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Continuing Controversy in India over Mass Death of Sheep from Eating GE CottonSunday, June 4, 2006OCA Uma Sudhir Read the full article: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_646.cfm This is what farmers and shepherds in Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh are saying. The central government has reportedly ordered independent toxicology tests on Bt cotton leaves to ascertain the facts. "They just became very dull and lifeless and died," said Pendala Venkatamma describing what happened to her sheep. Earlier this year in February-March several villages in Warangal reported that sheep and goats were dying in unusually high numbers from a disease they did not recognise. The only clue they had was that the animals grazed continuously on fields where Bt cotton had been grown. "They were grazing on Bollguard cotton. In 4-5 days, they became dull, their stomach swelled up and they died," said Gantaiah, Shepherd. |