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You'll get roughly the same amount of meat from 1 cow as you will from 200 chickens. Worth considering if pounds of flesh per life is a factor in your decision.
by tmnvix 10y ago
You'll get roughly the same amount of meat from 1 cow as you will from 200 chickens. Worth considering if pounds of flesh per life is a factor in your decision.
- majewsky 10y agoGrandparent is likely talking about environmental effect per amount of meat produced. Cows are much worse than chicken in that regard because of all the methane that they're farting out.
- ceras 10y agoNo one's contesting that, but you can't only consider environmental impact when the differences in animal welfare are unfathomably worse for chicken meat production - easily orders of magnitude worse per pound of meat. Anyone thinking of trading beef consumption for chicken for one ethical reason (environment) should really be aware of and consider all ethical implications first. I strongly believe people underestimate the harm chickens go through (beef cows are treated pretty well, unlike chickens), let alone understand the number of chickens they eat per year.