re: California targets dairy cows to combat global warming

Forget greenhouse effect.

What about the fact that animal livestock is ecological disaster.

California is in massive drought from all reports for almost 3 decades...yet cattle and dairy cows are still being raised.

2,500 gallons of water are needed to produce 1 pound of beef.

1,000 gallons of water are required to produce 1 gallon of milk.

5% of water consumed in the US is by private homes. 55% of water consumed in the US is for animal agriculture.

Livestock covers 45% of the earth’s total land.

2-5 acres of land are used per cow.

Nearly half of the contiguous US is devoted to animal agriculture.

A farm with 2,500 dairy cows produces the same amount of waste as a city of 411,000 people.

The BLM has rounded up more than 50,000 wild horses and put them in holding pens - so ranchers can don't have to purchase land but can graze more cattle on public lands.