The 1st of September, in Vidrieros, Triollo, Palencia, an homage was paid to the transhumance in the mountains of Palencia. It was preceded by a press conference in Palencia on August 30th. (See Spanish Press article).
After the visit to the sheep herd with animals from farms from Andalusia and Extremadura in their “summer retreat”, the following persons got to speak:
Gerardo Lobato – Lord Mayor of Triollo
Isidoro Moreno Millán – Lord Mayor of Vidrieros
Urbano Alonso Cagigal – Deputy
José -Ángel Escudero Alcántara – State Ministry for Development and Environment
Juan Carlos Pozo Crespo – ea group
Ernestine Lüdeke – Fundación Monte Mediterráneo
Carlos Diez Roldán – Chief Shepherd
The event ended with a vivid exchange of ideas and experiences between shepherds, sheep keepers, lobbyists, politicians…