Sludge Watch ==> Chattanooga plans to feed zoo animals on sludge hay

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Wild animals in captivity already have it rough....they are held prisoner 
for the amusement of human families.
To feed them on hay that has been grown in soil ammended by our urban 
pollutants seems additionally cruel.

There were cattle deaths associated with eating sludge ammended cattle feed 
in Augusta Georgia...and a successful
lawsuit was brought by the farmer.

This plan to feed zoo animals on sludge hay  is risky and cruel and should 
be stopped.

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City providing hay, grown in biosolids, to zoo



CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

Hay for the zoo is being grown at the Chattanooga wastewater treatment 
plant.


City solid waste resources director Jerry Stewart says the city is now using 
solids, left over after wastewater has been treated, as fertilizer. The 
plant has about 90-thousand tons of it a year.
It's applied to 15 acres of land near the plant in a demonstration project. 
The "biosolids" add nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to the soil.
Stewart says the hay will be cut this weekend and baled next week.
It will be sent to the zoo to be used for animals such as camels.

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=5662411