© Twitter @RadioGenovaItalian farmers protest forced slaughter of cattle and energy price increase
Footage of the Italian farmers' protest following the forced slaughter of cattle and the increase in energy prices was shared on Twitter:
"Italian farmers also rise up. Hundreds of tractors block Caserta en masse to protest against the forced slaughter of 140,000 head of cattle and the increase in energy prices."
"Recently 400 companies have gone bankrupt and 8000 jobs have been lost: "We want dignity and respect!"
The news of the Italian farmers' protest follows various videos of farmer protests in the Netherlands that have shown alleged police violence and arrests of participating protesters.
The mass farmers protests seen in the Netherlands are due to their outrage over new government regulations that will force them to reduce their nitrogen fertiliser compounds, leading to a reduced number of their livestock, ultimately causing bankruptcy in family-owned businesses.
The farmers protests have since been seen in Poland, Italy, and Spain, after strikes in the Netherlands have led to many supermarkets running out of food, as the anti-government movement continues.
Video footage of police seemingly beating farmers protesters in Almelo, Netherlands on Monday August 1, has begun to circulate on social media:
Comment: There isn't much more information available online yet as to why so many cattle are being forced to the slaughter, however, over in the UK, up to 200,000 pigs were culled because they were 'too big to be sold in supermarket packaging'; similar mandates for mass culls are being threatened over in Ireland, Canada, and the Netherlands; and there have been moves by some in the Italian government to push through legislation allowing the use of GMOs, and so the likelihood of this occurring isn't without precedent.