The animals have been feeding less, suffering from diseases and producing less milk since its installation, according to their owners.
A telephone relay antenna of the Orange 4G network located near the communal agricultural cooperative known as “GAEC de Coupet” in Mazeyrat-d’Allier (Haute-Loire), on June 3, 2022. THIERRY ZOCCOLAN / AFP
“I can see from my tractor that they are all skin and bones. It’s enough to make you cry.” On the other side of the small road that winds along his property, a short distance from the town of Mazeyrat-d’Allier, in the Haute-Loire department, Frédéric Salgues can spot what he considers to be the cause of his cows’ problems, less than 300 meters away: a cell phone tower commissioned by Orange on June 28, 2021.
Torn between anger and dejection, the breeder, who runs the communal agricultural co-operative Gaec de Coupet with his wife Géraldine and his brother Yannick, was nevertheless starting to regain hope. On May 23, the administrative court of Clermont-Ferrand ordered the 4G antenna’s cessation of operation for a period of two months.
This measure, unprecedented in France, should become effective within three months. The objective is to carry out an expert assessment in order to “establish a potential causal link between the behavior of the cattle and this antenna.” The administrative court highlights “a significant drop in the quality and quantity of milk produced, a serious disruption in the behavior of the herd and its voluntary denutrition and abnormally high deaths. Standing in front of his herd of Prim’Holsteins, the black and white cows that are champions of milk productivity, Mr. Salgues was distressed. They are all thin,” he said . “They don’t get up at night to eat, and they hardly drink at all. And this one, which stays completely still… to read further you have to subscribe to their site…SO, I LOOKED UP THE TITLE FROM OTHER SOURCES….I’ll post those below this one…
Here’s another source: Court Issues Unprecedented Ruling, Shut Down 4G Tower After Ranchers Find Cows in Horrifying State and this one states all of the above and a few more comments of interest like these,…
“The court said that “it is appropriate to order the temporary cessation of the operation of this antenna for a period of two months, taking into account its general impact, with monitoring, by the judicial expert, of the behavior of the herd, and of the dairy cows in particular, during this period,” according to The Connexion, an English-language news outlet based in Monaco.
“The court noted there had been “a significant drop in the quality and quantity of milk produced, a serious disruption in the behavior of the herd and its voluntary denutrition and abnormally high deaths.”
and, ““We have had 40 dead cattle in a timespan of 11 months, as opposed to ten or so in normal times,” Frédéric Salgues told Le Monde.
“Philippe Molhérat, the mayor of Mazeyrat-d’Allier who had approved the cell phone tower, now supports the farmer.
“He told The Connexion he feared “a catastrophe on a human level” was taking place.
Salgues said he hoped the cows will “recover as soon as possible” and said the ruling is “a major relief and a victory,” according to The Connexion, citing AFP.
Link for above content: https://ijr.com/court-issues-unprecedented-ruling-shut-4g-tower-cows/
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I’d love to know what happened when they finally shut the tower off but have a life to live, weeds to pull, and other things to do…If you read this and find out, please share that information as a COMMENT!
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