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humans have kept dogs and cats and horses around even though many of them aren’t used for their original purposes anymore, so I’d be surprised if some sentiment
by erwald 5y ago
humans have kept dogs and cats and horses around even though many of them aren’t used for their original purposes anymore, so I’d be surprised if some sentimental folks didn’t keep a few cows or sheep or whatnot around just for fun.
- InitialLastName 5y agoEspecially with cows, sheep and chickens, I suspect the market for their non-meat goods (milk, wool, eggs) will persist (perhaps in a progressively more artisanal market) for far longer than the killing-animals version of the meat industry.
- Jeff_Brown 5y agoI don't know about wool, but outside of artisanal situations the industry for milk and eggs is cruel from birth to death, not just at death.
- InitialLastName 5y agoFor sure, my thinking is that those industries are likely to survive more in the "I have a coop with a dozen chickens in my back yard" sense.