Farmers of Sanabria (Zamora) rebel against the end of fire aid

Farmers in the Zamora region of Sanabria affected by the forest fires last August have expressed their discontent over the end of the Junta de Castilla y León's aid for the supply of feed and watering troughs for cattle and have stated their intention to rebel and not return the watering troughs yet to give water to the cattle. About forty professionals in the sector affected by the fires in the region, including the one in Porto de Sanabria on August 14 that has not yet been extinguished, have agreed to refuse for the time being to return the watering troughs that the regional administration has now demanded. The provincial head of the Union of Farmers of Castilla y León (UCCL), Antonio Jesús Rodríguez, who held a meeting with those affected this Wednesday, considered it "illogical" that they are now being asked for the watering troughs despite "hardly any rain and no water," so "it is not understood" that request. Rodríguez also lamented that after the feed received for the ...