Farmers in southern and southwest France have been incensed by the use of police force and the government's mass slaughter policy to contain the spread of nodular dermatitis. Officials urge PM Sébastien Lecornu to intervene.

Hundreds of farmers had created a cordon around a farm near the Spanish border after authorities said that 200 cows had a disease and would have to be slaughtered.

LES BORDES SURE ARIZE: Veterinarians arrived at a French farm Friday under police escort to slaughter a herd of cows suffering from a potentially deadly disease, an AFP reporter…