In the Haut Couserans valley in Ariège, it’s time to descend to the mountain pastures. It’s an unusually mild early October day and the fog has just lifted in front of the majestic Pyrenees. The strong sun illuminates the meadows on which hundreds of sheep are waiting for the signal to join the valley.
A three-day, sixty-kilometer journey through departmental roads and villages. The sound of the helicopter disturbs the peace of the place. At the end of a long rope, he carries a wooden hut that comes from the summer pasture of Mont Roche, at an altitude of 1,600 meters, and places it in a meadow called: “apple dish”.
If the state estimates that to ensure the survival of the species, it is necessary to reach 200 bears, including 150 in Ariez, then the transhumanist profession is in danger of physical and economic death.
Giselle Gouzet, President of the Mont Roche Pastoral Group
This is located in the town of Salah, once famous for its tungsten mine, which was abandoned in the 1980s. In this delicate maneuver, the tiny house weighs about 850 kg. the pilot is accompanied by a technician on the ground equipped with audio headsets. He is helped by breeders and their relatives. “This is a maximum load…
Source: Le Figaro
