The Ministry of Environment accepts this as completely normal. One can not exaggerate the amount of damage caused by pastures situated on the edge of a lake. Cow manure is an excellent fertilizer and it inevitably leaches into the lake after a rainfall. The situation is even more unacceptable when cows are completely free to drop their manure right into the water. Where there is pasture, there is open space.
Open space means deforestation.
Deforestation at the edge of a lake means higher water temperatures. Consequently, deforestation further contributes to the aging of our lakes. Except the Ministry of Environment, of course, who considers this to be completely normal. It is unthinkable that cows could be allowed to wade in the water along with all the swimmers at the beach in Oka. Quebec will have made a great step forward with regard to the environment when the sacred cows no longer have access to lakes.