Thousands of farmers in France's southwest blocked roads and set hay on fire Saturday to protest the culling of cows due to a skin disease, as the government announced that 1 million cattle would be vaccinated.
French farmers have been angry over what they see as the government's heavy-handed response to an outbreak of nodular dermatitis, widely known as lumpy skin disease.
On Friday, veterinarians slaughtered a herd of more than 200 cows in the village of Les Bordes-sur-Arize near the Spanish border after discovering a single case of the sickness.
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