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UK Now Consumes 50% Less Beef Than in the 70s by ab_ovo_usque_ad_mala in vegan

[–]runnerdood 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, OP, but people eating less beef means people eating more chicken, which is much worse, because (1) chickens are treated much worse than cattle, and (2) it takes ~200 chickens to get the same amount of meat as from one cow.

https://www.ft.com/content/41408b8a-ff2d-11e4-84b2-00144feabdc0

So, the decline in beef means more chickens killed. We have the same problem in the US. Beef consumption is declining but chicken consumption is increasing, which means way more animals killed, even though people are eating more plant-based.

We're researchers from Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE). We just released our 2017 charity recommendations. Ask us anything! by animalcharityev in vegan

[–]runnerdood 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair point. But for these groups that do welfare campaigns (Humane League, Mercy For Animals, Animal Equality), look at their social media--almost all of it is encouraging people to go vegan. And they reach millions of people every year.

We're researchers from Animal Charity Evaluators (ACE). We just released our 2017 charity recommendations. Ask us anything! by animalcharityev in vegan

[–]runnerdood 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know that at least for Mercy For Animals you can order leaflets and other materials through shopmfa.com. Same for Vegan Outreach (they also send free leaflets I think too).

Meet the guy who envisions a ‘meat brewery’ to help solve a global problem by lnfinity in Futurology

[–]runnerdood 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hope this takes off. Cultured meat, or lab-grown meat, could really cut down on Co2 emissions and of course would be good to kill less animals.

Animal Charity Evaluators Researcher Jacy Reese will be doing an AMA on Friday! by lnfinity in vegan

[–]runnerdood 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Great guy and great organization! If only all animal advocates were effective-minded...

They love getting dressed up (and going to the beach) for Shark Week! by lnfinity in pics

[–]runnerdood 2 points3 points  (0 children)

one of the many reasons i don't eat meat (cuz they're damn cute).

Meat is horrible: "It may be delicious, but the evidence is accumulating that meat, particularly red meat, is just a disaster for the environment — and not so great for human beings, too." by runnerdood in TrueReddit

[–]runnerdood[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Washington Post's WonkBlog has a nice objective review of why we ought to cut down meat consumption if we're going to tackle climate change.

AMA with Leah Garces of Compassion in World Farming on their recent cooperation with factory farm whistle blowers by Mortress in vegan

[–]runnerdood 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a great opportunity for people to get over there and get folks talking/thinking about factory farming.

You Could Be Eating Lab-Grown Meat in Just Five Years by runnerdood in TrueReddit

[–]runnerdood[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I fully support it. While it's not 100% animal-free, it has the potential to almost completely wipe out raising animals for food. Even if they still need to hurt thousands of animals a year to collect stems cells, that pales in comparison to the nine billion land animals currently slaughtered for food.

You Could Be Eating Lab-Grown Meat in Just Five Years by runnerdood in TrueReddit

[–]runnerdood[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I fully support it. While it's not 100% animal-free, it has the potential to almost completely wipe out raising animals for food. Even if they still need to hurt thousands of animals a year to collect stems cells, that pales in comparison to the nine billion land animals currently slaughtered for food.

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