Legal Insurrection readers may recall that in late 2024, I reported on Bovaer, an anti-methane additive now being mixed with cattle feed in Europe.
Its makers, Elanco Animal Health, claim the ingredient powder used in feed will reduce methane emissions from dairy cattle by almost 30% and works by suppressing a cow’s ability to produce methane during digestion.
People are now more clearly recognizing that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a life-essential gas and methane is a critical part of the finely tuned biogenic carbon cycle. Consumers are also alarmed by the introduction of a supplement to animals, with no consideration given to the long-term effects of humans consuming meat and dairy products from animals that eat the additives.
There are now reports that from Denmark of cows collapsing and suffering illness after eating Bovaer, which is now legally required for many farms in Denmark as part of its national climate policy. Some farmers claim their cattle experienced severe symptoms after eating the additive-infused feed, including collapse, lethargy, reduced feed intake, fever, diarrhea, miscarriages, and significant drops in milk production.
There are also accounts of some animals recovering when Bovaer was discontinued but relapsing when forced to resume eating the additive-infused feed.
Since October 1, farms with over 50 cows have been required to dose rations with the chemical 3-nitrooxypropanol, developed by DSM-Firmenich. If the farms don’t comply they face heavy fines.Horrifying reports flood in: cows collapsing, miscarrying, suffering fevers, diarrhea, and plummeting milk yields—some euthanized after agonizing weeks.“It’s slow poisoning masked as sustainability,” lamented one producer.Key whistleblowers include farmers featured in citizen journalist Kent Nielsen’s viral video. Henrik Jensen, a Jutland dairyman, removed Bovaer from his 120-cow herd amid rampant illnesses; within days, the animals recovered vigor and output. Upon reintroduction to comply with fines, symptoms returned ferociously, forcing another halt.Similarly, Søren Larsen in Funen withdrew the additive after losing two cows to neurological distress. Recovery was swift, but re-dosing triggered worse inflammation. “Our herds are experiments now,” Larsen said.
Paul Homewood of Watts Up With That blog has an account from a Danish report.
Since 1 October, farmers have started mixing the statutory additive into the cows’ feed.The aim is to reduce the cows’ emissions of the greenhouse gas methane, and Bovaer has previously been thoroughly tested over several years.Yet something seems to have gone wrong in the roll-out.- We have so many people calling us and are unhappy about what is happening in their herds, says Kjartan Poulsen, chairman of the National Association of Danish Milk Producers, to TV 2.The organization has now launched an investigation into the matter, he says.
The effects are so severe, some of the affected animals had to be euthanized.
Danish regulators, who thrust this feed requirement on already unwilling ranchers and dairy farmers, are scrambling for explanation in the explosion of reports since the October 1st deadline for this inanity kicked in.
However, Ida Storm of the Danish Agriculture and Food Council said: “We are familiar with some cases where dairy farmers report problems after starting using Bovaer.“This is obviously of great concern to us. Animal welfare must not be compromised. At the same time we are surprised, since no research or large-scale trials have indicated problems.”Ms Storm said the organisation had launched an online survey to collect reports and “quickly learn more and hopefully find solutions”.
I will conclude by noting Bovaer’s claims are true in this sense: Dead cows can’t fart.
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