<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Sydney Morning Herald December 26, 2019</div><ul style="list-style-type: none;" class=""><li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal; font-family: "PT Sans"; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/environment" class=""><b class="">ENVIRONMENT</b></a><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change" class=""><b class="">CLIMATE CHANGE</b></a><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/topic/global-warming-5xu" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(9, 109, 210); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(9, 109, 210);" class=""><b class="">GLOBAL WARMING</b></span></a></span></li></ul><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px 0px 6px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Book Antiqua"; color: rgb(112, 112, 112); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(112, 112, 112); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">OPINION</span></p><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b class=""><i class="">Cattle have stopped breeding, koalas die of thirst: A vet's hellish diary of climate change</i></b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">By <b class="">Gundi Rhoades</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Gundi Rhoades is a member of Veterinarians for Climate Action based in Inverell.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/cattle-have-stopped-breeding-koalas-die-of-thirst-a-vet-s-hellish-diary-of-climate-change-20191220-p53m03.html" class="">https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/cattle-have-stopped-breeding-koalas-die-of-thirst-a-vet-s-hellish-diary-of-climate-change-20191220-p53m03.html</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">EXCERPTS</b></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Bulls cannot breed at Inverell. They are becoming infertile from their testicles overheating. Mares are not falling pregnant, and through the heat, piglets and calves are aborting.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(35, 35, 35); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(35, 35, 35); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">I once assisted farmers who have spent their lives developing breeding programs, with historic bloodlines that go back 80 years. These stud farmers are now left with a handful of breeders that they can’t bear to part with, spending thousands keeping them fed, and going broke doing it.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">Cattle that sold for thousands are now in the sale yards at $70 a head. Those classed as too skinny for sale are costing the farmer $130 to be destroyed.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">The impact of the drought on wildlife is devastating to watch, too. Members of the public are bringing us koalas, sugar gliders, possums, galahs, cockatoos and kangaroos on a daily basis.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The koalas affect me the most. To see these gorgeous, iconic animals dying from thirst is too hard to bear. We save some, but we lose just as many.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">The whole town is devastated. My business has halved. But with no horses to breed, no cattle to test and care for, what am I going to do? I have worked day and night to build a future for my family, but who would want to buy our property out here? Who would want to buy a vet clinic in a town where there are no animals to treat because it’s too hot and dry? Where the cattle become infertile from the 40-degree heat. All this on black, baked ground.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class="">I am 53 years old. Can I start again?</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(10, 22, 51); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(10, 22, 51);" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Climate change for us is every day, and I am not suffering on the same level as my friends, my clients and the helpless animals I treat. As a veterinarian I am becoming more and more distressed, not just about the state of my town, but the whole world.</span></div><div class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">
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