法國農民埃菲爾鐵塔放羊抗議政府

PARIS (Reuters) - French farmers, who regularly bring livestock into Paris topunctuate their protests, drove some 250 sheep into the shadow of the Eiffel Toweron Thursday to highlight an unusual concern - that a growing wolf population is killing their flocks.

巴黎（路透社）——週四，經常帶牲畜到巴黎助長抗議的法國農民們驅趕250頭羊到埃菲爾鐵塔下讓政府注意特別令他們擔憂的事情——日益龐大的狼羣攻擊了他們的羊羣。

Wolves were reintroduced to France in the 1990s under an international convention on wildlife conservation in Europe.

根據歐洲國際野生動物保護公約，法國於20世紀90年代重新引進了狼。

There are now an estimated 300 wolves in the country and the number is growing each year. According to the French sheep organization (FNO), the number of animals they kill has risen too - by nearly two thirds since 2011 - and is likely to top 8,000 this year.

據估算，現在法國有300只狼，而且這個數字每年呈上升趨勢。據法國羊羣組織（FNO），但被攻擊的羊羣數量也呈上升趨勢——自2011年以來，將近三分之二的羊羣受到攻擊——今年這一數字可能超過8000.

"We are asking that wolves be removed from sheep breeding regions because they are incompatible with our work,"Michele Boudoin, secretary general of the French sheep organisation (FNO) said.

法國羊羣組織的祕書長MicheleBoudoin說，“我們要求將狼羣趕出羊羣養殖區，狼羣干擾了我們的工作”。

She stressed that France's"wolf plan", which compensates farmers for sheep losses and pays for prevention measures and staff, cost the government nearly 15 million euros ($19million) in 2012.

她強調了法國用於補償農民羊羣損失及支付防護措施的“狼計劃”，2012年政府就因該計劃耗資將近1500萬歐元（1900萬美元）。

"We don't want the money, we want to do our job in good conditions," she said.

她說，“我們並不想要錢，我們只是想要在良好的環境下工作”。

Luc Bourgeois, a young shepherd from southeastern France,said he lost 150 of his 3,000 sheep this year. Ten were killed directly, he said, while the rest jumped in a ravine as they fled.

來自法國東南部的年輕牧羊人LucBourgeois稱他今年養的3000只羊中有150只受到了攻擊。他說，有10只遭到了正面攻擊，其餘的在逃亡時墜入峽谷摔死。

The farmers want the right to shoot wolves immediately if their flock is attacked, and are calling for a quota of wolf killings,currently set at 24 annually, to be increased or removed altogether.

農民要求獲得遇到羊羣遭到襲擊時直接將狼羣射殺的權利，他們還呼籲殺死部分羊羣。目前設定的年射殺數量爲24只，未來將上調限額或者乾脆取消限額。