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* grazing animals provide an environment for parasites, which can then spread to humans | * grazing animals provide an environment for parasites, which can then spread to humans | ||
* fencing of land for grazing impedes natural animal movements, and affects biosystems | * fencing of land for grazing impedes natural animal movements, and affects biosystems | ||
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* [[soil compaction would be eliminated if we use native animals]] | * [[soil compaction would be eliminated if we use native animals]] | ||
| + | * Nitrogen in animal feces is a catalyst to assist the breakdown of plant materials; provides organic nutrients and organic matter, and micronutrients for organisms such as fungal mycorrhiza, (which aid plants in absorbing nutrients); in short, it is fertilizer. | ||
| + | * All of the effects stated in the arguments against animal grazing are decreasingly problematic as the number of animals decreases, to a point where they are no greater than in natural ecosystems, in the practices used by nomadic herding cultures | ||
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==References for the Arguments== | ==References for the Arguments== | ||
Latest revision as of 04:38, 5 January 2011
Arguments[edit]
- animal grazing causes soil compaction
- animal grazing causes soil acidification
- animal grazing causes erosion and topsoil loss
- animal grazing creates a bias for predominance of nuisance plant and animal species
- grazing animals provide an environment for parasites, which can then spread to humans
- fencing of land for grazing impedes natural animal movements, and affects biosystems
- All of the effects stated in these arguments against animal grazing are increasingly problematic as the number of animals increases, to the point of ecological disaster
Objections[edit]
- soil compaction would be eliminated if we use native animals
- Nitrogen in animal feces is a catalyst to assist the breakdown of plant materials; provides organic nutrients and organic matter, and micronutrients for organisms such as fungal mycorrhiza, (which aid plants in absorbing nutrients); in short, it is fertilizer.
- All of the effects stated in the arguments against animal grazing are decreasingly problematic as the number of animals decreases, to a point where they are no greater than in natural ecosystems, in the practices used by nomadic herding cultures
References for the Arguments[edit]
References for the Objections[edit]
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