French butchers have written to the government asking for protection against militant vegans, accusing them of trying to shut down the country's traditional meat-eating culture, reports the BBC.
Shops have been stoned or defaced with anti-meat graffiti and stickers, the French Federation of Butchers says.
Over the last few months, 15 shops were splashed with fake blood.
Federation chief Jean-François Guihard said in the letter that such attacks were a form of terrorism.
"It's terror that these people are seeking to sow, in their aim of making a whole section of French culture disappear," he wrote.
Vegans wanted to "impose on the immense majority of people their lifestyle, or even their ideology".
Vegetarians and vegans make up just a few percent of the French population. A 2016 survey estimated that 3% of French people were vegetarians.
"The vegan way of life has been over-hyped in the media," Mr Guihard said, contributing to intolerance.