Almost EVERY species of animal that is offered a GMO food versus a non-GMO food will avoid the GMO one - a convincing clue as to the dangers of GM foods . . . Many times they will do this to the point of starvation, as they have an intuitive sense of the danger of this food:
Thousands of sheep grazing on GM cotton plants died. In India, animals typically graze on cotton plants after harvest, but when shepherds allowed sheep to graze on Bt-cotton plants, thousands died. Investigators said preliminary evidence "strongly suggests that the sheep mortality was due to a toxin. . . . most probably Bt-toxin." In one small study, all sheep fed Bt cotton plants died; those fed natural plants remained healthy.
"Mortality in Sheep Flocks after Grazing on Bt Cotton Fields—Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh" Report of the Preliminary Assessment, April 2006 Link
All of a group of buffalo grazing on Bt-cotton plants for first time died within 3 days. In the village of Andhra Pradesh, buffalo had grazed on cotton plants for eight years without incident. On January 3rd, 2008, 13 buffalo grazed on Bt-cotton plants for the first time and all died within three days.
Personal conversation of Jeffrey Smith
Bt-corn is implicated in the deaths of:
- Cows in Germany
- Horses, water buffaloes, and chickens in the Philippines
Jeffrey M. Smith, Genetic Roulette: The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods, Yes! Books, Fairfield, IA USA 2007
- Chickens in lab studies - twice the number of chickens fed Liberty Link corn died;
- Rats eating a GM tomato - 7 of 40 rats died within two weeks.
Arpad Pusztai, "Can Science Give Us the Tools for Recognizing Possible Health Risks for GM Food?" Nutrition and Health 16, 2002
