Sun, 29 Nov 2009

Sheep in the News - Green Edition

Australia aims for 'green' sheep by cutting back on burps

I can attest to the fact that sheep breath is horrific - but given the way sheep work, with several stomaches, I seriously doubt they'll be able to breed the gas out, so to speak.

And I can't imagine the line of thinking that turns animals into pollutants - everything on our good green earth that breaths takes in oxygen and puts out carbon dioxide, a "greenhouse gas". What should we do: ban breathing?

Australian scientists are hoping to breed sheep that burp less as part of efforts to tackle climate change.

(link) [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition]

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