by Devan Bugbee
Yet another food industry has taken a toll as thousands of cattle have died in Kansas from extreme heat, humidity, and the lack of grain supply brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The death toll has apparently reached at least 2,000 cattle, Matthew Lara, a spokesperson for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said, according to Reuters. This estimate reportedly comes from facilities that reached out to the agency for support in disposing of deceased livestock, the outlet reported.
The cattle allegedly died from heat stress stemming from tensely high temperature and humidity, Scarlett Hagins, a spokesperson for the Kansas Livestock Association claimed, according to Reuters.
Apparently this is video of the 3000 cattle that died in SW Kansas. Original tweet said heat, farmer I talked in Kansas said it wasn’t the heat. pic.twitter.com/OlPks10ji8
— bu/ac (@buperac) June 15, 2022
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