More on Massive Indian Sheep Kill & Bt Cotton

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h1]Unusual livestock deaths blamed on Bt Cotton


Thursday, June 1, 2006 (Hyderabad):
There is yet another controversy linked to the genetically modified Bt cotton plant and this time it is the alarming reports of sheep and goats taking ill, even dying after grazing on leftover Bt cotton fields.
This is what farmers and shepherds in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh are saying.
The central government has reportedly ordered independent toxicology tests on Bt cotton leaves to ascertain the facts.
"They just became very dull and lifeless and died," said Pendala Venkatamma, describing what happened to her sheep.
Earlier this year in February-March several villages in Warangal reported that sheep and goats were dying in unusually high numbers from a disease they did not recognise.
The only clue they had was that the animals grazed continuously on fields where Bt cotton had been grown.
"They were grazing on Bollguard cotton. In four-five days, they became dull, their stomachs swelled up and they died," said Gantaiah, a shepherd.
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[formercia]

1. I wonder if it affects the bacteria in their guts

needed to break down the vegetative matter. The swollen stomach might be an indicator of this.

[Quakerfriend]

2. This should be a HUGE wake up call to the world.

Most of the American people still don't seem to care about their food, as long as they don't know where it comes from.

But, I was so disappointed when the Europeans gave in to our forcing frankenfoods on them.

And, now we must fight to keep organic standards strong! They are coming on strong to blur the lines!!