>To say all livestock grown for meat consumption are “tortured” is a gross generalization. I'm aware, and wasn't trying to say that (hence "trillions" instead

>To say all livestock grown for meat consumption are “tortured” is a gross generalization. I'm aware, and wasn't trying to say that (hence "trillions" instead of "all"). I just said that, for an average (say) cow, if you assume current trends continue for decades and centuries, with no lab-grown alternatives, it is likely that over time trillions of cows will be raised in cruel conditions and killed for food. While this is happening, there may also simultaneously be billions (or more) of cows that are raised with a lot of open space to graze on and are treated well before being killed. Relative percentages aside, it's still a high absolute number of animals tortured and killed.