0 to eat too much grass in an area or to have too many animals eating grass in an area, which damages the environment: --
Once the land has been overgrazed by sheep, it becomes sick, and there is then no alternative but to plant trees.
Consistently over the centuries and still today they so overgrazed their land that they caused soil erosion.
Of course, the report is right to point out, in paragraph 5.10, that overgrazing by any animal is detrimental.
Some suffer from overgrazing while others are insufficiently grazed.
A neglected or overgrazed woodland is not only a blot on the landscape but a lost opportunity for the farmer.
He argues that hounds are needed to stop deer overgrazing the same piece of land.
It is too early to assess the impact of the measures aimed at preventing overgrazing introduced under the current hill livestock compensatory allowances scheme.
They were extensively grazed for about six months; in fact they were overgrazed.