This Sunday morning, fighting bull breeder Patrick Laugier, who has been on a hunger strike for ten days, was hospitalized in Arles.
Place de la République, in Arles, in front of the town hall, the breeder of fighting bulls Patrick Laugier, in the combi which was installed and which shelters him, has been on hunger strike for ten days. Following the request of Mayor Patrick de Carolis, and with his agreement, he was hospitalized this Sunday.
A demonstration of support was organized on Saturday November 23
Suffering from Charcot’s disease for several years, Patrick Laugier, whose bull breeding farms of Piedras Rojas and Las Dos Hermanas, whose general quality and combativeness have been regularly praised by the aficionado public, protests against the decision of the Conservatoire du Littoral of its expropriation without compensation of the estate located in Raphèle-les-Arles. Exploiting the property since 1999, with a lease renewed in 2013, the ganadero was led to bequeath this land to the Conservatoire du Littoral. Uncompensated, he therefore decided to go on hunger strike. Immediately, signs of support poured in. Thus, a large demonstration, on Saturday November 23, on site, was organized. More than three hundred people, according to estimates, gathered. Representatives of the people of Camargue and their enthusiasts, bullfighting professionals, riders, bullfighters, breeders, herdsmen and their horses, figures of Camargue racing, all were there.
A meeting planned for this Monday with the Conservatoire du littoral
In a press release, Mayor Patrick de Carolis, very close to the breeder since the start of the strike, particularly affected by the problems encountered by Patrick Laugier and his action at the town hall, concerned about his state of health, evokes a meeting with the new director of the Conservatoire du Littoral this Monday, November 25. Very much hoping for a “worthy and quick proposal” as part of this meeting.
