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Is it morally wrong to be non-vegetarian? (literature.cafe)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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[–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You have to take into account that animal agriculture is responsible for the vast majority (70%) of plants that we grow and we use pesticides for them. If we stop eating animals or stop using animal products all together we need tremendously less pesticides and harm less insects in turn.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    First, agriculture made for animal consumption doesn't have the same quality sanitarian standards as agriculture made for humans.

    Second, not all animals require vast agriculture.

    We could also war animals that do not requiere such agricultural measures. I have eaten cows, pigs and chickens that were raised traditionally, out of the natural fields and the parts of the plants that we humans do not want to eat.

    In fact for a environmental perspective traditional farming is far better than vegan diet.

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