What if the whole world went vegan tomorrow? Well, first off, I’d be doing this.
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And a little of this.
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But okay, I’ll talk some about what else would happen.
This question has been asked many a time to many a vegan. Todays comes from Niko F who
asks “If tomorrow the entire world became vegan, what would happen to all animals in
the slaughterhouses?”
Well number one, as much as I would love for it to happen, the world is not going to go
vegan overnight. But lets say, for arguments sake that it does. Well, the food industry,
like any industry, is all about supply and demand. If we don’t demand animal products,
they will cease to be supplied. So farmers would stop breeding animals for food. Now
for the animals already there, the worst case scenario would be that, finding there is no
longer a demand for their “product,” farmers might abandon or slaughter their remaining
animals. In the best case scenario, the animals would be sent to sanctuaries. But, in reality,
even the worst case scenario is countless times better than continuing our current system
of slaughtering billions of animals every year.
Jackie V adds another common concern brought to vegans. She’s say’s she’s often asked
"But if we save all the animals, the world will be over populated, that's why we have
to eat them so they don't overrun us." Now before I get into a factual refutation of
this statement, let me just say this: saying that if we didn’t slaughter, eat, and hunt
animals, they would overtake us is like farting in a room all day and saying that if you weren’t
there to open a window, the stench would overtake you. In both cases, humans are the ones creating
the problem. What I mean is this: the reason there are so many animals is because we breed
them. Both with our food industry and hunting. We create artificial populations. State wildlife
agencies boost deer populations and breed game birds to create hunting opportunities.
And our food industry breeds billions of genetically modified “food animals” to satisfy our
demand for animal products.
In both cases, if we stopped the demand, the supply would stop in response. The wildlife
populations would find their own balance based on predators and available resources.
And let’s not forget the amazing things that would happen if the world went vegan
tomorrow! There would be an end to the meaningless slaughter of billions of lives, the 80-90%
of our crops that currently go to feeding our food animals could feed the world’s
hungry. The environment could start to heal from the devastation of the animal products
industry. Natural habitats destroyed by industrial agriculture could start to have a fighting
chance.
No more would mother pigs have to feed their babies while lying cramped in gestation crates.
No more would mother cows have their children ripped from them moments after birth. No more
would male baby chicks be ground up alive in the egg industry. No more would billions
of sentient, innocent beings live tortured, painful, terrifying lives only to be killed
without even as much as a thought.
That is what I think of when asked what would happen if the world went vegan tomorrow. And
that is the answer that matters.
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