Cow Factories in NZ - a REALLY dumb idea
December 7th, 2009 | by admin |http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/farming/3131143/Indoor-cubicles-for-cows-planned
I am amazed this irresponsible idea is even getting airtime.
Our “clean-green” image is already compromised.
* Lake Rotorua is a cesspool.
* 70%+ of the Waikato waterways are unfit for animals to drink.
* Taranaki waterways remediation is way behind schedule.
* Manawatu River was the most polluted river in a recent study of comparable countries.
* not to mention old sawmill sites and so on..
The bottom line is that demand will dry up for something like 2/3 of our tourism and 1/2 of our agricultural products when our shameful treatment of our environment is made known worldwide (NZ Government official estimates).
And it will be made known - nothing is surer.
And no amount of glossy “100% Pure” propaganda will recover our position - or our job losses.
Only our actions will. Starting today.
Today we can tell the vandals who want to battery-farm 18000 cows in the McKenzie Country to bugger off.
If we do not, the cow factories could be the final nail in the coffin for this country’s “green” image.
Come on NZ, do the right thing!
