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‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So who is going to breed these and seed them on cattle ranches?

[–] Thebigguy@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They already do that by themselves. Long grass and cattle are perfect tick breeding ground

[–] robotElder2@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why on ranches? The ticks affect people not cows. Surely it would be more effective to put them where the meat is consumed rather than produced

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Ranchers that cant eat beef would have an identity crisis and quit