1. Livestock and Environmental Impact
It all adds up to the rights of organic (mainly manure) and inorganic (hormones, antibiotics etc.) that come from such productions. ... "Livestock accounts for 20 % of the total terrestrial animal biomass " ( Hoekstra ) , also causing the deforestation of fauna and flora on these areas to be replaced by crops and animals of livestock. ... Organic and inorganic products of livestock, which consist of animal waste as manure from cows, poultry, pigs as well as fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones and other waste, are devastating to aquatic ecosystems, as it helps the process of eutr...
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