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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
When you say most, do you mean by species or biomass?
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OK, lets go with a large number. I didn't count or weigh them.
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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
Just because we were omnivores doesn't mean we need to stay omnivores.
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I don't disagree, but it is unlikely you could get the entire species to change, unless there is a catastrophic event that leads to it.
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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
Regardless, we do many things that are unnatural or that differed from our past, so using a "natural" argument as to why we should continue to eat animals, especially when it means being cruel to animals and damaging the earth in the process actually seems more contrived.
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Whether it is natural or unnatural was not my point. Only that switching the planet wholesale seems like a pipedream and goes against our natural make-up. I also agree there are cruel practices in the meat industry that need to be improved and no longer hidden away. There are also bad practices in the non-meat food industry as well that need to be improved.
I will say that having grown up in a family that raised most of our own food, including cows, chickens, pigs, I do not see the slaughter of animals for food as "cruel" when done properly. They should be raised responsibly however.