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At night, wolf scouts protect the flocks
#SOUTH AVEYRON Thermal glasses and shoulder guns, since July, volunteer wolf scouts have been taking turns at night in the south of the Aveyron department, on the Larzac plateau in particular, to monitor the herds and prevent wolf attacks. The twenty-six hunters sworn in by the prefecture share the sheep farms, three to four per night, in an area where the canine kills and injures regularly, undermining the pastoral economy. The prefect, who accompanied them in the night from Wednesday to Thursday on the ground, authorized a lethal shot in order to put out of the night the animal which would be surprised in the middle of an attack. “We are here to resolve wildlife problems,” explains wolf lieutenant Olivier Esperce, “and to find an agro-hunting balance,” even if he knows that this nocturnal presence “is not a lasting solution.” Since July 24, near Saint-Beaulize and Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, the wolf has been seen several times without being able to be pulled out by the wolf scouts.
The CNRS gold medal goes to Sandra Lavorel
#MONTPELLIER She obtained her doctorate in ecology and evolutionary sciences at Montpellier 2 University, then continued her research from 1993 to 2004 at the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (Cefe), on the CNRS campus in Montpellier. Again. Ecologist Sandra Lavorel was awarded this Thursday the prestigious gold medal – only one awarded per year – from the National Center for Scientific Research for her work on the impact of climate change and land use on morphology. and plant physiology. The researcher, born in Lyon in 1965 and today in Grenoble, is recognized as one of the world experts on the subject of biodiversity.
Municipal police officers drive electric
#BAGNOLS-SUR-CÈZE “We want to set an example,” explains Christian Baume, the Gard city’s security deputy. The City, which has decided to strengthen its municipal police force by increasing its workforce – three hires since the start of the year – and by equipping it with pistols and weapons such as tonfa, flash-ball or Taser, has just acquire an electric intervention vehicle for its agents. Specially equipped, with its light bar or even its message broadcasting system, the Peugeot Rifter, silent and non-polluting, perfectly meets the idea of… public tranquility. And for its urban or peri-urban missions, its autonomy of 300 km will be more than sufficient for daily service.
A hotel and casino at the exhibition center?
#NARBONNE The City plans to establish a high-end hotel with one hundred rooms and a casino on the east entrance side of the city, on the site currently occupied by the exhibition center. On January 1, the community will regain control of the management of equipment whose destruction is an area for advanced consideration, in order to continue the urban redevelopment of the sector. Close to the Robine, it already hosts the sports park and the theater, classified as a national stage, and has seen the emergence in recent years of the Narbo Via museum and the Arena. The town hall has already surveyed the casino operators.
Today’s figure: 4.7
#BEZIERS In millions the annual operating deficit between 2017 and 2019 of Béziers airport, revealed by the regional chamber of accounts. According to its report, 5.1 million public contributions made it possible to erase this structural hole, estimate the magistrates, taking into account the low attendance. On average 200,000 passengers per year pass through Béziers, mainly transported by Ryanair, on which the airport is dependent. Each one costs the public community €20.69.
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