Letter: Cattle make climate change worse

Pat and Sharon O’Toole, the ranchers extolling cattle in the Aug. 11 Salt Lake Tribune, (“If you like birds and fish, hug a cow”) got it wrong.While they claim multiple benefits for wildlife from ranching and irrigated agriculture, cattle decimate riparian areas that wildlife depend on in the arid west. Further, beef production is a major contributor to water pollution.Most importantly, meat production is one of the biggest contributors to climate change. Animal agriculture pro