Flatulence tax threat to NZ farmers
21 May 2001
Flatulence tax threat to NZ farmers
By FWI staff
A FLATULENCE tax on livestock to offset damage to the ozone layer could cost New Zealand farmers 1.5bn, reports The Daily Telegraph.
The proposal, aimed at complying with Kyoto Protocol guidelines, would tax farmers between 1 and 17 for each cow and sheep they own.
Gases produced through dung, urine and flatulence contribute to ozone layer damage.
- Cattle feed claimed to cut methane, FWi, 13 April 2000
- NZ tests on flatulent sheep, FWi, 27 August 1997
- The Daily Telegraph 21 May 2001 page 14
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