Another report of genetically modified creations taking the
lives of livestock has hit the media, and this time genetically modified grass
has been identified as the culprit according to CBS News.
Shockingly (and quite disturbingly), the GM grass actually
produced toxic cyanide and sent the cattle into a life-ending fit that included
painful bellowing and convulsions. The deaths have led to a federal
investigation centered in Central Texas, where the cattle had resided.
Just east of Austin, the cows lived on an 80-acre ranch
owned by Jerry Abel. Abel says that the fields were used for over 15 years for
cattle grazing and hay, and that the genetically modified grass was ‘tested’
previously and should have been ‘perfect’. The GM grass however, known as Tifton
85, appears have been producing toxic cyanide.
Used as a genocidal agent in World War 2 by the Germans, and
considered to be an extremely dangerous substance internationally, it is
extremely concerning that cyanide is now being produced by once harmless grass
thanks to the modification process.
The 18 cattle went off to enjoy some ‘fresh’ new genetically
modified grass, when Abel says they went into a fit of convulsions and shrieks.
He explains:
“When our trainer
first heard the bellowing, he thought our pregnant heifer may be having a calf
or something,” said Abel. “But when he got down here, virtually all of the
steers and heifers were on the ground. Some were already dead, and the others
were already in convulsions.”
Within 15 hours of this incident, all of the cattle had died
as a result of the grass ‘suddenly’ producing cyanide and therefore throwing
them into a lethal fit. According to USDA scientists, it may be the result of a
mutation — the same kind of mutation that has been seen in so many of Monsanto’s
Roundup-Ready crops.
What’s more is the fact that many other farmers are now
testing their grounds and also finding the presence of cyanide.
While there is not yet a large number of reports concerning
cattle deaths from cyanide, it was recently revealed that one large biotech
company Syngenta had been covering up further animal deaths from genetically
modified corn.
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