A March 15 Postmedia news story states that cows release methane gas by burping and farting (their terminology, not mine) and are responsible for a significant amount of the world’s greenhouse gas.
They also claim that up to 17 percent of the world’s methane output comes from livestock, and that methane is 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in its greenhouse effects.
I will concede that my cows are guilty of belching, burping and flatulating. I do find it difficult to believe that livestock in any way contribute to the destruction of Mother Earth.
My cows’ ancestors and relatives have been on planet Earth for thousands of years and did what was natural for them to do. They grazed on grass and in the process expelled gaseous emissions from both ends.
During all this time, planet Earth did not sicken and die.
George E. Hickie,Waldron, Sask.
