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>As a vegan, I am concerned about the cruel treatment of farm animals. For a somewhat malicious counter point... if the entire world stopped using dairy and be
by esaym 6y ago
>As a vegan, I am concerned about the cruel treatment of farm animals.
For a somewhat malicious counter point... if the entire world stopped using dairy and beef, the cow as we know it would quickly go extinct. They have no natural habitat, they can't take care of themselves, and they make really lousy pets.
It is a somewhat similar story with elephants. They make lousy pets as well and selling ivory is illegal. So the best they get is being shoved into smaller and smaller chunks of dedicated public land.
- causasui 6y ago> if the entire world stopped using dairy and beef, the cow as we know it would quickly go extinct So what? Why should the cow exist for the sake of existing?
- missingrib 6y agoI don't understand this focus on "species" in the abstract over the individual members of the species.
- ozborn 6y ago"the entire world stopped using dairy and beef, the cow as we know it would quickly go extinct" Lots of animals are not used for meat and dairy and are not extinct. Sure, numbers of cows would be massively reduced but that also frees up pasture. Pasture could be converted to habitat for wildlife and support a more diverse set of species. I can only speak for myself, but I don't care if the number of cattle are reduced to a tiny fraction of the population they once were, if it means more biodiversity.
- spaetzleesser 6y ago"For a somewhat malicious counter point... if the entire world stopped using dairy and beef, the cow as we know it would quickly go extinct. They have no natural habitat, they can't take care of themselves, and they make really lousy pets. " Reframing factory farming as a conservation measure is a very cyncial view. That's top notch spin doctoring and worth a long career in lobbying.
- ska 6y ago> For a somewhat malicious counter point I don't think you understand what vegans (typically) actually object to.