> In Great Britain, no forests have been cut down for raising livestock. The forest were cut down over thousands of years for fuel and for farming crops. The l

> In Great Britain, no forests have been cut down for raising livestock. The forest were cut down over thousands of years for fuel and for farming crops. The land that could support trees now is still used for growing crops. Animals roam meadows and uplands that are not suitable for growing crops and live on grass and silage. What percent of animals does this cover though? This is clearly not true for all cases in the UK e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/revealed-industrial-scale-beef-farming-comes-to-the-uk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/29/revealed...: "Research by the Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has established that the UK is now home to a number of industrial-scale fattening units with herds of up to 3,000 cattle at a time being held in grassless pens for extended periods rather than being grazed or barn-reared." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/farm-climate-change-animals-drone-footage-video-a8804661.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/farm-climate... Either way, this doesn't contradict that deforestation is happening globally to meet global demand for animal meat.