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PARIS (Reuters) - French farmers, who regularly bring livestock into Paris topunctuate their protests, drove some 250 sheep into the shadow of the Eiffel Toweron Thursday to highlight an unusual concern - that a growing wolf population is killing their flocks.
巴黎（路透社）——周四，經(jīng)常帶牲畜到巴黎助長抗議的法國農(nóng)民們驅(qū)趕250頭羊到埃菲爾鐵塔下讓政府注意特別令他們擔(dān)憂的事情——日益龐大的狼群攻擊了他們的羊群。
Wolves were reintroduced to France in the 1990s under an international convention on wildlife conservation in Europe.
根據(jù)歐洲國際野生動物保護公約，法國于20世紀(jì)90年代重新引進了狼。
There are now an estimated 300 wolves in the country and the number is growing each year. According to the French sheep organization (FNO), the number of animals they kill has risen too - by nearly two thirds since 2011 - and is likely to top 8,000 this year.
據(jù)估算，現(xiàn)在法國有300只狼，而且這個數(shù)字每年呈上升趨勢。據(jù)法國羊群組織（FNO），但被攻擊的羊群數(shù)量也呈上升趨勢——自2011年以來，將近三分之二的羊群受到攻擊——今年這一數(shù)字可能超過8000.
"We are asking that wolves be removed from sheep breeding regions because they are incompatible with our work,"Michele Boudoin, secretary general of the French sheep organisation (FNO) said.
法國羊群組織的秘書長MicheleBoudoin說，“我們要求將狼群趕出羊群養(yǎng)殖區(qū)，狼群干擾了我們的工作”。
She stressed that France's"wolf plan", which compensates farmers for sheep losses and pays for prevention measures and staff, cost the government nearly 15 million euros ($19million) in 2012.
她強調(diào)了法國用于補償農(nóng)民羊群損失及支付防護措施的“狼計劃”，2012年政府就因該計劃耗資將近1500萬歐元（1900萬美元）。
"We don't want the money, we want to do our job in good conditions," she said.
她說，“我們并不想要錢，我們只是想要在良好的環(huán)境下工作”。
Luc Bourgeois, a young shepherd from southeastern France,said he lost 150 of his 3,000 sheep this year. Ten were killed directly, he said, while the rest jumped in a ravine as they fled.
來自法國東南部的年輕牧羊人LucBourgeois稱他今年養(yǎng)的3000只羊中有150只受到了攻擊。他說，有10只遭到了正面攻擊，其余的在逃亡時墜入峽谷摔死。
The farmers want the right to shoot wolves immediately if their flock is attacked, and are calling for a quota of wolf killings,currently set at 24 annually, to be increased or removed altogether.
農(nóng)民要求獲得遇到羊群遭到襲擊時直接將狼群射殺的權(quán)利，他們還呼吁殺死部分羊群。目前設(shè)定的年射殺數(shù)量為24只，未來將上調(diào)限額或者干脆取消限額。
