Cattle and sheep are blamed for contributing to greenhouse gases, belching out methane, and farmers in the future are likely to be taxed because of it.
The recent ΒιΆΉΣ³» Weekly climate change liftout [issue #1078] calls for a drastic reduction in sheep and cattle numbers. There is a TV advertisement, urging people to βgo vego to save the planetβ. This is a gross misunderstanding of the ruminant carbon cycle.