Animal advocates demand all farmers be required to provide shade for their livestock after photos emerge of cattle crowding under trees
This winter (or summer in Australia) animal advocates called for “all farmers to be required to provide their livestock with shade.”1 With spring here and summer right around the corner, this is an important issue. However, why that wasn’t a given is beyond me. “Concerns were raised about farm animals suffering from heat stress this month after photos emerged of cattle crowding under small patches of shade on properties. The issue led a group of Queenslanders to create the campaign ‘Animals Need Shade’, however, not everyone is convinced by the images.”1 A petition was lodged with the Queensland government to...
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