Poitou donkey, Belle-Île sheep, Mauges chestnut… these farmers are fighting for biodiversity

Sheltered by a beautiful hedge of maples and oaks, the Belle-Île sheep graze under the watchful eye of the park's Kastafiore, a Poitou donkey, who protects them from the appetite of foxes.

Opposite, Nantes cows graze.

Further along, along the buildings, Archibald, the goat of the ditches, plays the brushcutters.

Here, on the 100 ha of the Blottières farm, between Chemillé and Saint-Lézin (Maine-et-Loire), in the heart of the Mauges, the old animal breeds of the West are at home.

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