This is a first in France.
In a decision rendered on May 23, the administrative court of Clermont-Ferrand asked the State and the mobile telephone operator Orange to suspend for two months the operation of a relay antenna located near a farm. farm in Mazeyrat-d'Allier (Haute-Loire).
Because since the commissioning of the equipment, the 200 cows and calves of Frédéric Sagères no longer feed properly and die one after the other.
“Our animals are unrecognizable.
I lost about forty animals including about fifteen dairy cows.
My milk supply has plummeted.
It went from 9000 to 5000 liters.
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Three months to suspend its installation
Frédéric is convinced of this: it is all the fault of this “cursed relay antenna” which appeared in the local landscape in July 2021. “I am sure of it.
Even us on the farm, we are affected.
I'm more tired than before.
I have red patches on the skin, headaches and I feel tingling.
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At the end of the line, the breeder says he is very worried about his health, that of his animals, and is afraid to put the key under the door: “We no longer pay ourselves a salary.
It has become unlivable.
If the State and Orange don't move this relay antenna, we won't be able to keep our animals.
The mobile telephone operator has three months to suspend its installation.
When this is cut, an expert will have to determine whether or not there is a difference observed in the behavior of the cattle.
In the meantime, Orange - which challenges the order issued by the administrative court of Clermont-Ferrand - filed an appeal in cassation with the Council of State on June 2.
"Orange considers this decision dangerous for the safety of people who could be deprived of a mobile network", specifies the operator.