French farmers set up roadblocks in Cestas, Gironde, in southwestern France, to protest against the slaughter of entire herds affected by lumpy skin disease, an incurable viral disease affecting cattle. The government is defending a strategy of mass slaughter to stop the spread of the virus, while farmers are denouncing this policy and also warning about the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, which they fear will open the door to low-cost South American imports and further weaken their sector. IMAGES