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Cattle
ranching
is a major cause of rainforest destruction in Central and South
America. Ranchers slash and burn rainforests to grow grass pasture
for cattle. Once the cattle have grazed sufficiently, they are slaughtered
and exported to industrialized countries, including the United States,
to be made into fast food hamburgers and frozen meat products. It
has been estimated that for every quarter pound hamburger made from
rainforest cattle, fifty-five square feet of rainforest was cleared—an
area equal to the size of a small kitchen.
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