Carrying staffs like shepherds, Sophie Morice-Couteau and Geoffroy Galliot inspect the nets of a sheepfold on a steep slope in the Baronnies massif, part of their daily mission to keep wolves away.

It comes after the EU downgraded wolf protections to make it easier for farmers to kill animals that threaten their herds. BRUSSELS — French President Emmanuel Macron says a new law may be required to ...