I was offended by the comparison. Until I listened to the argument for it. For years I winced whenever an animal rights activist used the word “holocaust” to describe the slaughter of animals for human consumption. Even though I knew the scale of the animal-killing we humans do — many millions of (in particular) …
FOCUS ON THE BEAUTY FOR A CHANGE, WILL YA, JACK? Where the wild things are. Pierce Point Ranch, Tule Elk Reserve, Point Reyes National Seashore – Jack Gescheidt, JackPhoto.com I’m painfully aware that I mostly write about problems (as I see them); like wild forests being threatened with logging — rebranded as “thinning” or “management” …
Yet another article detailing how the cattle industry is destroying soil and wildlife habitat in the American West — and accelerating the climate crisis by heating the planet. READ FULL ARTICLE. Some EXCERPTS: • Cattle are well known emitters of methane, through belching and manure. But in the arid and fragile West, they’re …