Why is this Dordogne farmer's herd finally going to be slaughtered?

After fighting for over a month to keep his herd of cattle, Serge Deschamps, a farmer in Eyzerac, will have to let the last fourteen animals in his herd be slaughtered, after four new cases were detected in the group of animals, as revealed by our colleagues at Ici Périgord. The farmer, after a long standoff with the authorities, had committed to having his last animals slaughtered if one of his last fourteen cows tested positive for tuberculosis.

A long arm wrestling match

On June 5, after months of wrangling with government services and refusing to slaughter his animals himself, the farmer saw state agents arrive to capture the remaining animals on his land. They had only managed to capture thirteen of the 26 animals in the herd. A month later, after starting a hunger strike, creating a VAD (Vaches à Défense) (Cows to Defend) and negotiating with the prefecture, the farmer will finally lose the rest of his herd. He says he will not help the agents, but he will not oppose the capture either.