possible. Our territory is too small.” Wolves had killed 17 sheep in...

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