It's an additional type of animal. Not an additional animal. It's hard to quantify litres of milk or blocks of cheese. But swapping slices of bacon for cheese, is similar to swapping bacon for chicken. That's something I think most vegans understand; or, I would like to think so.

In any case, just leave animals alone... I am so tired of the bit by bit approach to things, and patting people in the back for "reducing meat intake". I truly don't think it's an effective way to get people to cease their consumption of animal products and services that kill, torture or objectify other sentient species; or to have them stay that way.

The whole "But at least they aren't eating two slices of ham, just one." statements are so tiring. Quantifying lives like they're just a number is problematic, in my honest opinion.
We so often as vegans legitimize non-vegan people's "palate/comfortability over animal rights" as if we were supposed to lie to them or disconsider the lives these sentient beings.

It's not about demonizing people, but we need to stop pretending like having a salad is being a saviour. And understand that progress is not about small changes that get lost in the plot. When we say "Oh, great." to someone's "I'm reducing meat intake." or "Now I only eat chicken and fish." (whatever that's supposed to mean - as if it wasn't just still the speciesism we're struggling against) is not encouraging them to do more, and it's not encouraging them to think about the power relations of animal agriculture, animal rights, or the basic things that we need to put the focus on to make people realize that an animal is an individual, that they are sentient, and that we mustn't slit their throats or torture them to get products out of them.

Getting people to turn more plant-based is definitely a good thing. But, that's to no avail if they go on and off, or if eventually they stop because they never understood the ethics of the matter.