How is it any people cannot put themselves in that place with imagining? Even animals could identify with what would not be desirable. Humans should have the sensibility to know they would not want what the animals being used are put through, we can likewise choose to not have anything to do with that, and we can already find out ourselves that there are ways to be very healthy this way without products from animals. And the same amount of use of resources for it and contribution to damage to environments with loss of species does not need to be continued then. https://healthyaging.emory.edu/could-eating-30-plants-a-week-be-the-answer-to-better-health/

  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Eh… It depends on what your process is, but most broiler chickens are killed at factory type farm operations at 5 weeks. The real questionable statistic in this is for cows, which rarely are slaughtered before they reach 24-28 months.

    Be upset at factory farming not eating meat. A properly raised and processed bird doesn’t suffer and has a happy life. Problem is, that costs a lot more.

    I think it’d be a fair criticism to say that most Western diets contain entirely too much meat, and that is a problem not only for humans, but a huge problem for the environment.

    It wouldn’t be possible to ethically source enough meat to meet the current global demand. So imo having a meat heavy diet is a valid criticism. The morality of actually eating meat doesn’t even have to come into the equation to determine that our current diets are unsustainable and actively harmful.