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Ireland considering killing 200,000 cows to fight climate change
 [Blaze] Government officials in Ireland are considering a plan to kill 200,000 cows to combat climate change, according to reports.There were multiple reports this week that the Irish government was contemplating a plan to cull 200,000 cows within three years to fight climate change. The Irish Mirror stated that "the cows would have to be 'culled' at a cost of €600,000 to taxpayers over the next three years to meet climate emissions targets." The possible plan was detailed in an internal Department of Agriculture document that was unearthed in a freedom of information request. The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association immediately railed against the reported plan to kill 200,000 cows. Pat McCormack — the president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association — declared, "If there is to be a scheme, it needs to be a voluntary scheme. That’s absolutely critical because there’s no point in culling numbers from an individual who has borrowed on the back of a huge financial commitment on the back of achieving a certain target that’s taken from under him." "We should be investing in an infrastructure that can deliver from a scientific perspective. And we know low emissions are better and we should be continuing to invest in further science and research because that’s absolutely critical as we move forward," McCormack said, according to the Irish Times. It's not Scientific. It's a religion McCormack claimed that Ireland's current dairy herd is at the same level that it was 30 years ago. The Irish Mirror reported, "Dairy cows rose 1.4 percent (22,800 head) to 1.6 million in 2022 but over the past decade have increased by around 40 percent." After the report of the government contemplating the slaughter of tens of thousands of cows surfaced, the country's agriculture department issued a statement. Posted by: Besoeker 2023-06-05 |
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