Contre le loup, les brebis (et leurs éleveurs) défilent à Paris
Des centaines de brebis devant la Tour Eiffel, à Paris © MAXPPP. Hundreds of sheep before the Eiffel Tlower.
Des éleveurs ont emmené ce jeudi 300 brebis au pied de la Tour Eiffel à Paris, pour protester contre la présence du loup sur leurs territoires, réclament le droit d’en tuer davantage. Si la photo est belle, le dossier est sensible, et selon les éleveurs les attaques contre les troupeaux s’intensifient depuis plusieurs semaines. Sheep farmers brought 300 head of sheep to the foot of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, to protest against the presence of wolves on their lands, reclaiming the right to kill. If the picture is pretty the message is serious, and according to the farmers the attacks against the herds are increased for many weeks.
Opinion: Sheep graze all summer in the Pyrenees (and presumably in the Alps). They are brought from the low land farms to the higher mountains to avail of the lush vegetation. This is when the wolves are most active. But bergers bring big mountain dogs to protect the sheep. Smaller sheep dogs round up the herd and move them away while the Pyreneen mountain dogs attack the wolves. It is quite a spectacle to see the two breeds of dog in action and it happens in a flash. At the first sign of trouble the dogs spring into action and do what they do best. Perhaps the herds in question in this article are left unattended, je ne sais pas… Herds of sheep and goats (with the dogs) are taken back to the low lands at the end of September during the Transhumance and for sure the wolves do not follow them.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
