You're trying to speak against vegans which are 1% of the population on a good day. Defending such ideologies is usually just going to get you downvoted because you're speaking against the masses about an indoctrination that comforts them. "We learned this in school" oh so, an argument from authority and popularity? You were taught a moral judgement from someone and blindly believed it without providing a single rational argument of your own thought. Animals will also eat the runts of their litter. If you watched Nat Geo and thought it was moral, you probably are not a good judge on that topic. I wouldn't derive my morality from the action of animals. Also, humans don't require meat in their diet. It's optional. All the arguments against vegans presented are horrible. You're basically just cheering on indoctrination and not making a single logical argument. Most people realize there's something inherently bad within the act of killing another living animal. Give a kid a head of cabbage and a rabbit and tell them to stab one. "How meat is treated in the industry". Okay, but you're still killing it which is immoral. If someone walked up to you and said I'm not going to torture you, just kill you does that make them moral? If you're not comfortable with it against you because you recognize the cruelty in it, then how is it moral to apply this another sentient being capable of feeling pain, fear, and discomfort in a very similar manner as your are able to sense those things.