Vladimir,
Understandably, most attention
around the horrors of livestock production is directed
to factory farming, a gruesome system
that capitalizes on immense animal suffering
while emitting a horrifying amount of greenhouse gasses.
A new study, however, highlights another dark
aspect of meat production: that cattle ranching is
destroying the planet too. Over a third of the
Point Reyes National Seashore is leased to ranchers,
causing dangerous water pollution.
This National Public Lands Day,
sign to demand that the U.S. Forest Service and U.S.
Bureau of Land Management immediately suspend all cattle
ranching on public lands and in national
parks!
Livestock grazing can devastate
local ecosystems and crucial habitats for hundreds of
species. Grazing has been proven to endanger native
species, cause desertification -- a process already
worsening as the climate warms -- and can literally
poison water supplies. This is exactly why the number
of parks that allow cattle ranching is dwindling. The
dangers of grazing on protected lands are well known,
and there is no reason this practice should still be
allowed at Point Reyes. We must tell
the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Bureau of Land
Management that it is time to finally suspend cattle
ranching on all public lands and national parks! Sign
now if you
agree!
