Push to Cut Livestock for Climate Goals Worries UK Farmers, Ecologists

Ecologist Pablo Manzano said there is a ‘tension between people caring about climate and people caring about biodiversity.’
Push to Cut Livestock for Climate Goals Worries UK Farmers, Ecologists
Sheep in a pen ahead of a shearing competition on the first day of the Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, England, on July 11, 2023. AFP via Getty Images/Oli Scarff/
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UK government advisers have urged deep cuts to the country’s cattle and sheep numbers to reduce the overall levels of methane emissions.

Officials insist no mass cull is planned.

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