Where will all the farmed animals go if everyone became vegan. Will all these species become extinct?
The reality is the world is not going to become vegan overnight. It will be a gradual process, and the slower demand will slowly adjust meat supplies.
There is nothing natural about the current animals in factory farms. They have been selectively bred and frankensteined to be the most efficient for factory farming and not to their own life’s wellbeing. Dairy cows have been modified to produce up to ten times more milk than they would naturally for its calf. Egg-laying hens have been bred to produce up to 300 eggs a year rather than the 10 – 20 they would produce naturally in the forest. Sheep have been modified to produce more wool than they would need in the wild and often give birth to more lambs than they would naturally. All modern turkeys were genetically bred to gain weight quickly and be stupid so that they are more manageable; so unnatural is the modern factory turkey that it cannot even have sex with each other — they are all artificially inseminated (Eating Animals).
These animals could be released into the wild to adjust on their own, or the last few species could be kept in animal sanctuaries from all the land freed up by no more factory farms.
If the welfare of species is your concern, then you should know factory farming is the biggest reason for species extinction as forests get cleared to produce cheap feed for livestock. (Earthling Ed)
Topic: FAQ – Animals
