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Calls to shut down Rotterdam s experimental floating farm after two cows fall into the water
The project has been labelled madness but the farm s owner insists it s safe as the cows can swim
6 May 2021 • 5:23pm
A cow is rescued after falling into water at the Floating Farm in Rotterdam
Credit: Hollandse Hoogte/Shutterstock
Concerns have been raised about an experimental floating farm in Rotterdam harbour after two cows fell into the water. The dairy and stable on a floating platform opened in 2019 and gained international attention as the world’s first ‘floating farm’.
Now, the project has been labelled as madness when a second animal had to be rescued from the water after it apparently fell in while crossing to a small patch of grass on the dockside.
The cow is winched out of the water. Photo: ANP / Hollandse Hoogte / MediaTV
Concerns about animal welfare have again been raised after two cows on an experimental ‘floating farm’ in Rotterdam’s harbour fell into the water.
The local Partij voor de Dieren, which campaigns for animal rights, told DutchNews.nl that it had tried and failed to get a majority in the city council to withdraw the farm’s operating permit, calling the project ‘madness’.
In 2019, the experimental farm opened in Rotterdam harbour, claiming to be the world’s first floating platform housing a herd of cows and a dairy, and generating headlines around the world.
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